When I first learned in early 2024 that I would need to inject temperature-sensitive medication long-term, I was shocked. Although the pharmaceutical company provided a free cooler box, its maximum cooling time of 12 hours just wouldn't be enough. One of my children lives in Western Canada. There’s no direct flight, and with layovers, the journey realistically takes 20–24 hours from one fridge to the next. After doing some thorough research, I discovered COOL*SAFE. Their… Continue reading
Travel Story Following a recent diagnosis of osteoporosis, I was prescribed medication which requires to be kept refrigerated, between 2°- 8°c. Whilst this is not difficult at home, I was very apprehensive at how I would be able to manage this during a planned trip abroad. I had found several products online which claimed to be able to keep medical products cool, but not at the specific temperatures required and certainly not for the period… Continue reading
Travelogue of a chronically ill student: My semester abroad and the challenge of medication refrigeration As a student, you often dream of spending a semester abroad during your studies, discovering new cultures and exploring the world. I also had this dream. But what seemed so simple at first turned out to be a particular challenge for me. The reason was my chronic illness, which requires me to take important medications regularly. This soon proved to… Continue reading
I am a haemophiliac, 51 years old and familiar with the subject of travelling with vital refrigerated medication since childhood. For a four-week honeymoon to New Zealand at the turn of 2023/2024, with stopovers in Hong Kong and Dubai, the transport of medicines had to be carefully planned. I prepared letters in English for various security checks at airports, customs, and for any medical treatment abroad, which I had stamped and signed by my attending… Continue reading
Having booked a cruise to the Caribbean to my delight, a few weeks later I started worrying whether I would be able to make the trip at all, as my medicines needed to be refrigerated. Since the trip to Montego Bay (Jamaica) would take at least 14 hours in total, I wondered how I would get the syringes on the ship chilled. After doing some research on the internet, I came across the company Artemed… Continue reading
Dear readers, I would like to tell you about my transportation of a large quantity of animal vaccine to an animal shelter in Greece. The news is very good. The animal vaccine has arrived chilled on the island of Paros. The bag works. According to my long research, this is really the only working means of transport. The expensive and important vaccine can save little cats' lives. Fortunately, everything worked out. Kind regards Mrs B.… Continue reading
With cool safe you are on the safe side. This year we had planned Morocco as our travel destination. A look at the weather app brought us some uncertainty at first. Up to 40° in the shade. The trip to the airport took 3 hours, at the airport we had to wait 2 hours until departure. the flight time was 3.5 hours and to the hotel we had to drive another 2 hours. I have… Continue reading
Away from fear - towards security and emotional calmness In the summer of 1988, I had my first severe allergic reaction to "wasp venom" after a wasp sting on my foot; in the hospital, the sting was removed, medication was injected, and the sting wound as well as the enormous swelling and redness were treated as an outpatient for several days. In 1992 I was "allowed" to spend a night in intensive care after another… Continue reading
