tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post5050153755324287664..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: Welcome to Copenhagen...towniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-42937878847642574852012-07-07T03:53:19.735-04:002012-07-07T03:53:19.735-04:00I've been on the Qantas Sydney-Dallas flight. ...I've been on the Qantas Sydney-Dallas flight. Sixteen hours. I think it's the longest economy flight in the world. More often on Sydney-LA, usually over 14 hours. Eight hour flights are nothing to me these days. I make sure I drink just water, juice, and ginger ale, no alcohol or caffeine as both dehydrate you in the dry cabin air, which itself is at a pressure equivalent to Mexico City, so lower partial-pressure of oxygen. If oxygen helped, that may be it. Apoxia sometimes causes faster breathing to try to compensate, which may seem like a panic attack, but can also make you faint from blood-pH imbalance due to excess CO2 exhalation. Try breathing slow and deep.John, Perth AUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-88337120095829589852012-07-06T01:43:24.199-04:002012-07-06T01:43:24.199-04:00Rule of thumb I follow townie: every 2 hrs get up ...Rule of thumb I follow townie: every 2 hrs get up get a walk and get ice from the stewardess. Keeps things flowing and clots DVTs not forming! Enjoy the trip--looking forward to updates. <br /><br />Reds from MIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com