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Flare Day Rescue Plan (Away From Home)
When a familiar flare hits on a trip, this tool helps you stabilise, soothe and reset today’s plans — without pretending it’s fine and without framing you as a failure for needing a flare day.
Important: This tool is for flare patterns you and your clinician already recognise. If your symptoms are new,
frightening, or very different from usual, or you notice red-flag signs (chest pain, severe breathlessness, signs of stroke, infection or clot),
seek urgent medical help instead of using this tool.
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A flare can make the whole day feel ruined. Naming what’s happening and shrinking the day into a few blocks can help your nervous system feel less under attack.
Hotel, guest room, train, airport lounge, friend’s house, etc.
Use your own words: pain-heavy, fatigue-heavy, migraine spike, “everything”, GI flare, etc.
Not for blame, just context: travel day yesterday, new bed, late dinner, weather shift, stress, hormones, etc.
You can adjust the times later. For now, just sketch a rough outline.
Focus first on safety and comfort, not salvaging activities. These blocks are about stabilising your body and nervous system.
Safety checks, agreed flare meds (within your prescriptions and medical advice), position, environment, basic food and fluids.
A deliberate low-stimulation block where your only job is rest, not proving anything or entertaining others.
Decide how today’s plans need to change, and how you’ll explain that to the people with you.
Activities that are not happening today, even if others still go.
Things you might join for a tiny slice only if you significantly stabilise.
A very small, low-effort part of the day that might still feel meaningful and realistic.
You can adapt this for partners, family, friends or hosts. Focus on: my body is louder today, I need a flare day to protect the rest of the trip, our relationship is still important.
Define enough in kind terms: safe, fed, rested enough, small connection if possible.