Travelling with stoma bag products?

Absolutely you can get the travel certificate and it would be a good idea going to the US I think. I’ve found all staff on security to be discreet and respectful as soon as they spot my bags on the scanner. They deal with this all the time, but they will take you to a private room to be examined by a female member of staff rather than doing this in public! I’ve had a pat down in private (over my clothes) and also been asked to lift my top slightly to show the bags. 

Sarah xx

Hi Sarah, just got in touch with jet2 and they say as long as it's less than 100ml then it's fine but advised to take a doctors cert just in case

That’s good! I’ve just popped the can in my little plastic bag for liquids less than 100ml and never had an issue. 

Sarah xx

I’ve always found the Homeland Guards in the USA polite but I don’t fancy getting on the wrong side of them! I think LenC said I could get a certificate from Hollister, I might try that! I rarely see my team now, I could phone them but it might be easier just to get one myself! Not that I can go anywhere until my hip is done but I’m getting prepared!
Thanks Sarah,

Moira x

I think I’d be more wary going to the USA-I maybe watch too much tv! Ask your stoma supply company if they can give you a certificate-most seem to be able to provide this and it’s probably the easiest way to get one quickly. 

Still no word on your hip surgery Moira? It must be frustrating waiting.

Sarah xx

Thanks Sarah, I’ll do that!
I had my first hip done in June last year, it was fantastic! For a few weeks being able to walk without pain was wonderful, until my left hip decided to join the party! This one is so much more painful but all I can do is wait and pray every day for a letter! I’ll get there in the end and then I’ll be Bionic Woman!
Roll on summer,

Moira x

I can sympathise with the pain, except mine’s my right hip. I can shuffle about in the house, but can’t get out and about unless I’m in my mobility scooter or in a wheelchair. Dreading the airport next week and being dependent on being pushed in the chair and needing the ambulift to even get on the plane! I never risk taking my own chair or scooter and the airport wheelchairs are un comfy and difficult to manoeuvre. But I’m lucky to be going at all, so I’ll grin and bear it! 

Sarah xx

It’s gets really unbearable at times, I’ve forgotten how to have a nights sleep! Of course, now I’m putting pressure on the other hip too, which isn’t good! I’m just like you in the airport, totally reliant on the staff helping! They’ve been great up to now though and I’ve always used their wheelchairs too! I’m going to have to get a mobility scooter, I feel so much more independent when I’ve used one, even if it’s just in the shopping centre! You keep on enjoying flying, even if you do have to use the ambulift, at the moment I’m stuck in the house, surrounded by icy roads and a partially sighted husband! He’d willingly push the wheelchair but goodness knows where we’d end up! Probably in A&E! I want my hip done but not that way! Got to laugh!
Moira x

To be honest I can only get out even on the scooter if we go somewhere in the car, as I can’t manage to lift it out of the house myself, and the pavements round us are no use. I love being able to get to the supermarket now though-simple things! I went a long time not even being able do that.

I hire one when I’m abroad-it’s gets delivered to my hotel for my arrival and it’s just fantastic to be able to get around myself. I was only able to have a wheelchair in the Maldives so you can imagine how tough that was on the sand! But we are going to a resort we’ve been to before next week, so I know the pavements are wide, and I know exactly where I can go on the scooter and which bars and cafes have loos I can manage! 

I hate people staring at me with the ambulift etc, but it’s the only way I can mage to go abroad, so I just put up with it. I’m so sorry to read how bad your pain is…I go to bed with 2 hot water bottles and can eventually get into a comfortable position and sleep. Then I don’t move! A dodgy hip and two stomas makes it less than easy though. 

Sarah xx

We rely on public transport and the pavements around here are terrible, that’s why I haven’t accepted my son’s offer to get me a scooter! I’m finding it difficult to even walk around the house at the and I hate my husband having to push me up banks if we do go out! He actually prefers me in the wheelchair as it gives him something to hold onto! I’d love to be able to go to visit my son in the USA again but at the moment I’m not good company!
I go to bed around 2am, sleep, then wake up for the toilet around 3am! After that, the pain kicks in! I find heat pads really help but I’d have to go downstairs to use the microwave, probably not the best option in the middle of the night! Maybe I should get hot water bottles instead! No matter how little I drink, I’m up at least 4 times to use the toilet!
Sarah, you enjoy your holiday, no matter how self conscious you feel! I’m just hoping I get my operation soon so that I can at least go to the lakes! I had to cancel it last year and I’m determined to go this year! My sons, the two in this country, come and do the pushing and I’m really grateful! Not quite Seattle or the Maldives but it’s a break! Have fun and soak up that lovely sun! Don’t think of anything but FUN!
Moira x