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Truck driver tells about wearing pantyhose on long trips

I'm a 32 year old, happily married father of two who is quite confident in my male gender identity, that has been wearing hose for the last couple months. 

I am an over-the-road truck driver and spend 11+ hours behind the wheel every day.  As a result my calves and ankles would swell up and ache badly, and my circulation was poor enough that a small injury to my shin turned in to venous ulcer that refused to fully heal for almost 18 months. 

My doctor recommended that I wear light to medium support medical T.E.D. hose, but I found them to be far too hot and extremely uncomfortable to wear all day.  They also cause both shorts and pants to bunch and ride up, and at $35-50 a pair I simply can't afford enough pairs to always have a clean pair to wear since I spend between 5 and 14 days on the road at a time. 

At the recommendation of my wife, I got several pairs of sheer knee-high support hose that I wear under pants, and I wear either light to medium support sheer beige pantyhose or thigh highs openly under shorts, and I've noticed a major improvement in how my legs look and feel, and my venous ulcer is almost completely healed. 

I've only had a couple teenagers snicker once (who cares?), and I've worn them exposed into dozens of truck stops, restaurants and even to family events without even one negative comment or odd look that I've noticed. 

My wife convinced me to start shaving my legs which makes the hose fit and feel very nice, and as a bonus she thinks that they make my legs look "sexy".  I'll also admit that I very much like the way they feel and look on my legs. 

I am completely convinced that if more men could get over their insecure bias against wearing a "feminine" garment and try a pair themselves, that within a couple years we'd be seeing men openly wearing hose with shorts as a mainstream fashion. 

I fully intend to continue to openly wear hose both for the health benefits and for the look and feel of the soft, comfortable fabric, and encourage other men to have the courage to do the same.

Mike from Coralville, IA.

(2008-05-12)