I must admit that I have harbored just a little bit of pride about the fact that I was not as motion sensitive as my wife.
I was the one to take the kids on the rides at the fair. I was the one comfortable going out on the Sound in a small boat to go fishing. I was the one who didn't need to take Dramamine to ride in an airplane. But all this has changed and I'm just a little humbled by the fact.
Karen and I had been talking for a few years about taking a cruise up the inside passage to Alaska. Well this year we decided to stop talking about it and do it. Being the truly compassionate one, I approached the cruise with more concern about how Karen would handle it than how I would do - after all, Karen is the one who can make herself carsick while she's driving.All this changed the second day into our cruise.
As the ship entered open sea it encountering a little bit of chop with the water. We were experiencing the wonderful up and down sensation of a large ship on a choppy sea and I was not doing well at all. Truth be told - I tossed my cookies! Karen, however, was doing just fine. I ended up spending the rest of the cruise doped up on Dramamine "just in case."
But the most frustrating part of the whole experience were the four days after the cruise I spent nauseated and dizzy waiting to get my land legs again. And how was Karen doing? You guessed it! Just fine.
She is eager to go on a cruise again, but I'm not sure I can endure the "pleasure."
I don't wear humility very well and I just a little bummed about how unfair life is in this instance.
PJ
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As Mom would say, "It happens in the best of families!" I too got seasick on the cruise we took in '97, just a 5 day jaunt down the coast from Vancouver BC to L.A. First day - I'm fine, doing good... second day, the weather changed and seas got rough, from the remnants of a hurricane that had come up the Baha peninsula, so they pulled in the stabilizers and sped up to just get through it. Both Doug and I discovered that it is NOT simply "mind over matter" - cookies WILL be tossed! Along with whatever else you were foolish enough to try to eat. We had no Dramamine, but borrowed some from our friends, which did eventually help (once we kept it down). But also, as you mention, getting my land-legs again was difficult, and resulted in my having the WORST EVER migraine of my entire life. I seriously wanted to just die and get it over with.
So, humbled as you are, I know the next cruise we take will be well-stocked with Dramamine and for a destination that is enjoying calm seas and pleasant weather. Oh, lounging on a raft in a pool doesn't count? Dang.
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