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What about cruising post transplant?
Transplants | Last Active: Jun 2, 2023 | Replies (67)Comment receiving replies
Summer? Fall? Winter? I don't know what season we are in because the weather has been so crazy.
My husband and I enjoyed an early September trip to South Dakota where the scenery, wildlife viewing, and hiking were beyond our imagination. I admit that I have no information relating to a cruise, (unless you include a couple of raft tours several years ago), but I am happy to share that I came home without any sickness or lingering health souvenirs! I experienced my biggest travel fear when the national park lodge was preparing to close for the season, and they only offered a breakfast buffet - and no other nearby breakfast places or store of anykind! Since we are early risers, we managed to be there at opening and got to go thru the line near the bginning.
@silverwoman, How are you getting along? I hope that you continue to feel like travel. Have you made anykind of travel plans that meet your travel with transplant criteria?
@jolinda, Have you and husband found a replacement for the "almost" bidded trip to the Amalfi Coast?
@scottb32, -Do you and your wife like to travel? Any plans for leisure or holiday travel?
@gingerw, @contentandwell - Any holiday travel plans that might involve distance travel?
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@rosemarya My transplant group is as concerned about the food being kept at the proper temperature as they are about people breathing on it. Getting there early will guarantee that it's not been held long. I find there are things that are OK to eat on breakfast buffets like yogurt, bananas, and I will eat the oatmeal since I figure it is covered. Yes, I know people take the cover off to serve themselves but I think the risk there is pretty small. I will not eat the breads and rolls that are out, I am sure that toasting them would not be enough to kill germs. The biggest sacrifice is not eating the delicious looking cut fruit.
When I was looking for a place to stay in Charleston last year I called hotels to see if their included breakfast was a buffet. One place said it was not. so I said great, you order it and it's brought to you? She told me no, that it's all out for the guests to serve themselves! I guess she didn't know what a buffet is. I said, "well of course the yogurt is in containers?" and she said no to that too, it's in a big bowl for people to serve themselves there too! The place we stayed made omelets to order so that worked out well for a number of days. I am finding that breakfast buffets are not as problematic as I thought they would be.
I don't think we are going away for the holidays. My daughter and her husband are thinking about going to the Bahamas, Nassau, and invited us to join them. Nassau has never been on my list of places to go so I am very ambivalent. I would love to spend the time with them, but to go to a place I don't care about? That's a lot of money to spend on that, and my husband would prefer to go mid-winter to get away from the snow.
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@rosemarya Not planning anything right now, as I navigate this latest health issue. My husband will be bringing up another load of household goods [mostly his garage stuff!] just before Tgiving. Not sure yet if I go down there at the holidays when his company has their annual break, and we have a family holiday hosted by his daughter's half-brother. There are many health souvenirs [I love that phrase!] to be had with all the kids and various people showing up. If I am on chemo it probably won't be advisable. Glad to hear you had a good time!
Ginger