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@keggebraaten Some really great ideas here. I am doing most of them, but I have not wiped down surfaces in hotel rooms, although I do wipe the surfaces on airplanes. I will definitely start doing hotel rooms too. We have started using VRBOs and Airbnbs often just so I can have better control of my food. I find that you can sometimes order healthy sounding things but the sodium can be sky-high. Recently in a supermarket, I noticed a packaged delicious looking shrimp caesar salad. The sodium content was 2278 mg! That's significantly more than I have in a whole day.

I have heard that that when you are going through TSA at airports they require you to have your medications in the original bottles. I have never had them actually look at them, but I do carry them that way, and carry a weekly pill container to put them in on arrival, and always carry more than I anticipate needing, just in case.

I have not brought my medical records, but I will now. I also check ahead of time to see what hospitals in the area are transplant hospitals. If for any reason I needed to go to a hospital I would want to go to one familiar with post-transplant patients.
JK

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@jk I heard that also, about prescription medications and TSA. My husband said he keeps pictures on his phone of each medication in front of the Rx bottle, but has them already bundled by day/time as he goes through security. Fortunately I only have 4 to worry about, and will find out in six weeks when I travel to Rhode Island.
Ginger