As well as having travel insurance I travel with another form of
insurance in my luggage.
Before I set off on an overseas jaunt I pay a visit to my GP and pharmacy to stock up on my
favourite medications. This applies for even short trips like my forthcoming
Rootstech adventure.
Once I mislaid one of my
regular medications while on holiday in Canada, it was lucky that I was staying with a family member who was a doctor otherwise I would have been in trouble. Since then I have always travelled with my
prescriptions that I can get made up in an international pharmacy in a big city. In addition I have saved to my smartphone and Evernote a printout of my
medications list from my GP.
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| Getting my pills and potions ready for Rootstech |
I am usually quite healthy at hoome but sometimes succumb to foreign bugs which lead to chest infections. My GP gives me scripts for
antibiotics and the cortisone tablets I need to recover from these episodes, I am always pleased if these meet the expiry dates before I need to use them. Luckily I had them on my last US trip or I would have arrived home very, very sick instead of very sick. I also get a script for
sleeping pills, I take these on long plane journeys and they help me get a few hours sleep.
Visiting pharmacies and drugstores in the UK and US has taught me that many popular items that one can buy
over the counter in Australia need a prescription in these countries. So if you may need a specific painkiller, anti-fungal cream, diarrhoea medication, cough supressant or anything containing codeine make sure you take it with you in your
Emergency Kit.
