Travel - airplanes, etc - advice needed

[Guest guest]

Greetings,

I am putting on my very brave cap and will be traveling abroad for the first

time since getting ill from mold in 2005. I'm not letting this mold illness crap

hold me back any longer.

This will be a trip to Europe and I'll be part of an academic tour of German

universities. The schedule is rather demanding, but I'll do my best considering

my limitations.

I need advice on how to handle a long flight. I will certainly contact the

airline to explain my conditions (MCS is the primary concern), but I wonder if

anyone can advise about masks/oxygen for travel and provide examples of your

experiences traveling since MCS and mold.

Thank you in advance for sharing your wisdom. Keep strong friends...

Missy

[Guest guest]

I feel the same way and traveled to London after getting sick It was a

college trip with my daughter that I would never have the chance to do again. I

was nervous but had no problems. I took a mask with me and fortunately no one

near me had perfume/cologne on or I don't know what I would have done. I was

fine in the hotel and had a wonderful 10 days seeing London. Check out this

website _http://www.icanbreathe.com/_ (http://www.icanbreathe.com/) for some

nice masks. Good luck and I hope you have a good time.

Sue

I am putting on my very brave cap and will be traveling abroad for the first

time since getting ill from mold in 2005. I'm not letting this mold illness

crap hold me back any longer.

This will be a trip to Europe and I'll be part of an academic tour of German

universities. The schedule is rather demanding, but I'll do my best

considering my limitations.

I need advice on how to handle a long flight. I will certainly contact the

airline to explain my conditions (MCS is the primary concern), but I wonder if

anyone can advise about masks/oxygen for travel and provide examples of your

experiences traveling since MCS and mold.

Thank you in advance for sharing your wisdom. Keep strong friends...

Missy

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[Guest guest]

>I also find myself flying twice a year from New York to San Diego and am always

nervous before the flight. I take my face mask AND my eye mask and I put eye

drops in my eyes every hour or so to minimize discomfort. I take a eye mask for

sleeping too when I don;t want to look like a complete crazy-I just keep my eyes

closed for the majority of the flight and that helps. I also drink only water

and have taken anti-histamines because it seems to minimize the immediate

problem of too much dust for me. I drink a St. 's Wort tea before the flight

because it calms me down and alot of my MCS flare-ups these days come from

anxiety.

So far flying has been tough but manageable-you know its going to end so that

makes it bearable.

I also have been lucky and there hasn't been any crazy perfume ladies next to

me.

It's funny but I get more problems from the rent a car I get than the plane

ride! So go and ENJOY!

> Greetings,

> I am putting on my very brave cap and will be traveling abroad for the first

time since getting ill from mold in 2005. I'm not letting this mold illness crap

hold me back any longer.

> This will be a trip to Europe and I'll be part of an academic tour of German

universities. The schedule is rather demanding, but I'll do my best considering

my limitations.

> I need advice on how to handle a long flight. I will certainly contact the

airline to explain my conditions (MCS is the primary concern), but I wonder if

anyone can advise about masks/oxygen for travel and provide examples of your

experiences traveling since MCS and mold.

> Thank you in advance for sharing your wisdom. Keep strong friends...

> Missy

>

[Guest guest]

I hope you have a nice trip and can enjoy yourself. I know with our illness

how nervous we become and others don't understand.However, I think more and

more are becoming aware of MCS. It's very difficult to go out into the world

with all the fragrances. I have had to step out of line in a store because of

perfume or smoke odors on people around me. It isn't easy but I do the best I

can and I carry a mask with me at all times!

Sue

Thank you Sue! Very helpful. The airline also said i could carry oxygen with

a dr note dated within 10 days from departure. I hope not to need it!

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[Guest guest]

www.breathehealthy.net also has good masks, they have different designs,not

so scary looking,my girls loved the smiley face one!

Good luck

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:48 PM, <ssr3351@...> wrote:

>

> I feel the same way and traveled to London after getting sick It was a

> college trip with my daughter that I would never have the chance to do

> again. I

> was nervous but had no problems. I took a mask with me and fortunately no

> one

> near me had perfume/cologne on or I don't know what I would have done. I

> was

> fine in the hotel and had a wonderful 10 days seeing London. Check out this

>

> website _http://www.icanbreathe.com/_ (http://www.icanbreathe.com/) for

> some

> nice masks. Good luck and I hope you have a good time.

>

> Sue

>

> I

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sue! Very helpful. The airline also said i could carry oxygen with a

dr note dated within 10 days from departure. I hope not to need it!

>

>

> I feel the same way and traveled to London after getting sick It was a

> college trip with my daughter that I would never have the chance to do again.

I

> was nervous but had no problems. I took a mask with me and fortunately no one

> near me had perfume/cologne on or I don't know what I would have done. I was

> fine in the hotel and had a wonderful 10 days seeing London. Check out this

> website _http://www.icanbreathe.com/_ (http://www.icanbreathe.com/) for some

> nice masks. Good luck and I hope you have a good time.

>

> Sue

>