Not the most exciting part…
I visited the CDC to determine which immunizations I will need to travel abroad {insert sad face and sore arms}. Surprisingly, it’s not as many as I thought but I have to make sure I schedule them close enough to the time that I leave because some have to be taken within 30 or 60 days of visiting. There’s also one that requires that I take a pill before, during, and after the visit. I’m going to put them in my first aid kit and safely monitor them. I’m not trying to get anything I can’t give back.
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As an independent contractor I don’t have health benefits. I have always paid out of pocket for my check ups and calculated that it was less expensive this way; of course, that doesn’t account for if I came down with an major illness or disease. In that case, I would SOL. I am going to purchase international traveler’s health insurance but I don’t know if this is something that has to be added on to an existing health care plan…just more information to research. I am also going to (finally) purchase life insurance but that’s just the ‘you’re a grown up with a child if something happens to you, you don’t want to be a gofund me page or have your family selling fish plates to bury you’ precaution that I should have had a long time ago.
*Update*
Our appointment is April 28th
Needed Immunizations:
Hepatitis A and B (Jayla’s good, mine expired this year)
Malaria
Typhoid
Yellow Fever (several of the countries will require that I have a certificate of proof upon entry)
Meningitis (maybe)
Rabies – I don’t play with animals in the US but just in case one tries to run up….)
