Anybody ever get sick or have a mishap right before a trip???

Hoping for some tips or advice, to help me power thru this one.

Leaving very early Sunday morning early and like the brainiac I am, unsuspectingly have come down with something I can't seem to shake.

Cut grass last night after work and as it started to rain I was heading for the garage and pulled 2 small weeds with bare hands. After I cleaned up the mower and parked it and covered the grills and started feeling weird. ( well more weird than usual anyway)

Got out of shower and face was beat red and felt tighter than Mickey Rourkes mug, had small like hive bumps all around my eye lids sides of eyes were sporting some icky looking mini airbags. Few minutes later my fingers and hands had white like bumps all over them, left shoulder had a few also.

Went back out and looked closer at those 2 weeds and never have seen any like that before but they were kind of mean looking, don't itch just periodic tingling almost like a mild mettle sting, keeps coming and going. More coming than going tho.

Went to emergency room and got some type of IV, now on benedryl (which wipes me out) and just got some prednisone and fingers are crossed.
Just not feeling it at all.

Anyone else had an ailment or injury right before departing and still went? Don't want to waste a trip feeling like crap but this ones a graduation present for my boy and his best friend so kind of have to go no matter what.

Help / thanks,

Jamb

Thankfully I have not but I bet that prednisone will have you feeling better tomorrow!

Jam,

Hope the meds do the work! Wishing you the best!

VVHT

I feel your pain! We're headed out tomorrow morning first for a cruise then straight to Negril when we dock in Miami. (It's our big anniversary trip!). Anyways, I'm pretty sure I torn something in my knee a couple weeks ago and it's killing me! Not doing too good in the walking department. Never got around to seeing the doctor so I hope this trip goes ok. Going to miss those long walks on the beach. So if you see someone limping around, or I see you covered in hives, we'll just have to sit somewhere and have a drink together!

NoWorries you just made me bust out laughing, 1st time today, so thank you.

I will be on the lookout and I hope you have a great time.

You truly do live up to your name.

Jamb

In November I had my gall bladder out a week before leaving. The November before that I had knee surgery a week before leaving. No worries! Everything irie once I got back to Negril.

I agree with NikkiB. The prednisone should make everything ok soon. Keep us posted and enjoy your trip!

Thanks so much Nikki, VVHT appreciate it brother.

Greg and Kelly thanks and after you going thru that, looks like I need to quit whining and put the big boy pants on.

All of you have a great weekend.

Jamb

Jambarney....are you feeling any better yet?

I'm with the others...prednisone or a medrol pak...generally works pretty quickly. Good luck and prayers sent. I broke my 5th metatarsal 2 days before one trip...but opted to limp along in Negril since I'd be limping at home anyway. Not the most comfortable trip, but well worth the limp! :) Still enjoyed it and have no regrets.

so sorry to hear....hope yu feel better soon.

Be Well, Jamb!

Good morning everyone, I thought i was the only one cursed to have something go wrong close to my anticipated trip to paradise. 2 years ago on Canadian thanksgiving early in the am i woke up out of a weird dream and my neck/head snapped quickly disloding a crystal in my inner ear this started my adventures with vertigo. I was so freaked out i called for the ambulance to come get me, after spending 4 hrs in the ER with the slightest movement causing the room to spin they sent me home. After 24 hrs i was back to 90% ,I still get the occasional episode but nothing like that first day. Last trip in Dec. again 3 weeks before I notice this tingleing sensation on my left shoulder and the under side of my left arm just doesn't feel right so the next day whilst in the shower the water hitting on the left shoulder is like fire so i have hubby look at it he says it looks like a rash with blisters on it. So i decide to get my medical degree from the internet and i look up bedbug bites, rashes, shingles, the next day i went to the doctor and he said i had shingles but it was caught in time and the meds made it better before we left. On this last trip I rolled my ankle while in jamaica 2 weeks before coming home. just found out 3 weeks ago from an xray done 4 weeks ago that my foot was fractured and that i had been walking on it for 3 1/2 months without knowing. It still hurts. I would say just go Jamaica makes everything better. Hopefully you and no worries can meet up and commiserate together.

In addition to the two things mentioned above, I have also had a dental implant come completely out of my jaw in Jamaica and on another trip, I tore a HUGE chunk out of the bottom of my foot from walking too fast barefoot on a jagged piece of sidewalk. (I was afraid I was going to miss getting a sunset picture)

My wife swears I'm an accident waiting to happen when we are in Jamaica.

Hope you feel better Jam!

This past Feb. I started with a earache, thought it would go away until three days before I went to the emergency room and was prescribed the Z-pac for five days. Felt better on the day leaving and the first full day off the z-pac. Until the day after, the ear started again! I was so in pain that I could not put my hearing aid in the ear (thankfully I had the other ear/hearing aid) so went to see friends who were working at the TreeHouse (we were staying at Cocolapalm) - they suggested I go to the Pharmacy by Burger King - so we did and the Pharmacist was able to prescribe another 5 day z-pack - I went the rest of the week with one hearing aid but the ear did feel better the day we were to leave so I was able to put the hearing aid back in. Next time I am prescribed a z-pac, I am going to go for the full 10 days! Lesson learned!

I had a tooth crack and had to have it pulled 2 days before I left for my last reach... was fine once I got off the plane!

I always carry a bottle of liquid Benadryl and the pills. The liquid works faster in an acute allergy attack. And you can ask your doctor to recommend or prescribe a non-drowsy type of antihistamine if the Benadryl knocks you out. But they will dry you out, so drink lots of water (sorry, but I wouldn't recommend alcohol while on these). Not recommended by the medical profession, but I take the pills at night if needed, and a booster short shot of the liquid during the day and don't feel so whacked out.

Since you've just had a reaction, I would suggest you use non-perfumed stuff (body wash, shampoo, laundry detergent, etcl) as you skin may be but hyper sensitive. At least, that's my own experience. We're all different. Have a super trip. I have had hayfever since I was a kid, and got reactions to sitting on the grass. I have never, ever had any problems in Jamaica. Maybe they have hypoallergenic flora!? :)

I was sick one year the day before my flight. Was told they might not let me on plane if they see how bad i was coughing and running fever. Took airborne when plane hit Cuba I was fine for the rest of the trip.

Jambarney did you make it there? If you did hope you got to feeling better.