VTernovski
Contributor
Oh well... Woke up at 4am to dive up to the Freeport, Long Island to go on the Sea Hawk boat that would take us on the G&D/Yankee wreck. The wreck is 18 miles off the shore of Fire Island (NY - Long Island). (Sea Hawk is not a very large boat.. maybe 35feet?) Anyway, the ride there was about 2 hours and 10 min plus another 20 min before the capt dropped the anchor and gave a green light to dive. By that time, I was miserably seasick and all I could think of is how not to make an ass out of my self by vomiting on the boat. Lucky, the breakfast was moderate and only water came out.
I was wearing the patch, which I was applied 6 hours before the boat. Since it said that each patch works for 3 days, and you should apply it 4 hours before the boat, I thought 6 was good enough. That didn't seem to make any effect on me. I also used the Relief Band. That sort of seemed to help, but I noticed it was doing so in a tricky way. My mind kinda was not feeling seasick, but my body was. That is, I felt physiological symptoms and urge to throw up, where mentally, I didn't feel too bad. Nevertheless, in my case it was the body over the mind and not the other way, so even due to Relief Band's relief, I still had to vomit several times, quite violently, where not much liquid would come out, but still ripping my stomachs muscles and terribly exhausting my energy to the point where I called not to dive that day. :chuck: I also noticed that the conductivity gel wears out quickly, and I would notice that sometimes I would not feel the band even on the settings 5. I guess Ill have to work on better positioning the band.
With Moon tides and strong wing (20mph), the waves were 4-6ft swells with an occasional 8 footers. From whole boat crew, only one other person joined me in not making any dives, where most people did make one dive, but forfeited on the second dive, in the exception of the two.
So, I am a bit heartbroken by the Relief Band. I was so sure that I would have a successful dive this time. Between the band and a patch, I was sure that I would not get sick. But I did.
In my previous experience, I used new Bramamine version to no avail. Have not tried Triptone yet. Ginger roots and ginger chews equally did not work.
What was that Japanese miracle drug that I heard somebody swears by it?
:angry:
I was wearing the patch, which I was applied 6 hours before the boat. Since it said that each patch works for 3 days, and you should apply it 4 hours before the boat, I thought 6 was good enough. That didn't seem to make any effect on me. I also used the Relief Band. That sort of seemed to help, but I noticed it was doing so in a tricky way. My mind kinda was not feeling seasick, but my body was. That is, I felt physiological symptoms and urge to throw up, where mentally, I didn't feel too bad. Nevertheless, in my case it was the body over the mind and not the other way, so even due to Relief Band's relief, I still had to vomit several times, quite violently, where not much liquid would come out, but still ripping my stomachs muscles and terribly exhausting my energy to the point where I called not to dive that day. :chuck: I also noticed that the conductivity gel wears out quickly, and I would notice that sometimes I would not feel the band even on the settings 5. I guess Ill have to work on better positioning the band.
With Moon tides and strong wing (20mph), the waves were 4-6ft swells with an occasional 8 footers. From whole boat crew, only one other person joined me in not making any dives, where most people did make one dive, but forfeited on the second dive, in the exception of the two.
So, I am a bit heartbroken by the Relief Band. I was so sure that I would have a successful dive this time. Between the band and a patch, I was sure that I would not get sick. But I did.
In my previous experience, I used new Bramamine version to no avail. Have not tried Triptone yet. Ginger roots and ginger chews equally did not work.
What was that Japanese miracle drug that I heard somebody swears by it?
:angry:
