In a previous life, I used to have a lot of business. So many, in fact, which had the status of air elite company. That's more than 50,000 miles stuck in an airplane, more all the time in a hotel. Something like this happened while my fibromyalgia develops.
With all these trips, I learned a few tricks to make it much less painful and more enjoyable. Some of these things cost money. If they help you enjoy your trip - and survive thanks - I propose to include as part of your travel budget. Other products simply require a bit more planning.
There are over 50 individual advice here, so pick and choose those that make the best sense for you!
1. Enjoy your options
• Accessible Travel Advocate Group certified special needs use. These are agents that can help you with everything from what types of hotel rooms and cruise ship cabins would be best to meet airline regulations. They can also help organize special events, such as refrigerators and sharps containers computers. Many things, I recommend to you by one of these agents.
• Opt for a wheelchair at the airport. You do not have to be labeled disabled parking to take this option. You simply need to inform their airline before (or when you register) you need this help - and yes, even fibromyalgia, it does not really!
• Choose airline boarding early. Some airlines allow you to pay a small fee to get up early. This allows you to skip having to be all the time and give you more freedom to keep their hand luggage, where you can reach them.
• Visit a living member of the airline, such as a club or Admiral Alaska Airlines Board Room. These rooms can be a haven if you have a scale. They are quiet, have good bathrooms, comfortable chairs and snacks. Sure, they cost money. If you are often on airport check an annual subscription. If it is a check in time obtaining a pass one day.
• Ask the recording at the beginning and / or late check-out. When a hotel is waiting until 10 or 11 hours, and the morning is the worst time of the day, an hour or two can be a lifesaver!
• Ask a fridge in the room, if necessary. Many hotels can offer a small refrigerator, even in rooms that do not normally have one. There may be a small load or not, depending on the hotel. This is where working with an agent that could save a little money.
• Get a hotel room with a hot tub or take a swimsuit and use the hot tub. In my previous life, when I was working 14 hours fairs, used only soak my legs and feet in the tub and in the pool. Alternating between hot and cold water would increase circulation in the legs and reduce swelling and do feel so much better!
Two. Do not be a victim
• Use the best times for you, whenever possible. The day I left my old job, I had sworn never to take another flight 6.00am. Just not worth it for me or my body. If mornings are the best time of the day, avoid night options.
• Allow enough time between flights. Airlines allow you to have a minimum of 45 minutes or more between flights. It is not enough, the fibro legs, especially at a major airport. If you are long distance, maybe even spend the night between flights.
• Use SeatGuru.com choosing a comfortable seat ticket. This site lists the seats are cold, have legroom, tilt or not, have taken, and more.
• Check information for the hotel personally. Marking an online form that you want to be near the elevator, so you have to walk too far may result in a noisy room all elevator traffic. Speaking directly to the hotel, you can get the item you want and need.
• Verify information before traveling restaurant. If you have food allergies, check restaurant menus online or from your hotel concierge before leaving. Do not be afraid to call and talk to the restaurant to make sure your food is healthy.
• If you go by car, stop taking stretch breaks. In communicating this in advance, and make sure to speak when the time comes, will help you get more comfortable. Also prepare those who are with you for what your needs are. Expectations for communication and simple configuration can often make things go much smoother.
Three. Plan ahead
• Start planning well in advance. This may mean only a few weeks or even months. Using an agent can reduce your stress level and planning time, and even save money.
• Use of pre-established content list. To reduce the risk of forgetting something - and save mental fatigue (go go fibro brain) - a packing list for each type of trip: camping, visiting family hotel. Take this into something like Evernote, the checklist of the application, or a Word document that you can reuse.
• Have a packing list for each person. You do not have to pack it all in person! When I was a kid, they gave us each our own checklist for our packaging. We had to show mom when we did, but this way you can focus your energy on things that only she could pack.
• Make your "go-to" outfits that you know work. Learn what works to go through the lines of airport security, which is comfortable on the plane / in the car, the best summer clothes, winter clothes, etc. This will save time and energy.
