Advice Needed

Hi all,

I will be going out of town for business Saturday, to return the next Friday. I cannot fly with my meds, so my husband and I will be driving to St. Louis, MO and I will fly back home. We are leaving Saturday and providing ourselves enough time to allow for frequent breaks. I will inject Humira on Thursday night, finish with the conference on Friday and fly home. I am flying back for two reasons, 1) to avoid the issues that a long trip will cause my body 2)there is no reason for my husband to remain in St. Louis past Wednesday night, as the conference will have me so tied up Thursday and Friday that I wont even see him. He will drive home and pick up our pups from the sitter and pick me up at the airport. This is a 12 hour drive. I am fully aware of how this could turn out. I am hoping that this extremely supportive and information community of fellow sufferers can help me with any and all tips that may be beneficial to ease the stress and pain from this trip. I dont know anyone my age with a chronic illness of any sort, much less one similar to mine. I am 28. Please provide me with tips to help myself. Anything that may have worked at one time or another to ease the strain of a necessary trip?

I am planning to bring epsom salt in a ziplock so I can take a really hot bath once I get there. My husband thinks that a massage upon arrival may be in order. This is all I have in my toolkit.

Thank yall so much. I really cant express how this community helps me. I dont feel as lonely anymore and I have a place to go to get advice and hear similar stories. This ailment has gotten easier emotionally since finding this website.

Thank you.
I dont fly enough or take road trips enough to know what to expect. I just know that I wont feel as "normal" as usual. I dont want to say as good as normal, because we wouldnt be on this forum if we felt good. You said to carry an ice pack. I will do so, but that made me think of hand warmers for if I need heat, so thank you for that.

Last year, I attended a jewelry show with my cousin. It was similar to a wholesale type thing. One of the booths was selling these heat packs that you crack (kind of press a button) and it gets hot. No microwave needed or outlet for a plug. It was reusable and fairly new. He mentioned that hospitals were starting to purchase them for inpatient settings. I wish now more than ever that I would have gotten one. It would be perfect for this trip. I wasnt progressed this far at the time, so I "didnt need it". I may have been a bit in denial as just being diagnosed as to how bad and how fast these diseases can progress. I really wish I remembered the name of that thing or the company.

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