Regular readers know the DrsC take long cruises a couple of times a year. Friends and relatives tell us they get motion sickness and can't imagine cruising. There is now a non-chemical, electronic answer for their problem.
IEEE Spectrum reports on a device called ReliefBand which is a small, wearable TENS unit designed to stimulate an acupressure point on the wrist. An improved model under development promises to be more user-friendly. The article's author says it works well on her moderately severe motion sickness.
She formerly used meclizine hydrochloride (i.e., Bonine or generic) but claims it made her too sleepy. We use meclizine when cruising and find it merely guarantees a good night's sleep in our cabin's obviously strange bed, a decent trade-off.
Whatever it takes to be comfortable. Go to sea and learn just how truly empty most of our planet is. We wish you fair winds and following seas, both of which were atypically scarce on our latest voyage.
