Catheters with bags
Catheters with bags
I will be travelling to Japan in October this year. I use Coloplast Speedicath which combines a catheter with a bag. These don’t exist in Japan (checked Coloplast JP). It’s a pain since the 20 boxes I will need weigh a total of 22Kgs, maxing out one suitcase. Is there some weird Japanese rule preventing this? I know technically after use they are considered ‘Medical Waste’. Anyone living in Japan have found any similar products? I found regular ones on Rakuten that I can get delivered to hotel.
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Hi
I normally get a allowance for medical equipment that gives me 75kg extra, this has been with Tui, Thomas cook, British airways and Jet2
when booking your flights make sure they are aware of any additional needs and you can always call them to confirm after you book
hope you get some help
Pete
I was going to suggest checking with the airline as medical equipment is usually separate.
I had the same experience. Packed *enough* for my 6 night stay in Tokyo. As my departure approached I obsessively counted and recounted the remaining catheters worried that I’d run out earlier than planned.
Note that at after I left home I must have been nervous about the trip because I got signals that I needed to ‘go’ a number of times without producing much. Used double my usual number that day.
Despite efforts of hotel concierge I shouldn’t source more. He gave me contact for the urology department of the nearby hospital.
Found a pocket of my suitcase where I’d stuffed a few extra. Left on the flight to New York with 3 in hand luggage, where I’d had boxes sent to my next hotel.
Apparently supply in Japan requires a prescription and no online supplies are available to other people.
The corollary, take more that you expect to need. Maybe send a few boxes to be delivered to a hotel you book halfway through the trip.
On previous trips to USA I found a supplier that didn’t require a script but many states do. I had an email now from that supplier that they also do need a script.
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