Help, travel dilemma

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So I travelled with DH on a business trip from our home in New Hampshire/Maine to the West coast.

Great trip but I threw my back out I am stuck! DH can move flights back a day to give me a day to get better before a 8hr flight. Or option 2 is a 46 hour drive. At least with the drive I can get out and stretch if I need to. What would you choose?

You can also stretch out on a flight. I'd go with that option and do everything in your power to get an aisle seat. Hope you're OK.

Plane obviously! You an get up and stretch on a plane too. Can you get treatment for your back before you go I.e chiropractor etc? Can you afford to upgrade to business class etc for the flight home?

Can you upgrade your flight? That may be cheaper than driving

I sprained the lumbar muscles in my back recently, and I find standing is much less painful than sitting. On a plane you only need to sit take off and land, and other than that you can stand at the back as long as you like (assuming a mostly smooth flight). With a car though, you'd have to sit for the whole thing; breaking it up just lengthens the journey.

Can't you get your doctor to call in a prescription for a couple of muscle relaxers so you can tolerate the plane ride?

Thanks everyone for the comments so far, I am thinking that flying is the better option.

I have no idea what is in the area here to get to a pharmacist or doctor.

I would worry about DH driving that distance with little sleep, (his attitude is to get me back home with no regard for his comfort)

Call your doctor at home. Find a pharmacy there and your doctor can call it in

We were on a holiday in the US when my husband put his back out. 6 hours before an international flight!! We called hotel reception and they called a doctor to the hotel who gave him an injection of something fairly strong to tide him over. He was extremely mellow for most of the flight I was not having to haul all the bags and drive the rental car

UPDATE:

We ended up driving with my lying on the back seat. 3000 miles 6 tanks of fuel and 50 hours later we made it home. DH took a well deserved sleep!

Now that's the sort of road trip I sometimes fantasise about but absolutely NOT in those circumstances - your DH is a star, and you did bloody well to cope with that without going nuts.

Wow well done both of you coping with that. Now sort your back out!