I feel for you in terms of being that sick - been there and done that in Bali. But I only flew home after the doctor gave me the all clear that I wasn't infectious.

Difficult to know at the time however.

Yes, very difficult to know at the time. I wish I would have made different decisions, based on what happened

Certainly one of the more memorable trip reports in recent memory. I'm glad you made it home and eventually recovered. You are a good writer, and your descriptions are quite vivid. No photos needed.

Thanks evergrn.

This is me at LHR prior to my return to ATL. Felt pretty good then, but, oh my, that changed en route

This brings back bad memories for me.

In March this year I was traveling back from Columbus to Seattle via Atlanta. Delayed in CMH due to snow. No info given on connecting gate before arrival. Eventually asked a gate agent which gate, she advised to hurry as they were already boarding.

Had to change concourses and made it to the gate just as they were paging me for final call. Then the computer rejected my boarding pass and was given a new one without any explanation from the gate agent (I knew that it meant they had swapped my seat, but it would have been nice to be told)

Sat in my seat and the two women next to me called the flight attendant. Flight attendant disappears and comes back with a plastic carrier bag containing puke bags and paper towels.

The girl in the middle seat next to me started puking as soon as we pushed back and didn't stop until we landed in SEA.

It was a full flight so nowehere to move to.

Filed a complaint with DL for FA not warning me about the woman's sickness, got 5000 skymiles credited to my account.

If they had said something before we left the gate I would have gladly got off and waited overnight for another flight at my own expense, but apparently they would never ask someone if they wanted to get off the plane in an instance like that. I'm sure many people would rather get off the plane than sit next to someone puking for 5+ hours

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Sounds horrible! Only good thing in my case was that I was in BA Business Class window seat, where no one could see me and I only threw up once at the seat

Such a great trip report giving a brutally honest account and I'm very glad you are feeling better and totally understand you wanting to get home.

I'm surprised BA let you fly - there is no way the Emirates would have let you - if that was reported in DXB you wouldn't have gone anywhere until you had a fit to fly certificate from a DR which as awful as that may have been would probably have been in the best interest of everyone!

I, too am surprised that BA let me fly, even though, at the time I felt much better and thought I was okay. My son, who is a physician, was shocked that I was allowed to fly when he realized how really sick I was. He said he never remembers me being so ill. As I have said earlier, I would never have flown if I knew what was coming later.

Thankfully, I have largely been spared having the trots bar one or two occasions over the years of traveling to some very dodgy places. But, to be honest, I was giggling like a demented kid when I read your post.

My Maternal grandmother from French Huguenot stock believed in the healing properties of warmed brandy if one is queasy. And I milked this on one occasion.

I had to travel to Tbilisi from Tashkent, and then, the only way of doing this was to fly via Moscow and spend the night. I checked in, and on board, was hoofed out of my allocated seat up front and directed to the back. We stopped in Samarkand, had to get off for an hour, then were allowed back on board. At this stage, I was allowed to sit in my allocated seat.

When the meal service started, I was told that not enough First Class meals were loaded and I was given some chicken meal from way back when, but, being rather hungry, I scoffed it thinking that the spice was a bit odd.........

Well, got to my hotel and did the obligatory Red Square visit, even phoning home to brag being the first member of the family to visit Moscow. Got back to the hotel, booked a table for dinner and went for a shower. Well, then the chicken started to turn most foul..........

Needless to say, the pricey linen and extra firm mattress hardly got used that night. When the alarm went off, I managed to stomach some black, sweet tea and get to the airport. By then, things had settled down, and in the lounge, I found the Mother lode - bottles of Cognac. Remembering Grannies' sage advice I had a few shots and started feeling better.

Managed to pour myself onto the Aeroflot aircraft and marveled at the wooden tray and cast iron seat frames - I do not even recall which Soviet era aircraft this was. All I recall was that every time the trolley came past I helped myself to several mini bottles of brandy - Martel - that I remember.

Needless to say, by the time we landed in Tbilisi, I was cooked, with a few spare miniatures in my hand luggage, well, for medicinal purposes.

Got to the Sheraton Hotel, and passed out for a few hours, and whatever that foul fowl had passed on, had by now, either passed through or died an alcoholic death. Thanks for the advice Granny. !!!!!!!

That is hilarious roadwarrior! In the future, including taking a change of clothes, I will bring brandy along with me.

I'm glad you had some laughs reading my trip report - my hope was that people would get a kick out of it when I wrote it

Indeed, in France those liquors are called "Digestifs", traditionally one drinks Cognac or Armagnac at the end of the Sunday family lunch meal to aid with digestion.

"Sant�" (Cheers!)

What an unbelievably terrible experience. I really feel for you. Your trip report was good reading. Not too much detail. We are all adults.

I thought one of my trips was bad when a yummy peanut satay caused my tummy to gurgle in minutes. I scooted very fast from the upper deck of a 747 to the toilet on the main deck. I didn't want everyone to know the toilet disaster was me so I tried to hide. Yours was 1000 x worse than me.

I never travel without immmodium or a change of clothes.

Annalisa12 I've learned my lesson well! I'll need to add immodium to my list of items to take in carry on bag! Thanks.