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  • Posted on: Oct 20, 2009 10:15 pm
Joined: May 2009
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Sunny719 wrote:

I travel a bit, both by air and by auto.  I have had a double mastectomy and certainly cannot pack the swim forms in their original box and the cradles of the forms I would be wearing.  How have you managed to take forms and cradles on trips?  This may seem trivial, but I hope someone has an idea or two. 

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Erica
Joined: Oct 2003
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Oct 21, 2009 08:59 am, edited Oct 21, 2009 09:00 AM by Erica Erica wrote:

Hi Sunny719,

When I travel, I take the cradles out of the boxes. For the forms I'm wearing, I stack the pair of cradles and they don't take up much space in my suitcase. If I want to bring an extra pair of forms, or swim forms, I also remove the cradles from the boxes and carefully pack the cradles with forms in between clothing items. They haven't moved much during travel when I've done that.

Some women say they don't even bother with the cradles and either nest the forms among some socks or other soft clothing or leave them in a bra which they hang by the straps when not wearing them. If you really want to travel light, those solutions would probably work.

Barbara

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Sunny719
Joined: May 2009
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Oct 21, 2009 11:32 am Sunny719 wrote:

Barbara-----Thanks.  I'll be making my first short trip (since getting fitted) next week, then face, joyfully, two months away---traveling by car, but concerned about space and keeping the forms in good shape while away.  I like your ideas!
roseg
DC Area
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,487
Oct 21, 2009 12:49 pm roseg wrote:

I put them in a bra that I've folded in half so one cup is nestled in the other.

usually you can find something else with stiffness to nestle that into.

The TSA inspector will just have to wonder what that is if he/she opens you bag.

Rose
Mouser
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 141
Oct 24, 2009 09:59 pm Mouser wrote:


For 6 months i carefully took the case-and-cradle when i travelled. Then i went to Europe -- travelling 3 weeks; no room for that!
It made absolutely no difference to my silicone form to be cradle-less for 3 weeks, and not only have i not travelled with the cradle since, i don't usually bother with it at home, either. However, if i don't use the cradle, i do leave it in the bra when i'm not wearing it, both at home and away, because i'm afraid of punctures. I've had it just over a year now, and it is fine.

mouser - IDC 0.5 cm + DCIS 1 cm, 2007; Stage 1, grade 2, ER+PR-, Her-; lumpectomy, rads, letrozole. More calcs 2008; mastectomy.
SoCalLisa
San Diego, CA
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,146
Oct 24, 2009 10:28 pm SoCalLisa wrote:

I do what Rose does..and I have been all over the world, never a problem

I usually keep my passport and credit cards along with money in my bra

that I wear...

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance

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