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Living Life after your Transplant
Transplants | Last Active: Dec 10, 2023 | Replies (118)Comment receiving replies
When I inquired about travel in August, my advice from my Mayo nurse was to follow the CDC guidelines. My husband and I flew safely, and without any of the incidents that are on the news.
I wonder of our travel during the Off Season made the difference? Have you considered celebrating a quiet Christmas at home, and then celebrating a family get together at a later date? Already there is talk of crowded and delayed flights over the holidays. I wonder of this is the reason you got the No fly notice.
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@rosemarya The "No fly" notice did not specify for the holidays, it was for any time. As I have said before, MGH is very conservative. Perhaps their conservatism is a reason they are in the top category for survival rates after transplant, per the SRTR.org database.
Getting together at a later date is a great idea but I'm not sure that would fly with my son and his wife, or my daughter and her husband. These days, since many flights have been cut, I think the planes are pretty full anyway, ours certainly were. My daughter flew there from Philadelphia though and her plane was only half full! Of course she did take a late flight so that could be why.
I am so conflicted about this. I want to be safe of course but there are too few opportunities for all of us to get together and as we age time becomes more precious. I hate to sound fatalistic, my husband is in good health but he is 86. Who knows how much longer we will all be here?
JK