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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:01 PM Original message |
Never EVER fly with a sinus infection. Ever. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Flying |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's for sure. I am tough...I can take alot of pain. But there is a reason people warned me. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was a pilot for over 30 years. Always had Benzedrix Inhaler. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. What is a sinus block? My FA gave me some kind of nasal inhaler. God bless her |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I had an ear blocked once due to a cold |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. my ears do that on landing |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Thanks for the tip!! |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Even a mild cold is unbearable on a flight. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm so sorry... |
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BobMorr (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. don't od on acetaminophen |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yes, that's why I did not take tylenol with the vicodin. Still..it was a large dose but I was |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep. I got blood on my ear-drum! Ow. |
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Rude Horner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've done that and it was horrible |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Are you the person last week who mentioned your first sinus and earache infection? |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That would be me. ER doc said the only time she has ever cried from pain was on a plane with a |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Ha, ha.....now you'll listen next time, eh? |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Wow! Helicopters with buckets of water. That's funny but scary. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's why I always, ALWAYS load up on sudafed before flying. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. amen to that, in fact I often take it before I fly even if I am not feeling |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I just started using the Neti-pot. It's weird at first. But after awhile, you kind of crave it. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Agree, a sinus wash does do the trick |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I got that! The under the counter stuff. But...I ran out before the return flight. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. it could be worse |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, I have a hard time imagining that. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. It's rare but possible. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. I did. It felt like a spike was being driven into my forehead |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I thought it would be the ears....but it was the forehead. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have never flown with a sinus infection |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Ummmm...shit. What the hell is that? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It is regular pneumonia |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. If three vicodin didn't knock you on your ass..... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
28. I did once. I thought my sinuses were going to explode. Literally. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
30. I flew with a cold once and I thought I was dying. |
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