Fibromyalgia Action UK

Holidays

I must start this question off by saying I do know how lucky I am and I don't mean this question to come across as me moaning or showing off

I am going on holiday on Thursday and part of me is very worry about it.

I have now been given a label of having Chronic fibromyalgia , along with a couple of discs in my back are crumbling and I have osteoporosis in one hip, and they think in the other one as well. To top it off I also have asthma

I am scared how I am going to cope with the pain in my lower back and my hips while I am going to have to be sitting on the plane for some 5 hours. I take Oramorph for break through pain every four hours

Has anyone else been on a aeroplane and how did you cope.

The holiday was sorted before I got this bad but I really want to go

Any advice will be welcome as I find sitting down at a table very painful

Thanks for reading this

Caroline

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di-inpain

5 years ago

Hi. I went to Vegas for just one week in June because my daughter was getting married there. I was so very anxious that the stress alone would make me so ill that I would spend the whole week in hotel bedroom. The flight was 14 hours. I was very relieved that not only did I not have any extra problems than normal, I managed to walk my daughter down the isle without tripping & pulling her over on the way. I did spend sometime in my room resting but the problem of not sleeping didn't matter because Vegas doesn't sleep! So 2 long haul flights in a week,weather blistering hot, trying to keep up with everyone in the evenings & failing, plus an emotional wedding day. I would not have missed it for the World. About 10 days after I got back I crashed but do you know what? I flippin didn't care. Hope you go for it too x