Helo Gang
Not on here much any more due to being too busy in real life to be engaged in cyberlife.
I had a fairly sudden need to leave the country and return to the US, hopefully temporarily. New visa rules required my appying in home country and my visa expired last night.
I booked a flight on short notice and the only seat left was a bulkhead seat in a middle row. I stayed up all night fearing that my taxi reservation at 4a.m. would be missed because the battery in my travel alarm clock died. By the time i got to the airport, I had a fever, nausia and just felt terrible. I found when taking my seat for a 18 hours flight that I was wedged in between 350pounder on one side and a 300 pounder on the other, and being a bulkhead seat there was no leg room or space under the seat into which to curl the lower half of my 188cm(6'3") length into. Immediately behind me where infants and toddlers who screamed for 15 of those hours. Despite the noise, my two "companions" quickly fell asleep and one snored louder than the babies screamed some 2 feet from my ear.
Due to having my arms firmly squashed into immobility by the overhang on both side, the only good thing to be said for being sick on a plane was that there was no decision needed as to attempting to eat.....there was no possibility for moving my arms enough to eat let alone scratch my nose. And there was no possibility to get up to use the rest room for the entire flight.
This post does relate to hip replacements, honestly.
Being wedged in as I was, with no place to put my legs and no possibility to get up and move, I was stuck for most of that time in one painful position. Both knees, due to the stressful position felt like knives where being stuck into and under the knee-caps. I tried to flex my leg muscles, since i could not move my arms. buit that did not relieve the pain. I was really concerned with the possibilities of blood clots or other result of immobility and high equivalent cabin altitude. I could barely walk, and then only by holding onto something after that ordeal. My new bionic hip however was the ONLY part of me that was not in agony, or useless. In fact there was no pain at all.
As cautionary note; either fly business or first class, if you are within months of a hip replacement and can afford it. Otherwise try to get emergency exit row seating, on the isle. If that is not possible book a flight that breaks up the travel into a number of shorter legs. Having the break, and switching planes, really makes the time so faster in addition to minimizing the dangers. Or better, stay in your own city as much as possible. If you can't ride a bicycle to get where you want to go, do you REALLY need to go there?Mobility is important in being able to flex and keep blood from pooling in the legs.
There has been debates for years as to whether people too large to fit into a regular seat should pay more but each of those proposals would have the money go to the airline. The passengers who are made very uncomfortable are the ones losing out, they should be paid for their pain and suffering.
Not on here much any more due to being too busy in real life to be engaged in cyberlife.
I had a fairly sudden need to leave the country and return to the US, hopefully temporarily. New visa rules required my appying in home country and my visa expired last night.
I booked a flight on short notice and the only seat left was a bulkhead seat in a middle row. I stayed up all night fearing that my taxi reservation at 4a.m. would be missed because the battery in my travel alarm clock died. By the time i got to the airport, I had a fever, nausia and just felt terrible. I found when taking my seat for a 18 hours flight that I was wedged in between 350pounder on one side and a 300 pounder on the other, and being a bulkhead seat there was no leg room or space under the seat into which to curl the lower half of my 188cm(6'3") length into. Immediately behind me where infants and toddlers who screamed for 15 of those hours. Despite the noise, my two "companions" quickly fell asleep and one snored louder than the babies screamed some 2 feet from my ear.
Due to having my arms firmly squashed into immobility by the overhang on both side, the only good thing to be said for being sick on a plane was that there was no decision needed as to attempting to eat.....there was no possibility for moving my arms enough to eat let alone scratch my nose. And there was no possibility to get up to use the rest room for the entire flight.
This post does relate to hip replacements, honestly.
Being wedged in as I was, with no place to put my legs and no possibility to get up and move, I was stuck for most of that time in one painful position. Both knees, due to the stressful position felt like knives where being stuck into and under the knee-caps. I tried to flex my leg muscles, since i could not move my arms. buit that did not relieve the pain. I was really concerned with the possibilities of blood clots or other result of immobility and high equivalent cabin altitude. I could barely walk, and then only by holding onto something after that ordeal. My new bionic hip however was the ONLY part of me that was not in agony, or useless. In fact there was no pain at all.
As cautionary note; either fly business or first class, if you are within months of a hip replacement and can afford it. Otherwise try to get emergency exit row seating, on the isle. If that is not possible book a flight that breaks up the travel into a number of shorter legs. Having the break, and switching planes, really makes the time so faster in addition to minimizing the dangers. Or better, stay in your own city as much as possible. If you can't ride a bicycle to get where you want to go, do you REALLY need to go there?Mobility is important in being able to flex and keep blood from pooling in the legs.
There has been debates for years as to whether people too large to fit into a regular seat should pay more but each of those proposals would have the money go to the airline. The passengers who are made very uncomfortable are the ones losing out, they should be paid for their pain and suffering.
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