Thank you so much for the advise Lori. I already have a call into my
ENT. I will pick up some giner for the trip. Nausea really sucks.
Kat

--- In menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com, Lori lyons
<rhianonn29@...> wrote:
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> HI Kat:
>  
> Im very sorry about your Dad being so ill.
> I have had menieres for over 5 years now, and took my first plane
trip (since I was 10) last month, I took a valium before flight and
besides some nervousness, I was fine, the return flight was quite
turbulent also. I do have a tube in my left (bad) ear which makes
pressure not a problem, but I flew with a friend who gets extremely
air sick. I gave her Gingertrips chewable ginger and mollasses and
she was sooo much better thanusual, didnt even get nauseous.
>  
> I have been getting gentamyacin shots since last March, and since
then do not have spins. Still have symptoms of Menieres but I can
manage them.
>  
> I cant imagine the stress your going through worrying about your
Dad,but also worrying about how you'll get there. Theres also motion
sickness patches, your doctor can prescribe. I was advised to take a
decongestant before the flight to ease pressure.
>  
> Talk to your ENT or Otaranologist, I thought I would never have
relief and NEVER thought I would have flown, but i did with little
issue.
>  
> Please take care and keep us posted on how it went.
>  
> Best wishes,
>  
> Lori
>  
> I tool my first plane ride a month ago
>
> --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Kat <kbrant1@...> wrote:
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> From: Kat <kbrant1@...>
> Subject: [Meniere's Disease Club] plane trip
> To: menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 11:16 AM
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>
> Hello everyone. I haven't posted a message in a long time. But, I
need
> some help. As much as I don't want to I must take a plane trip from
FL
> to CA for an emergancy. I was wondering if anyone has any tips that
> would make my flight go easier. Even though I was Dx a few years
ago I
> have never been able to take a flight without the lovely
embarrassment
> of vomiting during the flight. I have not been back in a plane for
> about 15 years and I am very nervous about it. On top of the reason
I
> must do it is very stressfull alone. My father is dying and I must
go
> see him. Needless to say, I'm sure the attacks will be in full
swing.
> Thank you. Kat
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