Travel Information

Some Issues to Consider

• Choose your destination carefully taking into consideration your current health, physical limitations and the sanitary conditions in the country your will be travelling.  Find out where the nearest medical assistance would be should you become unwell.

• Consider travel insurance.  You may have to shop around to find a company who will provide insurance for someone who has undergone an organ transplant.

• Ask your doctor for a letter outlining the medications you are taking and a brief medical history.  Medic Alert tags are also a good idea.

• Discuss vaccinations with your doctor.

• Make sure you pack more medications than you need.

• Seal your medications in an airtight container protected from heat and light.

• Cary some of your medication in your hand luggage and some in your suitcase, in case either is lost.

• Take your transplant team contact numbers and obtain contact details for hospitals / transplant units in the areas you will be travelling to.

• Take a basic medical kit with a thermometer, and medicine to treat cuts, bruises, nausea and diarrhoea.

• Take your medicine at the time that you normally would in Australia.  You will need t convert this to local time in the city you are visiting (eg if you take your medicine at 8p, Australian time, you should take it at midday if you are travelling in the UK, or 5pm if you are travelling in Thailand).

• Ask your transplant coordinator / nurse for assistance if you need help adjusing your medication times.

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