I do hope you feel better soon. Don't you know that being sick is bad for your health?
Ok, let's see if I can help any with the impending sense of doom. Because travel is definitely a subject that I know something about. 1)Shoes- comfort over style, every time. I paid an outrageous amount for some SoftWalks for my last trip to Europe (although I bought them on ebay, of all places, and paid a heckuva lot less than retail.) Worth every cent and then some.
2)Jet lag- do everything you can to sleep some on the plane. I recommend asking your Doctor for a prescription sleep aid like Ambien- for the plane and the trip. I don't even wait until after food service- it takes hours and the food really isn't worth waiting for anyhow. Let the Flight Attendants know you won't be eating (so they don't wake you up to ask) put on a sleep mask and some ear plugs, take the pills and veg. I have difficulty sleeping even in my own bed at the best of times, but even just a foggy state of relaxation is better than keeping your brain semi-active talking, reading, watching movies. When you arrive it will probably be early morning there- the temptation is to check in to the hotel and take a nap. This is unwise. Push yourself, relying on excitement of where you are, to keep going all day to as close to a reasonable bedtime locally as you can. Then, if you need to take another sleep aid (you probably won't) and by the next day your internal clock will be mostly reset. There are homeopathic pills called "No Jet-Lag" that help a lot, too. We had ten people from age 25-75, all who followed this plan were adjusted by the second day. Works coming home, too. Staying well hydrated is vital to your body coping, as well.
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Date: 2007-09-21 09:31 pm (UTC)Ok, let's see if I can help any with the impending sense of doom. Because travel is definitely a subject that I know something about.
1)Shoes- comfort over style, every time. I paid an outrageous amount for some SoftWalks for my last trip to Europe (although I bought them on ebay, of all places, and paid a heckuva lot less than retail.) Worth every cent and then some.
2)Jet lag- do everything you can to sleep some on the plane. I recommend asking your Doctor for a prescription sleep aid like Ambien- for the plane and the trip. I don't even wait until after food service- it takes hours and the food really isn't worth waiting for anyhow. Let the Flight Attendants know you won't be eating (so they don't wake you up to ask) put on a sleep mask and some ear plugs, take the pills and veg. I have difficulty sleeping even in my own bed at the best of times, but even just a foggy state of relaxation is better than keeping your brain semi-active talking, reading, watching movies.
When you arrive it will probably be early morning there- the temptation is to check in to the hotel and take a nap. This is unwise. Push yourself, relying on excitement of where you are, to keep going all day to as close to a reasonable bedtime locally as you can. Then, if you need to take another sleep aid (you probably won't) and by the next day your internal clock will be mostly reset.
There are homeopathic pills called "No Jet-Lag" that help a lot, too. We had ten people from age 25-75, all who followed this plan were adjusted by the second day. Works coming home, too.
Staying well hydrated is vital to your body coping, as well.