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What about cruising post transplant?
Transplants | Last Active: Jun 2, 2023 | Replies (67)Comment receiving replies
I hope that it is a good morning for you, wherever you are. Are you logging if from home of traveling?
I am at home in central Kentucky and my husband and I are beginning to plan our trip to Olympic National Park and Mt Ranier National Park in the late summer. I am looking forward to the outdoors and the hiking, but not the flight to get there! I feel comfortable, though, because I have managed to fly without picking up any germy issues in the past. My handsanitizer and my own water and snacks are my constant companions all the time-on the trail, in the plane, on the road. And, to add a new meaning to what my 6 yr old granddaughter is learning in school: "Keep your hands to yourself". I think that is a handy helpful travel tip!
Who else has some interesting travel plans for this new year? Maybe you were gifted a surprise trip during the holidays? Maybe you have already planned something? Maybe you are a seasoned traveler who has a transplant - or a new transplant recipient who wants to travel ? Pull up a chair, pour cup pf tea, coffee and lets talk about good times ahead!
I invite @silverwoman, @luckonetj, @jolinda, @gingerw, @scottb32, @contentandwell, @gingerw, to begin-because you are already experts !
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What a pleasant topic to start the day with. I have traveled pretty extensively in pre-transplant days. My first big trip post- is coming this September when several friends and I will fly to Boston, bus up to Montreal and sail down the St. Lawrence seaway around the Maritimes and back to Boston. I am so looking forward to this trip; I feel a good deal of the pleasure of travel is in the anticipation. I think all of the tips and cautions which have been discussed are valuable. In the end, it appears to come down to weighing risk vs. reward. I am of the opinion that JK is correct about being covered with good travel insurance and I would add the importance of booking with a reputable and international travel company. I have to believe that years of experience will have faced them with enough emergent situations that a big, well connected international company will be able to handle whatever we transplants can throw at them.
@rosemarya Although I am not a transplant patient, I do have a 4 day trip planned in mid-March. I will be carrying my own water/snacks. I make sure I am in optimal health possible. My husband is a kidney recipient Starting in April he will be flying frequently back and forth as he transitions into retirement, working part time at his current job, training people to take his place. It will be a challenge to convince him to take precautions such as a mask, or hand sanitizer, etc.
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@rosemarya We are, as I have mentioned, going to Denver to visit our son on Superbowl weekend. This has been a father-son tradition for about 10 years now, no matter what teams are playing. We are disappointed of course that Patriots have been eliminated but it will be fun regardless. I used to not go, thinking it was a good father-son bonding time, but when his current wife became a part of it a few years ago I figured I might as well go too, and now that he is in Denver he has a spacious house so we can stay with him, not in a hotel. We leave on Thursday, January 31st, and will be back on Wednesday, February 5th. We actually are flying on the 4th but getting in to Manchester pretty late in the evening.
I almost always wear a mask when flying. I skipped it once but I definitely wear one during flu season. For others flying who need protection, there are masks that have an anti-viral coating so that is the better one to get.
We hope to go somewhere warm in March too. Where has not been decided yet. We have been to the Caribbean two times and enjoyed our type of lodging - small buildings right on the beach. The picture is looking out of our building in Antigua. That's impossible to find in Florida so now we are considering going to Antigua again. I'm a little bit nervous about the possibility of getting sick in a place with medical care that is not up to our standards but we will hopefully get insurance so if a problem arose I would be able to be airlifted back to the US.
Have any other transplant patients traveled to areas like the Caribbean? I think I will need immunizations if we go since my immune system is so compromised. I would be very interested in hearing about others' experiences.
JK