At 3 am this morning I was careening down hospital hallways, canes flying as I miraculously kept up with the nurse who was pushing my daughter's wheelchair from the Emergency department to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at top speed.
My daughter is 23 weeks into a complicated pregnancy and her bab...
2 questions: does anyone have problems (and suggested solutions to limit) MS symptoms happening as a result of flying? I flew to see my family and had dizziness and weak legs as a result (not sure if it was fatigue or flying it's a very long journey - 26 hours). It happened both ways. I booked assi...
Hi all.
I have just returned from my first holiday abroad since the onset of MS symptoms.
I had a relapse a couple of weeks before the holiday but my Ms nurse fully supported the break and the steroids helped me to full recovery.
It was a 3.5 hr flight and when I get off I really struggled with...
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I was diagnosed with relapsing MS earlier this year. I work as an airline pilot and, as you might expect, was grounded immediately on diagnosis pending further reports. Unfortunately there isn’t much out there about aviation and ms - googling pilot and MS just throws up lots of information a...
About 7 years ago I began suffering while flying, luckily they are only ever short trips, the moment the plane takes off into the air I have pressure in my head and dizzy sick feelings until landing, I’ve spoken to many doctors about this and 3 years ago I was prescribed serc, it took the edge off ...
Just been abroad for the second time and I have to say flying is a big issue for me.
I go dizzy when taking off and when the plane changes altitude and also when turning, I'm talking hamster in a ball and been kicked kind of dizzy it's horrible and I have to close my eyes and take deep breathes and ...
Desperately seeking advice.
Has anybody taken the risk and flown without a travel letter? My hospital have fucked up. I've been asking for one since August and haven't been sent one. I was then told on Tuesday that they would do one and leave it at reception at the hospital for me to pick up today....
I plan to do a bit of sight seeing this summer send I was wondering if anyone had problems flying whilst wearing a FES. Singapore airlines seemed ok with it but I'm planning to go to china next and maybe the states.