travel considerations

I'm going away for 8 days, and I'm trying to plan out what I'll need. Normally, it wouldn't be so bad. But Lyme brain is adding a new level of stress, since getting organized is so hard these days.

How do I figure out how much of my tinctures I'm going to need? I'm at 1 dropper full 3x a day for most of them, and I have about 2oz of most of them right now.

Am I best off shipping things to the hotel or trying to bring them in my checked luggage?

Now, food and drink. Most days, I sip water w/ lemon and apple cider vinegar all day. How do I bring these with me? I'm not going to have a car, so I won't easily be able to get things.

I'm also going to need breakfast and lunch for 2 days. Non-perishable, airport security friendly.

I've already figured that I'll bring an empty large bottle of water, with tiny bottles for tinctures and apple cider vinegar/lemon juice in my carry on for the flight.

I don't have a LLMD/LLND, so there's no one to write a letter explaining that the supplements I have are medically necessary. Even if I did, I'm not sure what help that'd be, since the TSA people at the airport I'm flying out of aren't know for being understanding about things.

I have my luggage all picked out, and it should be pretty easy to manage. Travel clothing will also be easy and comfy.

Is there anything else I should be thinking about?

I hope you enjoy the trip and I hope you do better than me.

We haven't gone on vacation or even a long trip in many years. Last week my husband and I took a rather long trip (11 hours one way) to check out an area we plan to move to in about 2 years and we thought the time away would be good for us both. I was exhausted from the long trip and with the heat and humidity it took it's toll on me. We got there last Thursday, were supposed to return yesterday BUT we started home Sunday. I felt so horrible I hated paying to lay in bed in the hotel. We got home around midnight, I went to sleep when we got home, woke up the next morning, went back to bed at 10:00 am and didn't get up again till almost 6:00 PM. No more trips for me until we move and thank goodness that will just be one way.

Hi Sayyadina,

I'm not too sure what to do about the tinctures. I like the ideaof shipping them ahead of time. I also think wrapping them in bubble wrap and putting them in a hard case into checked luggage might work.

I'm also not too sure how to travel with ACV and lemons. Some countries have rules about not bringing in fruit to their country. If you're traveling within the country, maybe pack some lemons in a sturdy Rubbermaid-type container? And maybe use a smaller plastic bottle to ration out some ACV? I'd put that bottle in a big freezer bag and also in a different hard container so it won't leak.

I'll keep thinking.