We've just had a fantastic two weeks in Lanzarote Canary Islands. I never thought I'd be doing this again after starting dialysis. Although I knew it could be done I always thought transporting the Baxter and all would be too much hassle but this year I decided to take the plunge.
The Baxter cycler went in it's own flightcase into the baggage hold of the plane with no extra baggage charge as it is classed as essential medical equipment. I had arranged to have the 20 bags of fluid delivered to the destination address the day after we arrived plus a box of tubing cassettes and drain bags and sure enough they arrived with no problems. You have to take your own mini caps, connection shields hand rub hand washing soap and exit site paraphernalia as Baxter will only supply the bulky stuff which would be impossible to take with you.
For those in the UK, the voltage in Spain is the same as Britain so you don't need to take the voltage transformer which Baxter supply you with prior to your departure but just a word of warning. All modern electricity installations in Spain are earthed but some older buildings are not. So in cases where they are not earthed you would have to take an isolation transformer. This again is supplied free of charge by Baxter. If you have any doubt check with someone at your destination address.
I am really surprised how smoothly it all went apart from having to get to the airport for the outbound flight at stupid o'clock in the morning for a 7 am flight only to be told that there was a delay and now the flight would be at 10 am which eventually became 11 am.
We also had some really bad turbulence during the flight which started while I was in the toilet in the middle of a pee!!
Anyway I've got a few pictures to send (not of me having a pee) of the holiday and at weekend I'll resize them and post them them.
We stayed in a villa with our friends Val and Dave who live there during the winter months (lucky them) The weather averaged between 73 and 77f and sunny most of the time which is just right for me and Rita. We have really enjoyed ourselves but now it's back to the hum drum and work.
Just one more thing, can anyone direct me to the thread where Epoman recommended a free downloadable image re-sizer as I am using a new computer and I don't have the web link for it?
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