I had to share this excellent post on Surviving Travel and Conference from Indie. Guzman-Cooper, RN writing at WebMD. She provides a great checklist of things she did to prepare for the trip, as well as other bits of wisdom, such as:

When I arrived to park my car, arrive at the airport and check-in, I sought out assistance. For me this was a new thing since I tend to be an independent lady and tend to try and do everything by myself. But I realized I needed the assistance and it was not wise for me to risk any more problems than I was already dealing with by being stubborn!

I look forward to the second in this two-post series.