Surgery date - May 26

[treefrog]

You should also consider getting your doctor to write a note too, saying that you are prescribed the medication for pain. Even though your prescriptions will be in labeled bottles, it doesn't hurt to have that letter too. I always carry one in my wallet, just in case (and particularly when I have just a few pills with me [like taking to work] - because then they are not in labeled bottles).

I won't put any in my checked luggage. TSA employee's have been known to steal medications from baggage. I just don't want to be the person that allows medication to get into the wrong hands.

Unless you put them into a locked box in your luggage, but even then I don't think I would do it. I am going to try and find a little lockable box (like a cash box), so I can lock them up in the hotel room. Not that I don't trust the people at this hotel in particular, but it's just a good idea anywhere that you stay. And even in your won home, if you have guests, it's a good idea that your meds are not accessible.

[Kathy]

Treat your medication like cash! Don't put them anywhere you wouldn't leave $500. Many, many people abuse prescription drugs and will steal them. This addiction affects people in all social and economic groups. I would absolutely not put my meds in my checked bag. I do not trust the TSA employees to not steal them and I don't want to tempt anyone with an addiction. I carried all of them in my carry on bag (which was like a small pharmacy). In the hotel, I locked them in the safe, along with my camera, wallet and jewelry. In my home, I hide them in random places around the home. I don't think any of my guests would steal them; but once again, I don't want to tempt anyone who struggles with this particular addiction. My doctor also will not replace lost or stolen pills, so it is not worth the chance of that happening. I would be very careful where you keep them and where you leave them. I only carry 4 or 5 in my purse, and not in a Rx bottle. My pharmacist said that since I had a valid script that it was not a problem. If I were ever questioned on it, they could call my dr and pharmacist and verify my script. I did carry all the valid bottles when traveling, just in case. Cathy's idea of carrying a note is a great idea too.

[treefrog]

Anybody know if the DVD players they have at the Hotel Theresientor are N. American, and play DVD's with Region 1 encoding? Or are they for playing locally rented movies?

My boyfriend and I are big movie/TV watchers, and will be bringing a lot of DVD's of movies and TV shows. We will watch them on our laptops, if needed. But it would be nicer if we could watch them on the DVD player at the hotel, on their TV's.

[Cindylou]

Boy, I don't remember. I do know we brought our own portable DVD player and watched movies on our laps. We're big movie people too, and that was alot of fun at nighttime. Hopefully, someone else will chime in with an answer.

[fuzzy]

Usually the German players do not play American DVDs.

[treefrog]

Right. Which is why I wanted to know if the DVD players they have available to put in your room at the hotel Theresientor are N. American players, or European.