TRAVELING WITH ILLNESSES

Traveling with chronic illness can require more planning, flexibility, and patience—but it doesn’t mean travel is out of reach. Here you’ll find realistic advice for managing your energy, symptoms, medications, budget, and unexpected challenges while you’re away. The goal isn’t to travel like everyone else. It’s to find ways to make travel work for your body, your needs, and your life.

Traveling with chronic illnesses and/or disabilities can definitely be challenging. Managing medications, mobility concerns, and/or anxiety are real issues people like us need to address when planning any vacation.

For the past 20 years, I've managed living with many illnesses. I live with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Congestive Heart Failure, and disk replacement surgery. Yeah, that's a lot, but working with my doctors and keeping as healthy as possible, life is good. I've been able to travel the world despite my conditions. I want that for you!

This section discusses issues unique to those who travel with ailments. I'll give you advice and share my personal stories so you can get ideas to have a happy, and smooth vacation!

Me in Hakone, Japan staying at Senkyoro, a Ryokan (hotel)