Hi Magpie,
I, too, am terrified of riding in a car since I was in a
serious car accident. Unfortunately, due to my
son's cancer treatments, I had to travel 200km
every week or so for over a year.
To get myself in the car, I take two clonazepam, two
gravol and one large shot of whiskey. I sit in the
back with a pillow and wear ear-plugs. When I do
come to conciousness again, I'm still pretty
relaxed, and am able to cope.
The downside is that once I'm in a "safe" place, I
immediately need to sleep off the drug cocktail. My
doctor is aware of my coping stratagy, and while
he'd like to find something better, for now it's the
only combo which is safe for my son, who still
breastfeeds.
My son's oncologist is convinced the breastmilk is
why my son is doing so well on the high risk
protocol of chemo he takes. Most of the other kids
have tons of addmissions and keep having to have
there chemo reduced ( which puts them at greater
risk of relapse). So for now, that's how I cope.
Apart from the PD, I'm basically healthy, so you
may want to give it a shot.
TTFN
Lauralai
