Puppy motion sickness

[Nanny71]

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If it makes you feel any better @Nanny71, I suffer terribly with travel sickness. In a car, for work journeys, I have to drive, so it means picking up colleagues before the drive! I feel so ill as a passenger it's ridiculous! I was the same on boats, but after having one for a few years some time ago, that got better. Planes are the same, make me want to throw up, trains less so.

I'm glad I am not the only one. Boats ok if I am on deck. Usually pretty much ok on short train journeys.
Planes I always take medication and wear anti sickness bands.

 

[leashedForLife]

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@Nanny71 - can U wear the accu-pressure wrist-bands?
They have a small fixed hard dome on them, & the band itself is elastic fabric; it uses pressure on a specific area, to reduce nausea, & the effects of motion on one's balance.

My older sister may well be the only Navy wife in history who got seasick while tied to the dock - we were touring a sub-tender, the small fast ships that deliver food, drink, med-supplies, entertainment [movies, etc] to the Navy submarines. We were 3 decks down when a carrier passed her stern, going to sea; even dead-slow, a ship of that tonnage moves the water, & the tender bobbed.
Peggy turned green, & we flew up the ladders to the main deck to get her out in fresh air before she chucked her lunch.
She swears by the accu-pressure bands - I bought her a set for Xmas, one year. She uses them on planes, in cars when she's not driving, & anytime she thinks she might be affected [carnival rides, etc].

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Band-Wrist-Band-Nausea-Relief/dp/B000LNEB0Q

- terry

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[Nanny71]

I have used acupressure bands. I think they must have worked. I thought I was over all this sickness (grown out of it? ). Got another steam train booked in September so I will get some more and also heavy duty travel pills from doctor.

 

[Nanny71]

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@Nanny71 - can U wear the accu-pressure wrist-bands?
They have a small fixed hard dome on them, & the band itself is elastic fabric; it uses pressure on a specific area, to reduce nausea, & the effects of motion on one's balance.

My older sister may well be the only Navy wife in history who got seasick while tied to the dock - we were touring a sub-tender, the small fast ships that deliver food, drink, med-supplies, entertainment [movies, etc] to the Navy submarines. We were 3 decks down when a carrier passed her stern, going to sea; even dead-slow, a ship of that tonnage moves the water, & the tender bobbed.
Peggy turned green, & we flew up the ladders to the main deck to get her out in fresh air before she chucked her lunch.
She swears by the accu-pressure bands - I bought her a set for Xmas, one year. She uses them on planes, in cars when she's not driving, & anytime she thinks she might be affected [carnival rides, etc].

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Band-Wrist-Band-Nausea-Relief/dp/B000LNEB0Q

- terry

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My husband used to joke I would be sick on the canal. Used to do a lot of scuba diving but never sick on inflatables but unable to dive if we went on a dive boat with solid sides.

 

[Teddy560]

I've not much to add to the above but my family dog who's now 13 was car sick as a pup. She eventually just outgrew it. You can get tablets for long journeys.

 

[leashedForLife]

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possibly dumb Q, @Nanny71 - but could someone install a grounding strap on the car's axle?

This has been known to reduce or even entirely alleviate long-standing motion sickness, after all other options had failed. Not very costly, & it can't hurt to try. . No side effects, no interactions, no dosage concerns!


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[Nanny71]

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possibly dumb Q, @Nanny71 - but could someone install a grounding strap on the car's axle?

This has been known to reduce or even entirely alleviate long-standing motion sickness, after all other options had failed. Not very costly, & it can't hurt to try. . No side effects, no interactions, no dosage concerns!


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When I was a child (many years ago) my dad fixed a chain to the back of the car because that was supposed to work. I think that was supposed to be a grounding sort of thing. Another thing that was supposed to help was sitting on a pile of newspapers. That didn't work either.
I think it is partly psychological and it is so implanted in my mind that it happens.
This was the first time on a train so I need to persuade myself it isn't going to happen every time.
We are booked on another steam train in September so it is seabands and medication.

 

[leashedForLife]

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just FYI for anyone, about grounding vehicles -

Grounding straps for cars | San Diego Reader
Grounding straps for cars
Jun 5, 2013 -
Normally, rubber straps are poor conductors, but the grounding versions are ... The manufacturers claim that static buildup in a car can lead to ...

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Static straps are important for lift trucks with non marking tires. ... Ever wondered why there's a strap dragging on the ground underneath some forklifts? ... on each vehicle (one behind each axle) to help minimize static buildup ...


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