The "puke chair"

When Matt is not in class, at the gym, in the "mancave", or in the house, he is in the "puke chair" (more officially formally known as the "Barany chair").  Matt is probably the most prone-to-motion-sickness person I've met, and this ailment has plagued him in pretty much every vehicle he's tried: roller coasters, cars (only when a passenger), boats, and planes.  He knew his nausea would be a problem going into IFS and looked up relaxation and breathing techniques (calm demeanor and diaphragmatic breathing [to stimulate vagal nerve] are major strategies) and more or less got passenger car-sickness under control months ahead of initial flight screening.

However, airsickness was another story.  By controlling his already-limited diet (he has mild gluten and lactose intolerances) and subsisting on bland, low-acid, low-fat foods like bananas and applesauce (strong flavors like garlic and egg, acidity, and fat are nausea/vomitting stimulants), he was able to obtain clearance for and successfully complete his solo flight, however, due to his frequent status as aircraft passenger during training (and later, as copilot, during routine flights) and his own limited control of the plane when he is flying, motion sickness continues to plague him.  He is definitely a fighter, though, and was in fact the only officer in his flight screening class who opted to stick out the mid-air puking in an effort to pass screening (others voluntarily washed-out).

Vance UPT boasts a 97% success rate in "curing" motion sickness, in large part due to this chair:

Once aerophysiology has oriented you to the chair, you are free to access it (with a partner) 24/7.  You are strapped into the chair and your head rests in the black adjustable headrest in one of several positions to simulate different flight maneuvers.  Your partner manually spins you until and continues to due so until you are at the point where you are ready to vomit.  Then he/she slows you down and your body is allowed to recover...however, immediately upon doing so, you are spun again until your limit is reached...the cycle continues.  The theory is that your body will learn to self-control nausea since it can no longer rely on vomiting for relief.

Worst part about not being permitted to throw up: feeling awful the rest of the day.  Matt will come home after an hour of spinning ready to pass out in his recliner, while alternately binging on peanut butter banana tortilla wraps.  Foul-tasting as vomit is, at least it regularly brought relief.  However, for obvious [control] reasons, you cannot be routinely throwing up while piloting an airplane.

I have yet to visit the chair with Matt, mostly because he is in class during my 3 hours of daily free/errand time, when our youngest is in preschool, and it is not an activity screaming "family affair".  The girls would go absolutely crazy if they saw this thing and probably beg nonstop to ride it (alas, the things we find "fun" as children, lol).  Luckily he has a buddy in his class and now one in the neighborhood as well who are also in need of spinning, so he should have plenty of opportunities to beat airsickness.  :o)