• Keep your toiletry bag pre-packed. Even if you do not spend a lot of traveling, some things can not remain packaged as a spare toothbrush, small bottles of toiletries and spare deodorant.
• Take your time and do pack a little at a time. When I was in high school, I made 2 hours the night before going on a six week trip in Europe. Now that I'm older and have fibro I can not do that! I have the bag and put it in the room for a week or two before leaving for a trip. As I find things that have to be taken, I put them in the bag.
• Plan your holidays. This will include days before travel to get to your destination during your trip and when you get home. You know you're going to need a little recovery time, so plan for it. Block time on your calendar to have any kind of rest you need. Do not forget to share with your friends and family that are your days off and that's exactly what it means for you.
• Did you rent a car and drive to the other end? Consider staying at the airport overnight, using the shuttle and get your car the next day, when the brain and body are fresh.
• In order not to overdo things fun and burn before your trip is completed, the plan of the day the busiest days, followed by a decrease in activity; do not forget to take your rest!
• You will need to plan in more detail if you are with people who are super-high energy and want to do many things. Along with this, you must be willing to say "no!" and have a place where you can stay at home and rest. Try not to feel guilty about doing what they need to do to take care of itself.
• Plan to light a week (or more) after his arrival at home. Even with planning rest days, you always want to come back easily.
• Ask a friend or a personal concierge service for your refrigerator when you get home. If you had a long journey, it is so nice to come home to fresh food in the refrigerator. It allows you to have a little vacation after your vacation!
April. Pamper
• Get a pedicure or massage when you reach your destination (and a schedule for when you get home). Sitting for long distances wreaks havoc on your circulation. Even something as simple as a pedicure and massage legs get something on it, you can help your blood circulation again. Other good things pedicure - are inexpensive and you can find one in almost any mall!
• Dress in comfortable layers. When you are on a journey with others-especially on a plane in layers will allow you to heat and cool by adding or removing layers. This will give you more control over your own convenience, rather than having to ask for temperatures to be set.
• Wear gloves and warm socks to put on. If you have cold feet and hands (thanks, Raynaud's phenomenon!), With socks and warm gloves to slip on, even in summer, the entire body will stay warm.
• Perform large shawl. I have a lightweight wool that can be used as a pillow, blanket, back support, housing, and rolls into almost anything.
• Bring earplugs, eye mask, and everything that can make things less overwhelming and help you sleep better on their journey. These are great to reduce the noise and overstimulation during your trip (car or plane!) And can help in a strange room.
• Bring your own pillows. A pillow can help to plane or car; consider packing in your suitcase your pillow to sleep with your destination.
• Place your heating pad (or bring on the map). If you and your heating pad is best friends, do not leave the house! You can even buy an adapter to use it on the plane. (Do not forget to check SeatGuru.com see that the seats were taken!)
• Try to Patch or Salonpas ® ThermaCare ®. If you take a heating pad is not an option, or if you prefer not to, try these disposable heat patches that are eight hours!
• Bring a little aromatherapy. Candles and essential oils can make a strange place feel more like home and have therapeutic benefits.
Can. Recalls Health Essentials
• Drink more water than usual, especially if you are flying. Start a couple of days in advance to ensure that you are well hydrated. This will help the effects of pressure on your body. I found that I am better hydrated, less my body complains when I fly.
• Package healthy snacks. When the levels of blood sugar stable, your pain level will be lower. Do not tempt fate and bring along your own snacks. You never know when your flight might be delayed ... after moving the door! Be sure to pack snacks that have protein in them, you do not experience the ups and downs that carbohydrates can bring.
• Keep your normal sleep schedule as much as possible. This can be especially difficult to do if you are staying with family, so be sure to get your help to help you go to bed on time. Stay up late means getting up late or not getting enough sleep. And this will only lead to greater fatigue and pain. Remember, you want to enjoy this trip, right?
• Keep your eating routine as much as possible. Part of the fun of being on holiday is the food, at least for me. However, I always avoid my trigger foods and the things I'm allergic. Having cramps or stomach pain head because I had no gluten made my holiday more fun. I'll find other ways to enjoy the holiday meal!
