We just got home from a family vacation. My wife son and I went to Bali, Indonesia ( pronounce Bali, or phoneticaly = Baleee long E sound , but not Balli ) for the 2 week spring break.
Bali is a Beautiful county with Great people. It was our 1st time to that part of the world, it was truly awesome. We had a lot of fun and did some great activities. the 3 of us Scuba dive so we did 6 dives, saw 3 – 4 meter/yard wide manta rays, dove inside a 130 meter/yard long ship wreck and saw amazing coral and fish. My 16 year old and I did a 2 hour white water rafting trip down an amazing river with about 15 waterfalls dropping into, and some onto us while my wife shopped UBUD a nice town in the Bali interior ( in the movie Eat Pray Love ). We did a lot of other fun things and some Great R & R time as well. I enjoyed a few afternoon siesta’s in our A/C room as well.
Despite a great vacation in a beautiful country with my family I felt uneasy, especially the 1st few days. Its my 1st trip since the transplant and being that far from the medical team that has been there for me pre and post transplant had me worried. The potential financial consequences if there were complications also weighed heavy on me as travel insurance we had and the others I looked into exclude Pre-Existing conditions. The 3rd factor was the Imuno-Suppressives I’m on an the lower standards of cleanliness and different types of “bugs” there. I expect as time goes on and I have a longer run with the new kidney I’ll be able to travel with less anxiety over complications.
Bali Indonesia is located in the bottom approximately center of this map
This is the wreck we dove, USS Liberty
Congratulations for being so brave, and so healthy! Transplants are for life!
AL’s response
Thanks, I agree with Transplants are for Life, that’s what my surgeon said.
( I didn’t take it as brave as I should, but We did pull it off )