Have Indiana Pouch, will travel.

            Plan ahead. For a car trip we aim for a 4-hour pit stop at a nice facility such as a Hilton Garden, Marriott, etc. Their restrooms almost always have a diapering station, even for dads – perfect for laying out the items we need, or at least a handicapped stall with plenty of room.

            I’m prepared to cath early at 3 hours if traffic up ahead is likely to be heavy. One extra catheterization per day is no big deal if it will avoid being stuck with no place to go.

            You probably won’t have to irrigate during a day trip unless you have a young IP and still have lots of mucus.

Airplane lavatories are cramped but still have enough counter space. If you do have to have saline for irrigation in your carry-on, a letter from your doctor should take care of that problem to get through security.

Be sure to make a practice run at home to be sure that you will have everything you need in your travel kit.

I have five (!) different kits for travel – will cover them in later blogs.