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My brother in law will be speaking at a conference in China this year. My sister will be going along with him and they invited me to join them. I could probably only do a week there becuase I try to go visit my grandson a week a month so I need to work.
I do not like to fly long distances and will not be able to afford first class. I also have some pretty serious medical issues. I have recovered and done well but their is always the risk I could decomepensate.
I am thinking this is not the best trip for me. I love to travel and have gone on vacation with my siter and her husband and we have a great time. I am just concerned about being aaon a plane so long as well as needing to seek medical care in China.
Weeeellll, I'm wavering on the fence remembering how terribly draining our 9-hour flight to Hawaii two years ago was. Airplane seats were so much more cramped and close together than when we last flew unless you both could get as well as paid for roomier seating that I would probably not do it myself.
I'm only 5'3" and found the Hawaii flight bordered on intolerable due to no room to stretch my relatively short legs to any extent. I need compression garments of various types to fly safely and could not manage to walk as much as I really ought to do. There was just enough turbulence to make walking the aisles risky.
I would REALLY REALLY have to want to see China if I were in your position even with my relatively manageable health issues.
A difficult decision, I can understand. Agreed that your doctor can probably help you decide.
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Last edited by Her Dotness; 11-19-2014 at 05:40 PM..
As wonderful and tempting as this trip is, for only a week I don't think I'd be willing to suffer the long flight, plus the other health issues you'd be worried about. I'm a fairly intrepid traveler, but this one I would reluctantly forego.
As wonderful and tempting as this trip is, for only a week I don't think I'd be willing to suffer the long flight, plus the other health issues you'd be worried about. I'm a fairly intrepid traveler, but this one I would reluctantly forego.
That's what I was thinking too. It's a heck of a long flight and if economy is your only option, it won't be a pleasant experience. Equally if you can only go for a week, I'm not sure it's worth it to go that far. We've also said we wouldn't want to go to the States for a week because of the jetlag, as it does take us some time to recover from that. While it's an amazing opportunity, for a while, I personally wouldn't do it and as China's on my bucket list (we've only done Hong Kong to date), that's saying something.
I was leaning against it mostly becuase I do not like long flights and being squished in econemy for way too many hours would irritate both my mental and physical health.
China is not on my bucket list of places to travel so I have not great desire to get there. What I will miss most is traveling and spending time with my siter, but we have other times planned. My main reason to consider it was to be company for my siter when my brother in law is occupied at his conference.
I was leaning against it mostly becuase I do not like long flights and being squished in econemy for way too many hours would irritate both my mental and physical health.
China is not on my bucket list of places to travel so I have not great desire to get there. What I will miss most is traveling and spending time with my siter, but we have other times planned. My main reason to consider it was to be company for my siter when my brother in law is occupied at his conference.
Thanks for the input,
It sounds to me like it would definitely be the right decision for you not to go. While it's noble of you to want to go and be company for your sister, I think in this instance, you need to put yourself first.
Didn't see this before, sorry. I have to say, I think you made the right decision not going. I detest long-distance flights and would never ever do it for a one-week trip.
I sppreciate all the support. I feel guilty not providing my sister with company whileher husband is at the conference but 19 hours on a plane will do me in. I might be able to do it if I could stop several places along the way for a day or two but I am not that good a traveler to go that far (espceially alone and would not want to end up in a Chinese hosptial.
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I'm late to the party..... Under the circumstances, it sounds like you have made the right decision for you.... I'm sure your sister will still have a great time!
Usually there are activities for spouses but this is their first time to China. I was surprised at how low some of the airfares were (about the same as going to Italy) but I do not want to risk getting sick in China. My DDinlaw did a med school rotation in Vietnam and the facilities in the intensive care unit looked like a thirties hospital.
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