Does anyone suffer from pain and severe nausea travelling in a car and with general body movement?

[Lejay]

I struggled before my lap when my endo symptoms got worse (never experienced car sickness/issues before that) but I am week 5 post op and I still get deep pain, nausea and sometimes be on the verge of passing out when travelling in the car. This is as a passenger by the way. I haven't been able to drive because my sister crashed my car a few months ago and I haven't been able to afford a new one 🤦‍♀️

I have to have my heat pack and a sick bag/bucket with me in the car still. 5 mins of driving is a struggle in its self. I almost passed out last week in a 20min car ride!

I'm still also struggling with walking a lot. I have to still sit down on a bench for a break because my hips ache which causes nausea and I am also exhausted! I think I'm still dealing with nerve pain but I was hoping the anti inflammatory meds would be helping by now.

I'm slowly trying to build up my strength but I guess I am just impatient and frustrated that I still can't walk around my local shops or have the strength to fight through the pain and nausea to stand in line, let alone travel in a car! I've haven't been out much because of this, besides over to my partners place (5mins away).

My family, partner and others keep commenting that I should be fine by now, that I should be ok to go to the local shops at least but they seem to not believe or care that my body is still struggling with it. When I defend myself or remind them that my op was more extensive and it will take some time to heal, they just scoff and say it is just in my head and I should just move forward now and not think about it since the endo is gone. This makes me angry. I actually tried to fight through it last week in that 20min car ride and I almost blacked out! I feel bad enough that I can't go back to my normal life yet and go out and walk around shops for hours or sit in a movie theatre through the entire film without a heat pack.

Any tips and tricks for making car rides or movement easier?