Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Hi - I have flown a half dozen times during this last year on chemotherapy (once the day after I got chemo- although that was a bit much). I had no problem. I did tuck one of those surgery masks in my pocket in case I was unfortunately seated next to someone with a cold and could not move. I took it easy, renting a car at my destination so that I could put my bags in the trunk and not have to haul them a long distance, and scheduling a bit of down time. I made certain that I carried along any possible antinausea that I might possibly need. Remember if you have any pain medication to take it in its original vial with the doctor's name on it. Also of course having numbers for your oncologist and summery of treatments is helpful to have in case there are problems. Hope you go and have a wonderful time, Kris > thanks for the responses to my previous question...I do appreciate > it, and I have another... We are looking to possibly go on a trip > here in the near future in an attempt to make the best of the time > we have left... How is air travel for folks on chemo? Kinda > curious as wanting to make sure this is going to be a good idea, but > my dad has always wanted to go to vegas and I figure there is no > time like the present... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 My husband Bert received his chemo treatment of 5fu/leuc/oxal on a Thursday (five months into the regime) and on Saturday we were on an airplane bound for Europe! And that was an 11 hour non-stop flight for us. He had no problems, but please check with your Dad's doctor (s) first. Monika > thanks for the responses to my previous question...I do appreciate > it, and I have another... We are looking to possibly go on a trip > here in the near future in an attempt to make the best of the time > we have left... How is air travel for folks on chemo? Kinda > curious as wanting to make sure this is going to be a good idea, but > my dad has always wanted to go to vegas and I figure there is no > time like the present... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 My husband Bert received his chemo treatment of 5fu/leuc/oxal on a Thursday (five months into the regime) and on Saturday we were on an airplane bound for Europe! And that was an 11 hour non-stop flight for us. He had no problems, but please check with your Dad's doctor (s) first. Monika > thanks for the responses to my previous question...I do appreciate > it, and I have another... We are looking to possibly go on a trip > here in the near future in an attempt to make the best of the time > we have left... How is air travel for folks on chemo? Kinda > curious as wanting to make sure this is going to be a good idea, but > my dad has always wanted to go to vegas and I figure there is no > time like the present... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 My husband Bert received his chemo treatment of 5fu/leuc/oxal on a Thursday (five months into the regime) and on Saturday we were on an airplane bound for Europe! And that was an 11 hour non-stop flight for us. He had no problems, but please check with your Dad's doctor (s) first. Monika > thanks for the responses to my previous question...I do appreciate > it, and I have another... We are looking to possibly go on a trip > here in the near future in an attempt to make the best of the time > we have left... How is air travel for folks on chemo? Kinda > curious as wanting to make sure this is going to be a good idea, but > my dad has always wanted to go to vegas and I figure there is no > time like the present... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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