altitude sickness? what to do?

[Pam P]

I live in Minneapolis MN. Thursday I flew to WY to spent a long awaited visit with my brother who lives here. I haven't been to WY since is was a kid. I had chemo on Wed. so I knew I'd be tired for a day or two whe I arrived and could handle that. I haven't been straining my energy, mostly sitting & talking & resting. I didn't feel sick until Sat./ yesterday. I rode with my brother to a tire store & we were waiting to get the tires serviced. All of a sudden I started to feel weird, dizzy, nausea, I sat down, asked my bro to get me something to drink, drank some, put the cold can on my forehead and asked my bro to sit next to me so I could put my head on his lap. I got more and more dizzy & then passed out. I woke up to my bro repeating my name over & over, finally looked around to see I was covered in my own vomit & I'd also messed my pants. I would have been totally humiliated - and was embarrassed but too sick to care much. He said I was shaking & out for over a minute he thought. He wanted me to go to er but I just wanted to go home & get in shower. I've been weak & achy since. I'm trying to get in lots of fluids & I just ate some yogurt last night. People here say it's altitude sickness & the smptoms seem to match what I've looked up on the internet. People say it usually goes away in a couple of days.I'm not high in the mtns. only about 6000 ft, but it can happen at this level. I don't go home until Fri. and can't really afford the expense of a last minute flight change. Plus I want to see my brother more - it's been a long time. If I'm not feeling better Monday I'll call my oncologist office at home & see what they recommend. Has anything like this happened to you? Thanks. Pam