Sea sick question??

epals4ever.TakeThisOut@webtv.net (chatty cathy) wrote in news:15238-47AE99D1-419
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> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
> do you do it?
> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
> any suggestions or advice?
> chatty cathy
>

You probably know if you are prone to motion sickness. If you are Jack's
bonine suggestion is good. Even my wife who is sensitive doens't always
seem affected but if the forcast is for any thing more than 3 feet swells I
would pop a bonine before the trouble starts and it will be good. Fressh
air being midships and low and being able to look out to the horizon help.
being in a closed room high up or very front is an invitation to disaster.
(back is a bit less than the front but still to be avoided bythe
sensitive.)

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Me... One Bonine tablet a day, starting the morning of the flight to the
port. It even works great on flights that are bumpy.

If you have concerns about seasickness, then start with an itinerary in calm
waters, like the Western Caribbean (where Cuba acts as a huge wave and wind
break), or the Baltic Sea in Europe. The Baltic was by far the calmest
place I've ever sailed. Not so much as even ripples in the water. Just
flat like a sheet of glass.

On the other hand, the rougher itineraries I've been on are the Eastern
Caribbean (mostly in the Atlantic) and sailing from NY to Bermuda (totally
in the Atlantic).

--Tom


"chatty cathy" <epals4ever.RemoveThis@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
> do you do it?
> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
> any suggestions or advice?
> chatty cathy
>
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epals4ever RemoveThis @webtv.net (chatty cathy) wrote:

> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
>do you do it?
> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
> any suggestions or advice?
> chatty cathy

I don't get seasick, or motion sick, or not very often (I can remember
once when I had an earache and was reading a book in the backseat of
the car as a child). I do have BNP Vertigo occasionally, and I also
get an upset stomach if I am nervous or apprehensive about something.
If I am queasy or feel myself getting a headache, I drink hot tea and
eat something bland which was what I also did for morning sickness.
Meclizine and the like doesn't help with vertigo.

We get an inside cabin as close to the center of the ship as possible.
If we are on our own boat and it is really rough, I go and lie down in
the main saloon next to where the mast is stepped on the keel, which
is close to the center of motion of that boat.

I've never been on a cruise ship where the motion was so bad that I
had to do anything like that, although my BIL has said that when he
was on the former NCL Crown (very small and no stabilizers) it was so
rough that the props were coming out of the water.

My husband also rarely gets motion sickness, and his remedy is to eat
saltine-type crackers while outside looking at the horizon. (That's
the remedy that they gave him when he was in the Navy on a destroyer.)
So he can stay out there at the wheel of our boat and steer if it is
rough.

My mother's remedy was Canada Dry ginger ale (which had real ginger in
it), and I also take ginger candy with me just in case.
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It has been posted here many times,I am subject to sea sickness,and take
a meclizine(generic bonine,and much cheaper) once a day and never have
any problems,and we have hit some very,very rough weather on some of our
cruises

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On 2/10/2008 1:29 AM chatty cathy did the "neutron dance", then made
these writings:
> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
> do you do it?
> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
> any suggestions or advice?
> chatty cathy
>
The only motion sickness I get, is in a moving car as a passenger when I
am trying to read. Solution. Don't read in a motor vehicle in motion.

Here's a thought. If you alternate between vodka and tequila shooters
would you get seasick? Or, by that point, would you care? Bonine seems
to be the drug of choice. But I wouldn't reach for it too soon. Large
cruise ships are fairly stable under most conditions. You might not
need it. But it might be good to have some on hand, just in case.

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BrianK <brian1951BLOG RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote:

>On 2/10/2008 1:29 AM chatty cathy did the "neutron dance", then made
>these writings:
>> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
>> do you do it?
>> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
>> any suggestions or advice?
>> chatty cathy
>>
>The only motion sickness I get, is in a moving car as a passenger when I
>am trying to read. Solution. Don't read in a motor vehicle in motion.
>
>Here's a thought. If you alternate between vodka and tequila shooters
>would you get seasick?

Yeah. Alcohol increases the likelihood of seasickness, for me.

Maybe I just didn't have enough.
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"BrianK" <brian1951BLOG RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On 2/10/2008 1:29 AM chatty cathy did the "neutron dance", then made
> these writings:
>> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
>> do you do it?
>> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
>> any suggestions or advice? chatty cathy
>>
> The only motion sickness I get, is in a moving car as a passenger when I
> am trying to read. Solution. Don't read in a motor vehicle in motion.
>
> Here's a thought. If you alternate between vodka and tequila shooters
> would you get seasick? Or, by that point, would you care? Bonine seems to
> be the drug of choice. But I wouldn't reach for it too soon. Large cruise
> ships are fairly stable under most conditions.

Ships are BIG... but the ocean's BIGGER.

--Tom
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In article <47afcdb3$0$7845$607ed4bc@cv.net>, Tom K
<tkanitra.TakeThisOut@optonline.net> wrote:

> Ships are BIG... but the ocean's BIGGER.

Yeah but I think I read that only 14% of the population gets sea sick...

--
Charles
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On Feb 10, 4:39 am, Jack Hamilton <j....DeleteThis@acm.org> wrote:

> Bonine seems to work.

You betcha. I take it every night, starting on the night before I
board the ship. It causes a little bit of drowsiness with me, so if I
take it at night before bed, I'm sleeping anyway. By morning, I'm
fine. Bonine lasts 24 hours, so I'm all set until my next nightly
dose.

I'm extremely prone to motion sickness...I'm not taking any chance of
missing out on any of the cruise, feeling queasy. I find preventative
measures work best for me.

> Scopalamine patches are the traditional prescription medication, but
> they cause severe dry mouth (in me - you may differ). But they work
> (again - for me).

Yeah. Way too many side effects for me, too. I had the dry mouth,
along with blurry vision, swollen feet, etc., etc. It worked in that
it kept the motion sickness away, but it was just too unpleasant to
take.

> There are rumors of some super seasickness shot you can get from the
> ship's doctor, but I've never found out what it is.

I think they shoot you up with compazine. But, not only is it really
good for severe nausea and vomiting, it's also used as an anti-anxiety
for schizophrenics. So, it can really knock you for a loop.
Phenergan's a good one too...but that will make you really drowsy.

> Advice: avoid the aft end of the ship, which might mean avoiding the
> main dining room during rough seas. I found the main dining room (all
> the way aft) and the theatre (all the way forward) to be the worst
> places to be. On the other hand, some people think aft cabins are the
> very best, so the kind of motion people are sensitive to must vary.

I've never had a problem being aft. Probably the worst place for me,
on the ship, in terms of feeling queasy, is the theater, all the way
forward. I once was upgraded to a balcony cabin, all the way up, and
all the way forward (two doors back from the door leading into the
bridge). Definitely needed my Bonine on that cruise. But, I've been
in a few facing-aft cabins, and have found them to be relatively
motionless.

> One thing that might help - if you are feeling seasick at night, try
> sleeping sideways on the bed - that might help (or it might make it
> worse).

Hmmm... By sideways, do you mean so that the length of your body
matches the length of the ship??? In some cabins (balconies), my bed
is facing forward. So, if I were to turn sideways on these beds, the
length of me would be going port-starboard vs. bow-stern.
Clarification, please.

> Of the non-prescription remedies, I think that ginger has some effect.

Can't hurt, anyway. If anything, sipping on a ginger ale is always
soothing.
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Chatty Cathy,

For what it is worth, my vote is for Bonine. My wife Deborah and I have
tried many of the other remedies, but found Bonine to be the best for the
both of us, and for many of the reasons so stated within this thread. This
very subject was also asked not too long ago, so if you can research back a
bit, you may be able to obtain additional information. Likewise, you may not
need anything, but as already pointed out, an once of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.

Happy sailing...
John Sisker - SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY
(714) 536-3850 or toll-free at: (800) 724-6644 & (Agency ID: 714.536.3850)
www.shiptoshorecruise.com






"chatty cathy" <epals4ever.TakeThisOut@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> ok do you get sea sick? if so what do you do for it and for how long
> do you do it?
> Interested in knowing what many of you do or take for this..
> any suggestions or advice?
> chatty cathy
>
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"Charles" <fort.RemoveThis@his.com.remove.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <47afcdb3$0$7845$607ed4bc@cv.net>, Tom K
> <tkanitra.RemoveThis@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> Ships are BIG... but the ocean's BIGGER.
>
> Yeah but I think I read that only 14% of the population gets sea sick...
>
> --
> Charles

That doesn't matter. 100% of the population should take bonine "just in
case". We have to keep the drug companies well funded.

--
Greg
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Meclizine is the generic for bonine. My son is prone to motion
sickness, so we use it on all car trips over 20 minutes or so. I use
it when I go to Disneyworld and want to ride the roller coasters and
other rides.

you can get 100 tablets of 25 mg of meclizine online for about $10

or, you can ask your friendly neighborhood pharmacist. I just bought
another bottle of 100 tablets for about $6. this really beats the
price for bonine.
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On Feb 11, 6:15 pm, "George Leppla" <geo... DeleteThis @cruisemaster.com> wrote:
> "Tom K" <tkani... DeleteThis @optonline.net> wrote in message

> > It's not even owned by a drug company. Bonine (with generic availability)
> > is owned by a small consumer health company. And the whole US based
> > motion sickness business is only $45 million... a drop in the bucket, when
> > compared to Carnival Corps $13 BILLION in Revenues, or Royal Caribbean's
> > $6 BILLION.
>
> > $45 million vs. $13 BILLION.
>
> > Maybe you should complain about cruise prices instead.
>
> Hmmm... You knew I wouldn't let this pass. <vbg>
>
> According to Wikipedia "Pfizer's cholesterol pill Lipitor remains the
> best-selling drug in the world for the fifth year in a row. Its annual sales
> were $12.9 billion". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_company
>
> That's only for ONE of their meds.

George - Tom said "the whole US based motion sickness business is only
$45 million". He didn't say anything about the pharmaceutical
business, as a whole.

Just thought I'd point that out...
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