replying to - "I'm dreading the 24 hour flight to get back home"
Not sure where your home is - just wondering if you have considered stopping off in Hawaii on the way home. Honolulu is about halfway between Dallas and Sydney. Have a few days of layover to help transition. I have learned to cruise one way and fly the other way on my vacations. I also do not over schedule my day's activities like I once did. Not sure I would seriously consider a 24 hour flight, even if I did not have PMR. I flew from Dallas to China non-stop, that was like 15 hours in first class and never again. I don't care how many meals and wine they serve you. I'm simply too old to want to do that again.