After a lot of thinking, lot of assurances from the Nephrologist, we went on a short vacation (to Rome) - first one with Nuo (7 months post transplant).
Our usual style of road trips meant getting to our destination, parking our car in a safe place, exploring the destination on foot and/or public transport. We would usually book a bed and breakfast and head out after breakfast often only returning at night to sleep.
We knew it would be prudent to take it a lot easier than usual with Nuo, with anemia, with the medication time etc. Yet we had clearly not thought of a few things until we reached Rome. The city is big - not really walkable - so here we were faced with the challenge of driving in the crazy city center with the impossible task of finding parking / taking public transport (lot of people, touching lots of machines, handles...touched by hundred others...)
We figured our catch 22 situation with traveling:
Big city
This was our prototype vacation. Other things we learnt.
Given the new normal of our travel - there might have new normal on who we travel with (if so) and how too...
Our usual style of road trips meant getting to our destination, parking our car in a safe place, exploring the destination on foot and/or public transport. We would usually book a bed and breakfast and head out after breakfast often only returning at night to sleep.
We knew it would be prudent to take it a lot easier than usual with Nuo, with anemia, with the medication time etc. Yet we had clearly not thought of a few things until we reached Rome. The city is big - not really walkable - so here we were faced with the challenge of driving in the crazy city center with the impossible task of finding parking / taking public transport (lot of people, touching lots of machines, handles...touched by hundred others...)
We figured our catch 22 situation with traveling:
Big city
- Advantages - better and more options for clean accommodations, food (given we are vegetarians and that right now I still need to watch for protein, not eat raw stuff anywhere etc).
- Disadvantages - need to use public transport (metro etc), parking in city center is a problem, overall costs are higher, more crowds everywhere...
- Advantages - less crowd, cheaper, do not need to use public transport
- Disadvantages - food and acco options are limited
This was our prototype vacation. Other things we learnt.
- Sights seeing will be purely dependent on the amount of tourists in there - especially places like museums/indoor stuff. Outdoor things might be better options.
- A mask, hand sanitizer and medications are a must in the hand bag
- Remember to take breaks, eat at regular times (the side effect of Myfortic on the stomach goes haywire otherwise), drink enough water
- Keep a watchful eye for people around (in restaurants etc) who are coughing/sneezing...move away if possible...
Given the new normal of our travel - there might have new normal on who we travel with (if so) and how too...
