Comments on: About Seasickness http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/15/about-seasickness The Official Dana Stabenow Web Site Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dana http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/15/about-seasickness#comment-2021 Dana Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:50:32 +0000 http://localhost:8888/stabenow_wp/?p=15#comment-2021 Sort of comes under the heading "Are we having fun yet?" Sort of comes under the heading “Are we having fun yet?”

]]> By: Mary Rae Lambert http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/15/about-seasickness#comment-2013 Mary Rae Lambert Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:59:49 +0000 http://localhost:8888/stabenow_wp/?p=15#comment-2013 I took the large car ferry to Newfoundland years ago with my parents...the night before our departure had been so rough that all 400 people on board had been sick...and all the dishes were smashed. My father stood at the stern marvelling at how invigorating it was, while my poor mother spent the entire 8 or more hours holding on to the bathroom sink. There was a room with large tables and benches and huge windows where when the ship rolled to port and headed down into a wave all you could see was the sea...then she would climb up out of the trough and roll to starboard and all you could see was the sky...Oh God...I had never felt so sick. I could only fight the urge to throw myself overboard. So I slept for a while on the large table. Upon awakening I felt a bit better and decided that eating something might help. Doing the ship slide, stumble, balance dance, I approached the dining area only to be engulfed in the smell of fried fish....I'll forever feel nauseated even thinking of fried fish. I took the large car ferry to Newfoundland years ago with my parents…the night before our departure had been so rough that all 400 people on board had been sick…and all the dishes were smashed. My father stood at the stern marvelling at how invigorating it was, while my poor mother spent the entire 8 or more hours holding on to the bathroom sink. There was a room with large tables and benches and huge windows where when the ship rolled to port and headed down into a wave all you could see was the sea…then she would climb up out of the trough and roll to starboard and all you could see was the sky…Oh God…I had never felt so sick. I could only fight the urge to throw myself overboard. So I slept for a while on the large table. Upon awakening I felt a bit better and decided that eating something might help. Doing the ship slide, stumble, balance dance, I approached the dining area only to be engulfed in the smell of fried fish….I’ll forever feel nauseated even thinking of fried fish.

]]> By: Dana http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/15/about-seasickness#comment-238 Dana Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:16:26 +0000 http://localhost:8888/stabenow_wp/?p=15#comment-238 Thirty minutes was the time allowed for the whole process. The water part was maneuvering to stay in it. I never knew I'd want a smaller shower stall. Thirty minutes was the time allowed for the whole process. The water part was maneuvering to stay in it. I never knew I’d want a smaller shower stall.

]]> By: Steve Dollard http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/15/about-seasickness#comment-236 Steve Dollard Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:29:47 +0000 http://localhost:8888/stabenow_wp/?p=15#comment-236 I did my hitch in the Navy over 25 years ago, but your description of seasickness had me smiling. The only time I had a problem was in the middle of a typhoon and I just swallowed it back since we were all strapped to our racks to keep us from damaging ourselves. Something about puking three up and trying to time the roll so it wouldn’t hit the guys below just didn’t appeal to me. Later on, I learned a tart green apple helps squelch the belch, so you might want to keep that in mind. Getting off ship after a few months out is the hardest thing for me; the land doesn’t want keep up with an acclimated equilibrium, which sucks just as bad as choppy froth. “No sir, I haven’t been drinking!� “I’m lucky if my showers on board take me less than 30 minutes…� too funny Dana, I recall at times we were given less than 3 minutes of water. Splash on, splash off, and dang it all if the desalination system was messed up. I think many of us made the most of sinks to keep ourselves ship shape. I did my hitch in the Navy over 25 years ago, but your description of seasickness had me smiling. The only time I had a problem was in the middle of a typhoon and I just swallowed it back since we were all strapped to our racks to keep us from damaging ourselves. Something about puking three up and trying to time the roll so it wouldn’t hit the guys below just didn’t appeal to me. Later on, I learned a tart green apple helps squelch the belch, so you might want to keep that in mind. Getting off ship after a few months out is the hardest thing for me; the land doesn’t want keep up with an acclimated equilibrium, which sucks just as bad as choppy froth. “No sir, I haven’t been drinking!�

“I’m lucky if my showers on board take me less than 30 minutes…� too funny Dana, I recall at times we were given less than 3 minutes of water. Splash on, splash off, and dang it all if the desalination system was messed up. I think many of us made the most of sinks to keep ourselves ship shape.

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