Inspirational Patient

[john]

Hi all,
Yesterday I was talking to a patient at my clinic who was telling me that she had just come back from a visit to Australia.
Nothing very unusual in that except that this lady is over 90 years of age, immunodeficient and needs ivIg every three weeks!
She went there with her son and his wife but came home alone, yes ALONE, stopping off at Hong Kong on the way.
I was totally impressed, because usually I speak to patients who are a quarter of her age asking me if it's safe for them to go on holiday to Europe for a week!
She gets my vote as the most inspirational CVID patient of 2012!

[emsy]

How lovely 😊

[bamber]

Definitely (wonder how she got travel insurance though?)

[john]

I'll ask her next time I see her!
Maybe she looks on it as I do - I get cover for what I can, luggage, theft, car-crash etc, and take a risk on the rest!!
You know we are very unlikely to get sick abroad as long as we take some precautions, and our sinuses, chests and bronchial tubes seem to be far less prone to infection if we're going somewhere warm and dry.
Also our medical teams usually bend over backwards to facilitate trips away, like infusing us just before we go and as soon as we return, and mine give me all the drugs they think I might normally need to take with me.
What I most admired about this lady is that she doesn't think of herself as too old or too sick in any way. She takes the treatment and leads her life to the absolute full of her capabilities!!

[liz2mac]

What a national treasure! I thought my Nan was great when she travelled to New Zealand at the age of 88 and she had no significant health uissues!

Liz

[bamber]

I think I remember a TV advert saying that particular in insurance company stopped insuring anyone (well or not) at 85.

But I suppose this going off the point of the original message. I am well pleased she feels happy to travel.

[john]

This wasn't meant to be about insurance, it's about a lady who did what she wanted to do without worrying about things that might go wrong. If everyone worried about the negative all the time we'd never go outside our houses!!