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Hi Ann and others,
I was confused by your statement of the brain being sensitive to altitude after surgery. I am having surgery in Nov. and specifically asked if there was any limitation to going up to the mountains or flying because of altitude and the surgeon said "no". Do you have more information on this?
Thanks to all for this place.
Mary Mills
3.5 cm olfactory groove
Hi Mary,
I am always posting late and I apologize for that. But I just wanted to put my 2 cents in on this one.
I did extensive flying this year, and on a short 3 hour flight I became rather ill. I was somewhat disoriented and felt just "not there." I also felt a lot of pressure inside my head and sick to my stomach, nauseous. My right hand also went numb, which is how it gets when I'm having a partial seizure. So I guess it was a partial seizure LOL! It was scary. Because of this, I was reluctant to go on a trip to Europe I had planned for a very long time. After consulting with my doctor, I finally did go, and aside from having a weird experience where I got very nervous and felt like all my blood was being drained out of my face and body, everything was better. I just went to sleep ASAP.
I will not say uneventful, because the fact that it was a fast paced trip made it very difficult for me and I needed help with a lot of things. I fell three days into the trip, in Portugal, and badly bruised my knee and broke my brand new camera since it just had to follow! I basically stumbled my way through Europe! Hey, I've got a reputation to keep, and they don't call me the cluts for nothing! Let's not forget my bad back and the muscle spasms I got resulting from the fall!
We were mid air flying back from Europe when the blackout hit, forcing us to land in Montreal instead of Kennedy LOL!
So we had to fly back to Kennedy from Montreal and were forced to stay on the runway for almost 4 hours! It was chaos at the airport.
But it was memorable trip and making memories makes my life rich. I don't plan on ever going again without my husband, though!
I felt very very tired and always trying to keep up. I also had a bout of diarrhea from drinking from a water fountain, (since a major heat wave just had to follow us in Spain) which is always an adventure when you're with about 35 others!
Putting a foot in Spain and another in France, was quite exciting. We crossed the border, and this is were I had to move to the front of the bus to avoid throwing up all over Tom, Dick and Harry, as the bus swerved back and forth through the Pyrenees Mountains. I wonder if the others are secretly hoping I will never travel with them again LOL.
Overall, a trip and a summer I will never forget, and so happy I was able to accomplish.
Then my hubby and I flew to Chicago and that was great even without my famous earplugs.
All the best,
Delia
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