Hotel rooms

[Guest guest]

Obviously any of us asthmatics cannot decontaminate a hotel room, but

I've found that tkaing one of my barrier pillowcases and a dream sack

to cocoon in have helped. I travel to warm climates, so many of my

hotel destinations don't have carpet.

The portable (aircraft use) air purifiers are available on

www.magellans.com. I have not tried them because it's just one more

thing to have to explain to TSA. Last time they questioned me about

my portable nebulizer! Ugh.

> >

> >

> > Before I say this remember that there are probably only a handful

of

> > physicians who would say to take medications before you get sick.

> > Having said that, I tried experiments on myself. One plane trip

I

> wore

> > a mask from the time I left my car until after I reached my

hotel.

> I

> > was treated by everyone I came in contact with like I had the

> plaque or

> > something, which was fine with me, they kept their germs to

> themselves.

> > I washed and santizied my hands after I touched anything. I did

> not

> > get my usual bad bronchitis end up on steroids and antibiotics

and

> nebs

> > every 2-3 hours.

> >

> > My next trip I decided to try something a nurse friend told

me " why

> > don't you put neosporin up your nose? " I thought about it, the

> > petroleum jelly compund would trap anything I breathed in through

my

> > nose & start to kill it, then I could blow it out after I reached

my

> > destination. So, I tried it. I did not get sick. I saved

myself

> the

> > uncomfortableness of the mask and did not get sick. I used a q-

tip

> and

> > applied the neosporin to the inside of both nostrils around the

> inside

> > of the nasal passages. For my money this is how I am going to

> travel

> > from now on.

> >

> > So, whatever that is worth, hope it helps. I also now call my

> > physician and ask for meds before I go anywhere. After I get

back I

> > call him & tell him whether I had to use them or not. They have

to

> > document all of that in case they are audited by your insurance or

> > medication coverage.

> >

> > Pat

> >

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