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@PeterJam

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PeterJam

Travel insurance

Want to travel to Australia but having trouble getting the insurance and don't want any potential accident being blamed on MS when it wasn't. Has anyone found a good place to get travel insurance for an MS er?
  • Travel
  • Work and play
  • Mental health
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@MSwarriorMummy

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MSwarriorMummy

Travelling with Kesimpta

Hi, I’m from the UK and on Kesimpta injection im travelling abroad to Gran Canaria in May, can anyone give me advice on how to travel and store the medication while travelling? Also how does the heat effect your MS? As I struggle with the Cold weather. Thanks
Dumfries, UK
  • Travel
  • Hot and cold
  • Work and play
  • Symptoms
  • Treatment
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@EbonyJoy

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EbonyJoy

Travel and MS

Hey guys I’m planning a 3 week trip to Japan with my partner in April-May (so excited!!!) I wanted to ask you guys what contingency plans you have in case anything happens? I’m having my Ocrevus infusion a few weeks before we leave and I’m currently working on getting an ID card from the MS Society....
Canberra, Australia
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  • Travel
  • Relationships
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  • Fatigue
  • Treatment
  • Symptoms
  • Ocrevus
  • Healthy living
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@theseatedbaker

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theseatedbaker

Traveling with a power chair

any tips on navigating the process of flying with a power chair? Thanks for any help #powerchair #traveling #flying
  • Symptoms
  • Travel
  • Work and play
  • Treatment

@Nikki2127

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Nikki2127

Kesimpta & travel

Hi everyone, This is my first post but I find all the info on here super helpful, I was diagnosed with RRMS last year and started kesimpta in the summer. I'm in the UK and planning to travel to Belgium in a couple of months via the overnight ferry. It's badly timed really as we travel on the 13th a...
  • Travel
  • Work and play
  • Hot and cold
  • Diagnosis
  • Newly diagnosed
  • Treatment
  • Relapsing remitting
  • Symptoms
  • Plegridy
  • Copaxone
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@lizzysolizzy

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lizzysolizzy

Starting Ocrevus before or after travelling?

I am waiting to start Ocrevus but also have plans to go travelling in Southeast Asia for 3 months soon. I am worried about lowering my immune system before going away-my latest MRI showed no new lesions so maybe its safer to hold off from treatment until after I'm back from travelling? Any advice mu...
Bruton, United Kingdom
  • Treatment
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  • Travel
  • MRI
  • Diagnosis
  • Work and play
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@Tim2000

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Tim2000

Mavenclad and Travel

Hi All, I just started the first dose of mavenclad and I am happy no side effects, fingers crossed 🤞let’s see how this goes 😊 Ok.. so my question is, can I to go travelling in two weeks time before my second dose of treatment and go travelling 2 months after my first treatment? I had planned these...
Tralee, Ireland
  • Travel
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  • Work and play
  • Mavenclad
  • Which DMT
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@Frog2

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Frog2

Travelling with a sharps bin

I am doing my first ever flight since diagnosis and wondered if you can help. I have softed the letter from my MS nurse and everything I need to carry my Avonex injections there, but what is the procedure for travelling with a sharps bin? Especially on the return leg? I may not be travelling long en...
  • Travel
  • Avonex
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Work and play
  • Betaferon
  • Extavia
  • Relapses
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@YKT1994

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YKT1994

First time travelling abroad since diagnosis

Hi all! I’ve been on Tysabri a little over a year now. Next year, I am thinking of taking an all-inclusive holiday. Somewhere like Spain or Greece. As it’s my first time travelling abroad since diagnosis, what recommendations would people suggest?
  • Diagnosis
  • Travel
  • Work and play
  • Treatment
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@Matt_Boyd

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Matt_Boyd

How much Meds can travel from UK-EU

I'm now living between UK and Corfu, Greece. Thunderstorms last night but generally it's great here. My Neuro is in UK, as well as healthcare barring any emergencies that might occur. Does anyone please have any idea about how much Brabbio can travel? No-one seems to mind tablets etc, but Brabbi...
  • Work and play
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@S_777

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S_777

Ms travel insurance

Hi does anyone have recommendations? It'll prob be to a non EU country in mind xx Also any tips for heat sensitivity I'm abit worried it'll be to hot x
  • Hot and cold
  • Symptoms
  • Travel
  • Work and play
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@coryarthur

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coryarthur

Travelling with medication

I’m preparing for my first holiday post Covid and post diagnosis. Has anyone experienced any issues with travelling for their medication? I will take it in my hand language but didn’t know if anyone would stop me for carrying it? Do we need a doctors note or just good old trust? All advice welcomed ...
  • Travel
  • Diagnosis
  • Work and play
  • Healthy living
  • Treatment
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@tallritchie

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tallritchie

FREE bus travel!

All MS patients are entitled to a disabled bus pass that gives them free bus travel Current symptoms and benefits are not considered, you just need to send a letter from your consultant that confirms your diagnosis and 2 passport pics. This do not apply to Scotland and all you need to do is cont...
  • Work and play
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@Silvia

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Silvia

Traveling by car with Kesimpta

Hi all, I started my treatment with Kesimpta last December and this summer I am planning travel with it in my car while enjoying some days of holidays. However, I am not sure how tricky this could be. I been told that I need a fridge for my car, so the medicine remains between 2-8C all the time. I ...
  • Travel
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  • Hot and cold
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  • Tecfidera
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@lemon

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lemon

Travelling with MS

I love to travel and I'm thinking about finally going on some trips this year. It will be my first time travelling following my diagnosis in 2020. And I feel anxious about it. 1) what do I do if I have a relapse? I've never had one that landed me in hospital so have no experience here. Do I go to a...
  • Relapses
  • Travel
  • Symptoms
  • Work and play
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Mental health
  • Ocrevus
  • Accessibility
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@AngieE

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AngieE

Travel insurance with MS?

Can anyone offer any advice about getting travel insurance with MS? Any good recommendations for insurers? Thank you 🙏
  • Travel
  • Work and play
10

@wellbelle

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wellbelle

Travel insurance

Travelling to Europe from UK later this year and will need health insurance. Any advice or recommendations as don’t know where to start looking. Thanks
  • Travel
  • Work and play
  • Mental health
  • Symptoms
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@Barbie30

Barbie30

Traveling on tysabri

Anyone feel like the stuck. Trying to make plans to travel. When i have never left before and feel like it's going to be cut short because of tysabri.
  • Travel
  • Work and play
  • Symptoms
  • Tysabri

@Ash6677

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Ash6677

Traveling and Tysabri

Hey Everyone, I'm just about to start tysabri (tomorrow infact) and just wondering how/if im going to be able to travel aboard. I planned on doing some traveling and wondering do I have to return monthly to the UK for injections or is there wiggle room between doses? If anyone has any advice it wo...
London, United Kingdom
  • Work and play
  • Travel
  • Treatment
  • Symptoms
  • Extavia
  • Avonex
  • Tysabri
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@Bronwyn_Garrett

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Bronwyn_Garrett

Travelling with DMTs

Hello I started on a DMT (brabio) a few months back and given the restrictions at the time didn’t really think about what this might mean for travelling. I’m from Australia (living in London) and hoping to go back there for Xmas/January, but I’ve gotten myself quite worried about how to manage the ...
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  • Work and play
  • Which DMT
  • Symptoms
  • Relapses
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