If you ignored my previous post and bought a dream flight ticket anyway, good for you. But, as it gets closer to departure day, you’d better answer some questions to avoid disaster later. Will your food travel with you? At a minimum of five cans a day, more if you’re walking around being touristy, you’ll need thirty five cans of Jevity per week. Have you picked up thirty five cans? They are HEAVY. Are you going to pay to have them shipped to your destination? If you’re flying in the US, your nutrition provider can ship to a different address so it’s there when you arrive. But how are you going to move all that food if you change locations during your trip?
Shipping it overseas is even a bigger challenge. You’ll pay a veritable fortune with no guaranteed your food won’t get lost or delayed. You can’t declare yourself on a serendipitous diet and just lose a few pounds. You’ll be in the hospital after two days. Perhaps you can substitute a powdered food, carry it with you and mix it when you arrive. Or confirm the availability of Ensure in the country you’re traveling to. If either of those options is workable, then I say, “Buy that ticket to Finland or St Petersburg, or Florence. But take a few more precautions before you leave.”
I’ll deal with those in the next post.