General Travel Tips
- Take Imodium or other anti-diarrhoea medication with you as well as re-hydration sachets e.g. Dioralyte, to replace fluids, just in case of upset tummy. These are available over the counter at your chemist.
- Drink plenty of bottled water especially in hot weather.
- Do not take ice with your drinks unless made with bottled water.
- Take plenty of extra equipment (stoma pouches etc). The Colostomy Association recommends twice your normal usage.
- Take stoma pouches and equipment in hand luggage or travel bag. That way if your luggage is lost you still have supplies. SecuriCare Medical provide a complimentary travel pack for users of its Home Delivery Service.
* Suggested contents of travel bag should be:-
- Take a travel certificate with you. These can usually be obtained from your stoma nurse or your home delivery company and they contain information about your stoma in different languages.
- Samples of other accessories that may be of help to you are Limone deodorant, Morform motion management sachets, Appeel adhesive remover and Ostagel skin cleanser – please call the CliniMed Careline on 0800 0360100 for further details.
- If you are worried about the effect of heat on your pouches take a cool bag to protect your supplies.
- You may want to take some drainable stoma bags, if not already using one, so you can empty it easily when traveling or in case of an upset tummy
- Some airlines will let you take extra 5kgs luggage – check with them if you are eligible.
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