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Category: Medical considerations

Medical Considerations describes our onboard medical kit and practical matters such as purchasing medicine and glasses, getting braces, and preparing to sail through regions where malaria is a concern.

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023Lorraine Escher

Making Sense of Malaria: Why Chemoprophylaxis Doesn’t Prevent Infection — It Only Weakens the Symptoms

November 1, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Betty, Age 10, Gets Her Very First Pair of Glasses

December 15, 2015July 6, 2026Lorraine Escher

Our Offshore Medical Kit: A Complete Breakdown

December 10, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Medical insurance while cruising

November 4, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

DIY Offshore Medical Kit Resources

August 2, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Medications for a year and beyond

Yellow Transderm Scopolamine packages
April 30, 2015April 30, 2015Lorraine Escher

Scopolamine Side Effects at Sea: My Blurry Vision Experience

January 8, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Food Allergies On Land, and At Sea

Word of the Hour

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Magic Porridge Pot Mom

This Week in Years Past

  • 10 years ago this weekFrom the Vault: Cycling 1,000 miles Along the US Pacific Coast — with a Parrot
  • 10 years ago this weekBeans! Beans! Beans! Abandoning Meat in the Dominican Republic
  • 11 years ago this weekStress-free camping? Not here.
  • 11 years ago this weekA visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

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