gadgetlady
12-06-2006, 10:51 PM
Hi everyone! I'm back from Turks & Caicos and officially scuba certified! My dh and I had such a blast scuba diving -- and I'm happy to report no problems at all with the band! We did 4 dives, saw a reef shark (and I didn't freak out), sting ray, crabs, eels, and all sorts of unusual and colorful critters.
As for the mosquitos, the only time I was bitten was when I didn't have my spray on. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions; I went with catnip oil (mixed with peppermint oil and sprayed all over my body), Cutter Advanced (with Picaridin) on my exposed areas, and garlic pills. I got about 10 bites, so I don't think the garlic pills did anything. I loaded up on them but when I didn't have the spray, I still got bitten.
Unfortunately, the whole journey started off horribly when I accidentally took too much cough syrup right before my flight. I took a swig of cough syrup w/ codeine so I could sleep on the red-eye (without the dosing cup because I was hurrying to get it in my checked baggage so it didn't get confiscated), and apparently I took too much. I started to feel dizzy and nauseated as soon as I went through security. By the time we boarded the flight, I was in a wheelchair and vomiting into a barf bag. I vomited through the entire 2 flights and by the end I was dry-heaving. It was the pitts.
Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone for the input on scuba and mosquitos. I really appreciate this entire group and the support and lack of nastiness on this board.
As for the mosquitos, the only time I was bitten was when I didn't have my spray on. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions; I went with catnip oil (mixed with peppermint oil and sprayed all over my body), Cutter Advanced (with Picaridin) on my exposed areas, and garlic pills. I got about 10 bites, so I don't think the garlic pills did anything. I loaded up on them but when I didn't have the spray, I still got bitten.
Unfortunately, the whole journey started off horribly when I accidentally took too much cough syrup right before my flight. I took a swig of cough syrup w/ codeine so I could sleep on the red-eye (without the dosing cup because I was hurrying to get it in my checked baggage so it didn't get confiscated), and apparently I took too much. I started to feel dizzy and nauseated as soon as I went through security. By the time we boarded the flight, I was in a wheelchair and vomiting into a barf bag. I vomited through the entire 2 flights and by the end I was dry-heaving. It was the pitts.
Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone for the input on scuba and mosquitos. I really appreciate this entire group and the support and lack of nastiness on this board.