A Bucket for the Long Haul A Friend for the Long Haul - A Podcast about Long Covid Friends

Episode 7: Tips for Traveling with Long Covid During an Active Panini

HI I USE SOME ADULT LANGUAGE IN THIS EPISODE OK

There is no additional guest for this episode because I was traveling for work! I needed to pull something together pretty quickly upon my return, so I asked my Instagram friends what I should talk about and the feedback was overwhelmingly about travel tips. I've done a lot of road trips and a few flights now and (knock on wood) have escaped all past trips Covid-free, so I talk about my experiences and give some tips. The reference to a bucket for the long haul will, um, make sense by the end. This was recorded over the course of a couple of days and I'm still reeling from travel (I forgot to say - schedule rest after any travel. Give yourself a good week. I didn't.) so I repeat myself and there's a lot of good old fashioned word finding going on. Enjoy.

This episode covers:


How gross people are
Traveling with kids
Advantages of road tripping
A mini rant about cruises
Tips on traveling intentionally - considering climates, allergens, humidity, screen time, mcas, time required for travel, spoons
Communicating your needs
POTS and travel - vestibular chaos
Potties
Mobility aids at the airport and internalized ableism
You can't eat at everybody's house
Work travel
The Job Accommodation Network website and asking for reasonable accommodations at work
Tempo the dog is featured heavily in this episode because I don't have the spoons for profesh editing ok thanks

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Job Accommodations Network website: https://askjan.org

The Roadside America website: https://www.roadsideamerica.com

Covid Safe Colorado

https://sites.google.com/view/covidsafecolorado/

It's also important for me to make sure you know that the fact that I mention like 500 brands in this episode does not mean that any of them sponsor me so they are not ads, but I'm going to put links to them because honestly if they want to, I'm game:

https://www.estherslv.com/

https://us.loopearplugs.com/

https://drinklmnt.com/

https://www.liquid-iv.com/

https://www.neosporin.com/

https://www.qtips.com/

https://www.lumifyeyes.com/

https://www.rei.com/

https://koa.com/

https://www.airbnb.com/

Also: I AM NOT A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AND NONE OF THIS IS MEDICAL ADVICE TAKE WHAT I SAY WITH A GRAIN OF SALT I AM JUST A LADY WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS AND A BIG MOUTH

I'd like to acknowledge that this was recorded on Ute, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Apache land.