• If you have a sensitivity in skin allergies, do not forget to bring your own toiletries. Since I am very sensitive to gluten, which is found in many shampoos and conditioners, I make sure to bring my own.
• Be sure to take your medications and supplements at the time. If necessary, set reminders on your phone. Invest in a pill holder for your pills are with you at all times, that way you're never caught off guard.
• Consider taking probiotics and digestive enzymes for additional travel. IBS is proportional to the voltage; even on vacation is stressful for your body, because you sleep in a different place, eat different food, a different routine, etc.
• Bring your CPAP, night mouth guard, and something to use at home. Do not skimp on these things, especially if it helps you sleep better! Remember that the medical team does not count as a carry-on, so you can wear it on the plane with you.
• If you are worried about sleeping, talk to your doctor before taking anything during your trip. There are many drugs and herbal supplements that are ideal for short-term uses of this kind. Sleep is very important for those of us with fibromyalgia. If you think you need help, ask in advance.
• Stand up and stretch. Choose a corridor and / or seats if you have room to move. If you take a car, stop and go. It may be useful to pre-plan these judgments; this way everyone will have the same expectations for when and how often these cases occur.
6. Careers another lawyer
• Choose someone to help advocate for their well-being. It can be very difficult to always have to say no to yourself - especially if you're having fun! Choose someone to learn about the disease so that they can be an advocate for you.
• Provide signs in advance so they can make backups. For example, if you have an agreed signal, it is possible to mention. "It's getting late" Your partner can pick up on this and help you at the door and in bed on time.
• Let them know what kinds of things you might need help. Fill your partner in advance about things that can help you: do not forget to take supplements, carrying your purse or bag, making sure you eat regularly, which helps the group stop and take breaks, etc.
• Tell them what the warning signs that you begin to have a home. If you are with someone who is not there every day, do not forget to communicate the signs you start to get a boost fibro. Especially when we have fun, we sometimes lose these! Perhaps your warning signs include difficulty thinking more and find the words, moving more slowly, a headache, or get grumpy and break more than usual.
• Ask them about the best way to help you when you are in a flare.Now they know what to look for, be sure to tell them what to do when you are in a rocket! If you send in your room and leave you alone? You pour a hot tub? Glue a little food in your mouth and make you eat? They force you to take a nap? What do you need?
• Clearly communicate what you want them to tell others when you need to take a break. If you are with a group, make sure that your lawyer give instructions on what to say to others. Could you explain the ins outs of his illness? Or just says he is tired and needs rest? If you take a copy of the spoon theory?
Travel light 7.
• Check in as much luggage as possible. This may cost a bit more money, but it will save energy and pain. However, make sure you do not check their medications or medical equipment, such as a CPAP machine.
• Choose your team so that there is no "strip" is necessary if one has to go through airport security. Do not use the belt slipping choose shoes without metal rivets on clothing, jewelry, that will not make the sensor, etc.
• Use as much of what the hotel offers possible. Often toiletries provided by hotels are made for the environment that you are sure to use the hair dryer hotel, iron and other services, rather than their own packaging.
• If you have allergies and need to bring your own toiletries, buy sample sizes of the items you are using, or get small bottles to fill with your own articles. I got a lot of my little bottles in the Container Store.
• Over time, invest in a mini-size of things you can not do without. Look under his favorite hair brushes or hair appliances such sizes.
Action
First, I encourage you to not be afraid to travel with fibromyalgia! As an exercise, test their "journey muscles taken 'by taking a few short, easy. Then their" muscles "become stronger, you can take longer trips to more distant places. Who knows, maybe you can even browse world!
Second, please do not deal with everything on this list at once! Choose a few things to put into practice at once. Some can be done even if you have no planned excursions, such as shopping and fill a few small bottles of toiletries. Again, make small pieces at a time and in this facility.
About the author: Tami is a Stackelhouse car fibromyalgia - a certified health coach who specializes in helping women with fibromyalgia, tired of being a prisoner in his own body, find hope and freedom. Tami not only trains women with fibromyalgia, who suffered with the symptoms itself for over 25 years.
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