I am prone to motion sickness, but this cruise was different. We hit rough waters on the second night, and I developed severe vertigo. The room wouldn’t stop spinning even when I was lying down. The patch behind my ear wasn’t working, and the pills just made me sleepy.
I stumbled into Dr. Chen’s clinic holding onto the walls. He immediately knew what to do. He treated me for the vertigo and the nausea simultaneously. Within 15 minutes, the world stopped spinning. It was the strangest, most wonderful feeling to suddenly be stable again.
I went back for a “tune-up” two days later just to be safe, but the symptoms never returned. I was able to handle the tender boats and the bus rides on excursions with zero issues. Dr. Chen saved my vacation from being a total disaster. (Lisa)