Medical & Illness Stories

From Hell To Heaven

August 20, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

I remember the day as if it were yesterday. It was May 1976, I was 18. My first time and alone on an airplane and headed out from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Denver, Colorado. I was going to spend the whole month of May with my cousins hiking, camping and enjoying the Rockies. It was [...]

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Flying Becomes A Headache

August 14, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

I was flying from Canada to Germany in the Bulkhead area, so I had roughly 3 feet of space in front of me. I always take extra strength Advil on the flight as I get a migraine once every couple of weeks, however I had never had a migraine on a flight before. We had [...]

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Passenger Has A Medical Emergency

August 7, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

My husband and I were traveling with our 7 year old son to go to Zurich Switzerland from Atlanta on Delta back in Sept 08. Well we were all very excited and had very little hiccups since we arrived at the airport. Security wasn’t so bad, with no delays… As we board the plane we [...]

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The Barfer

July 1, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

Took a flight from O’Hare to San Francisco. Sat in the last row, window seat. Only 1 open seat on the plane near the front of the plane. An overweight woman sat next to me whose thighs overhang her seat and squished next to mine. That is not the bad part (although it was bad). [...]

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No Aid For Grandma’s Leg

May 1, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

My sister was married in Cancun, Mexico a few years ago. A few hours before the ceremony, my grandmother slipped on some wet marble, fell, and broke her knee. A few days later we arrived at the airport, prepared to head home on a U.S. Airways flight. The airline had no idea how to deal [...]

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The Disabled Have Fewer Rights

May 1, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

How about flight from hell, for my disabled husband? The boneheads at security always frisk him down. Even ask him if he can walk (he’s in a wheelchair), what would YOU assume? He can walk only with assistance because he hasn’t ANY balance. So it is a comedy of errors trying to get him thru [...]

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The Return Of The Tomato Juice

May 1, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

On a recent flight from El Paso to Denver on board a 50 seat RJ I found a reason to give up flying. I was in row one on the aisle; a woman sat directly behind me in row two. After we departed and leveled off the in-flight “service” began consisting of our choice of [...]

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Vomit Chain Reaction

May 1, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

About 6 years ago I was on a flight from Orlando to Atlanta. The weather was bad and getting worse. To everybody’s surprise we taxied down the runway and took off. Everyone was happy thinking we were the last plane to depart. About 15 minutes into the flight it started getting rough. The pilot asked [...]

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Unphlegmatic Over Phlegm

April 30, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

Flight from Toronto to San Francisco…While waiting to board an elderly man was waiting in his wheelchair. He was quite frail to say the least. He was coughing a fair amount. His wife was not sitting beside him but, several rows over. Not sure why as she could have wheeled him near her. Preboarding starts [...]

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Gratitiude For A Selfless Act

April 30, 2009 Medical & Illness Stories

Many years ago while I was still working for United, I had just returned from a trip from Paris to San Francisco and the next day had to head to Washington D.C. for school. I got a flat tire on the way to the airport and had to take a connecting flight through Chicago. Out [...]

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