To Paula🌹

Moments like that bring clarity. When the body sets limits, it asks us to listen — not with fear, but with respect. Realizing that certain trips may no longer be safe can be unsettling, and it’s okay if that realization carries emotion.

When health conditions overlap, things change. Travel, energy, and recovery all ask for more care. That doesn’t mean connection is lost — it just finds new forms. Presence becomes less about distance and more about intention.

What matters most is honoring safety and well-being. Choosing not to push past limits isn’t giving up; it’s adapting wisely. That kind of adjustment takes strength.

It isn’t a farewell.
It’s listening.
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I vote for the car ride or train, if possible. Don't take chances on your health.

My mother traveled a lot in her last decade of life, while battling chronic COPD from years of smoking. And she always travel with a small portable, over the shoulder oxygen unit. That said, I have found my use of FaceTime keeps me up to date with my close friends- and it’s as good as being in the same room as them, without the travel!

Hi Paula
There are Airline Approved Portable Oxygen devices

I don’t know the details but they may be able to provide you with a safe way to travel

Car t does not have many side effects, the Janssen product cartivie i only had slight fever,2 years past car t I'm great,and cured