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So here it is. The manual I never wrote. The words I never said

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@hanscasteels

Roger that. You're in the climb-out phase—smooth skies, engines humming, classic acid rock on the headset, and the crew in Radiation Control all smiles and sunshine. Feels almost…rejuvenating.

But just a heads-up from a more seasoned flyer: turbulence typically kicks in somewhere around cruising altitude—say, week 4. Side effects are like delayed weather systems. They don’t hit at takeoff; they prefer to loiter around FL200, then slide in unannounced with a bit of GI crosswind or bladder chop.

So for now, enjoy the smooth ride. But keep your seatbelt loosely fastened. Radiation’s a long-haul flight, and the cabin crew may eventually start handing out fatigue and irritation instead of warm cookies.

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rotate | @rotate | 1 day ago

Yeah, I get it. But I'm going into it with a GI about as bad as it gets 🙁

And I've made a number of actual crosswind landings back in the day - hope not to have to do it here.

My ride currently is far from smooth, because of GI issue threatening each session. But otherwise, yeah... I appreciate that I'm at the rosy part of the journey. And I know that probably the rest of my life, I face sweating PSA results, and will be lucky if all I do is that, not actually getting the bad ones (two friends going through that).

But for now, I'll hold onto whatever good cheer I can get! And the actual session is, I assume, going to continue to have the same factor - a bit of rest - it's the radiation effects afterwards that start go bite? I've already got a bit of the bladder irriation from it.

What fun we have when we get old. Not. But it beats the alternative.

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