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The worst traveling sickness EVER

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starlagurl	Dec 22 2008, 10:13 AM Post #21
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	If you're getting sick every time you travel... after a while it gets to you and you need to prevent it somehow... -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

raniroo	Dec 23 2008, 04:59 AM Post #22
Sightseer Group: Local Expert Posts: 946 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Sydney Member No.: 19411	QUOTE(ScottWoz @ Dec 21 2008, 12:15 AM) QUOTE(polydemic @ Dec 18 2008, 01:45 PM) Research has found that the recirculated air, on the planes, carry a lot of bacteria, chemicals, & particles that can make people ill. Talk to your doctor & ask what you can do about this. I'm thinking of some kind of mask that would filter out all these things as you breathe. Why would you want to do something about this? Why filter it out? It's good for you. A little exposure is good, build up your immunity and all that.. I am not over my cold from Morocco 10 days ago and flying again on Friday, I will see how I go this time.....it does get frustrating because then I spent the time travelling with sore throat, coughing, blocked nose and no sleep...that is no fun! I have popped vitamins, garlic, cough medicine....even tried consuming huge amounts of alcohol to kill the bug....but nothing! (it has to be the aircon on the plane!) -------------------- If you really look like your passport photo, you need the holiday! "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

starlagurl	Dec 23 2008, 09:29 AM Post #23
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Wow good luck, Rani, and get better soon! -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

vermaakjeanne	Jan 20 2009, 06:34 AM Post #24
Drifter Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 13-June 06 From: Cape Town, South Africa Member No.: 3825 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Recently in Mexico, we caught an overnight bus from Oaxaca to San Cristobal. It wasn't long until we started heading through the mountainous, windy roads at break-neck speed. I was firstly concerned that we were going to die. The driver was a maniac... It wasn't long until my concern was that I wouldn't - The motion sickness had set in... but badly!! -------------------- "Home sweet home - and now to see more of Africa!!!" - Jeanne

aopaq	Jan 25 2009, 01:35 AM Post #25
Tripper Group: Local Expert Posts: 1919 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 893	Just wanted to mention altitude sickness as it is the worst traveling illness I ever encountered. It can be very serious so anyone going into places such as the Andes or Himalayas should be careful. Apparently, it is also a very individual illness as it depends on how your metabolism and body reacts to high altitude conditions. Old people may be fine whereas an Olympic athlete might have great difficulties. Soroche (the Peruvian term) ended up providing me with a luxurious week stay at a hospital in Lima after I went into a coma for a few days. Of course because of that, it really wasn't that bad for me at all as I have not a lot of memories of what happened after "going to bed."

ScottWoz	Jan 25 2009, 12:38 PM Post #26
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 6745 Joined: 24-December 04 From: Burma to Cambodia Member No.: 124	Totally totally agree with that. I suffered a ridiculous degree of altitude sickness and can only be thankful I'm here today writing this. How I made it out alive is beyond words. All I can say is I was very very lucky. Yeah you're right, there's travel sickness and then there's travel sickness.. -------------------- Woz.. Living on a string of one-way tickets - currently kicking about in: southern Cambodia

starlagurl	Jan 26 2009, 10:21 AM Post #27
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	OMG, I had no idea you could go into a coma, that's terrible. What happened to you, Scott? -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

bakasyonista	Jan 26 2009, 12:19 PM Post #28
Explorer Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 11-February 08 Member No.: 140128 Nominate me as a Local Expert	My first encounter with altitude sickness was when we went to Pike's Peak, Colorado with an elevation of 14,110ft. I had this weired feeling and I was so scared that I told DH we had to go back down "now". We were advise to drink plenty of water and to ascend slowly which we did. When we went to Jungfraujoch in Switzerland with 11,333 ft. elevation, DS got sick. We let him stayed inside and drink lots of water and he recovered. -------------------- "Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." Frank Outlaw

ScottWoz	Jan 26 2009, 02:45 PM Post #29
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 6745 Joined: 24-December 04 From: Burma to Cambodia Member No.: 124	QUOTE(starlagurl @ Jan 26 2009, 10:21 PM) What happened to you, Scott? You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you. What I can say is that it warrants a whole separate travelogue, one which is still in progress -------------------- Woz.. Living on a string of one-way tickets - currently kicking about in: southern Cambodia

starlagurl	Jan 26 2009, 02:51 PM Post #30
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Eek, sounds terrible. -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

jon-daniella	Feb 8 2009, 01:45 PM Post #31
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 4-November 07 From: Brasil Member No.: 103553 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Worse travel sickness....without doubt was after eating french fries in the cafeteria in Bombay Airport

starlagurl	Feb 18 2009, 11:47 AM Post #32
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Oh my.... what do you think was in it? Did you get it diagnosed? Welcome to the forums, by the way, I hope you find them entertaining/useful! -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

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