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When she started flying with me my wife said she has ear issues, things don't equalize well when she flies, takes a while. As she flew more with me she thought this was getting better.
Saturday we flew 4 hours. Both of us were careful of food and liquid intake that could make the flight uncomfortable, during the flight she had NO oral intake and at dinner and before bed it seemed like less than 8 ounces total. Breakfast yesterday she had less than 8 ounces, had a few sips of water on our 3.8 hour flight home. Upon landing home she pretty quickly drank 3 bottles of water. Last night she said she had some light headed symptoms, I made her a salty sweet lemonade. Lying down in bed she got dizzy again. BP was checked, it was not low, actually it was higher than normal. This am she is mostly better but just kind of out of sorts.
I noticed yesterday after a hasty pre departure lunch where I ate very little that I had a touch of unease in the air, rectified by a raisin snack at a fuel stop. I drank some water while flying, no issues upon return home.
We are both retired acute care nurses. I'm willing to chalk this up to just dehydration over >24 hours catching up to her, but I am new to aviation.
1. Might her issues be anything else?
2. She vaguely said she liked flying lower than higher, 3500 better than 6500, felt more comfortable. "Felt more pressure higher up". Does this ring true?
3. What do you and your regular passengers do with regards to hydration and food while balancing a desire to not bring on toilet stops?
4. How often do you stop? In cars we find 2-3 hours is about enough. C172 seems tighter, two hours was enough.
5. Any ideas how I can best have my wife be comfortable?
Thank you!
Saturday we flew 4 hours. Both of us were careful of food and liquid intake that could make the flight uncomfortable, during the flight she had NO oral intake and at dinner and before bed it seemed like less than 8 ounces total. Breakfast yesterday she had less than 8 ounces, had a few sips of water on our 3.8 hour flight home. Upon landing home she pretty quickly drank 3 bottles of water. Last night she said she had some light headed symptoms, I made her a salty sweet lemonade. Lying down in bed she got dizzy again. BP was checked, it was not low, actually it was higher than normal. This am she is mostly better but just kind of out of sorts.
I noticed yesterday after a hasty pre departure lunch where I ate very little that I had a touch of unease in the air, rectified by a raisin snack at a fuel stop. I drank some water while flying, no issues upon return home.
We are both retired acute care nurses. I'm willing to chalk this up to just dehydration over >24 hours catching up to her, but I am new to aviation.
1. Might her issues be anything else?
2. She vaguely said she liked flying lower than higher, 3500 better than 6500, felt more comfortable. "Felt more pressure higher up". Does this ring true?
3. What do you and your regular passengers do with regards to hydration and food while balancing a desire to not bring on toilet stops?
4. How often do you stop? In cars we find 2-3 hours is about enough. C172 seems tighter, two hours was enough.
5. Any ideas how I can best have my wife be comfortable?
Thank you!