On 8/28/2007 12:59 AM deb.ruberto@gmail.com exclaimed:
> On Aug 27, 10:28 pm, Jay Furr wrote:
>
>> I've never, ever been seasick, even in seven foot seas off the coast of
>> North Carolina on board a merrily rolling North Carolina state ferry, or in
>> my kayak in heavy chop out on Lake Champlain.
>>
>> That being said, next week I leave on my Alaska cruise and I'm told that
>> the first night, going up the west side of Vancouver Island, is
>> nototriously rough and that a lot of people who've said "I'm never never
>> sick at sea" found out that there's always a first time.
>>
>> I personally am kind of looking forward to seeing what it feels like to be
>> on a big ship while it rolls and pitches but just in case I do get the ol'
>> mal de mer (or in case my wife does), I'm kind of curious what the current
>> thinking is vis-a-vis preventative or the.utic measures for seasickness.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>
> I've been on all kinds of small craft (canoes, ferries, motorboats,
> etc)....never got sick. Then I went on a one day cruise (out to int'l
> waters for gambling, back in)..
>
> I WAS SO DAMBED SICK. Couldn't walk up upright sick. World spinning
> around me sick. Watching people walk made me sick. Looking at food
> made me sick.
>
> Sorry; no advice---nothing worked for me..Dramamine,
> bourbon...nothing.
>
> Mrs Mookie
> ..wishing the best for you tho...
>
>
>
I've done the cruise both in and out of Vancouver. Not an ounce of
discomfort. Like you I have lots of experience both on and in the
ocean. I don't get seasick. A number of people over eat and over
indulge in wine. Then they complain of being seasick. Nope. They just
overdid it that's all.
As for seasickness cures, I highly recommend the "Mythbusters" episode
on seasickness cures. It's a little gross but separates out the stuff
that just acts as a placebo, and the things that really work.
I'm with Sue Mullen on this. Don't take anything unless you need to, or
a doctor tells you to. Sometimes you can make yourself sick taking
stuff "just in case".
I did have a little bit of a bumpy ride leaving the Columbia River after
visiting Astoria, OR. The tide wasn't in full bore but getting
there. This is the river mouth that the Coast Guard in which it does
it's rescue drills, monster waves and such. We didn't have it quite
that bad, but the Captain had told us to stay inside. He said the waves
were getting big, it might not be safe to be on the outside promenade.
People were retiring to their cabins to be sick port and starboard. Not
me, my sister either. As the floor heaved and fell beneath our feet,
walking became a sort of coordination game.
I don't think you will run into anything nearly as funky as the mouth of
the Columbia River during tidal change. So, if you talk to your family
doctor and he gives you an Rx. Bring it along, but I don't think you
will need it.
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