Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit for Chronic Pain Travel | Ticked Bucket List
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Solutions that plan for your body, not against it

If you live with chronic pain, fatigue or an invisible illness, travel decisions are never “just book it.” The Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit helps you stress-test a specific trip against your body’s limits, then build a simple plan you can share with your clinician and family.

Ticked Bucket List exists for one job: Help you plan travel around your body – not by ignoring your condition, and not by promising miracles, but by turning worry into a calmer, more honest plan. Right now, our main recommendation is the Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit for Chronic Pain Travel. It’s a self-guided, digital tool you can use before you say “yes”, “modify”, or “not this time” to a trip.

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If you have new or rapidly worsening symptoms (for example chest pain, trouble breathing, sudden weakness, confusion or suicidal thoughts), please seek urgent or emergency care. This page is for non-urgent trip planning only.

Why this exists

Why a Trip Fit Check matters more than “just seeing how it goes”

If you live with chronic pain, fatigue or an invisible illness, travel isn’t only about flights and hotels. It’s about:

  • Clearing work and family responsibilities before you go,
  • Managing meds, letters and security checks across borders,
  • Balancing other people’s expectations with your body’s reality,
  • The fear of a flare that wipes you out for days or weeks.

Most people around you will say things like “You’ll be fine once you get there.”
Your body may disagree.

The Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit is for that in-between moment:

  • When you’re excited to go,
  • Anxious about what the trip will cost your body,
  • And tired of planning from a place of guilt, guesswork or denial.

It does not promise a pain-free trip. It does help you see where your trip and your body are most likely to clash, so you can plan – or say no – with more clarity and less self-blame.

Inside the kit

What you get inside the Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit

1. Guided Trip Fit Check (self-assessment)

A structured, step-by-step set of questions that help you map:

  • Your baseline – current stability, pain/fatigue pattern, recent flares, sleep, meds.
  • Your trip load – distance, layovers, stairs, crowds, caregiving load, time zones, climate.
  • Your safety nets – access to care, meds at destination, mobility aids, support people.

At the end, you’ll see your trip in three zones:

  • Green zones: parts that are more likely to be workable if you pace and support your body.
  • Amber zones: fragile segments that need backup plans or modifications.
  • Red flags: areas you should discuss with your own clinician before committing.

The Fit Check is a thinking partner, not a verdict. It won’t say “you are safe to travel.” It will show you where to slow down, add safeguards, or ask for medical advice.

2. Your one-page “Trip Snapshot”

You’ll build a one-page summary you can share with:

  • Your clinician,
  • Your travel companions,
  • Your future tired self.

Your Trip Snapshot includes:

  • Key trip details (dates, route, key travel days),
  • Your main body concerns and triggers,
  • Your non-negotiable goals (what matters most on this trip),
  • Planned safeguards (movement breaks, warmth, aids, rest days),
  • Specific questions you want to ask your clinician.

Instead of trying to explain “everything” in a rushed appointment or family chat, you can point to something clear and concrete.

3. Travel Starter Kit (practical templates)

You also get a small library of practical templates designed for people with pain and fatigue:

a) Packing & meds checklists

Pain/fatigue-friendly packing priorities,
Meds, letters and backup strategies (e.g. what if luggage is lost?),
“If nothing else fits, pack this” prompts.

b) Seat, movement & comfort cheatsheet

Simple, body-aware principles for flights, trains, buses and road trips,
Pacing ideas and “body breaks” you can adapt to your own condition,
Prompts you can drop into your calendar or printed itinerary.

c) 7-day post-trip recovery outline

A skeleton plan for your first week back,
Where to place lighter days and “do-not-book-anything” days,
When to consider checking in with your clinician if symptoms don’t settle.

These are not miracle hacks. They are calm, realistic scaffolds so you don’t have to design everything from scratch while exhausted.

Fit

Who this solution is for (and who it isn’t)

This is for you if:

  • You live with chronic pain, fatigue or an invisible illness, and
  • You have a specific upcoming trip (or one you’re deciding about), and
  • You recognise yourself in at least one of these:
    • “I’m scared this trip will break me for weeks.”
    • “I keep changing my mind about going.”
    • “I don’t know how to explain my limits to my family.”
    • “I wish I could arrive at my doctor’s visit with a clear picture of the trip.”

This is not for you if:

  • You are urgently unwell or noticing new, severe symptoms – you need in-person or emergency care, not a planning tool.
  • Your clinician has clearly advised against travel right now.
  • You are looking for cures, detoxes or “hacks” to erase your condition.
  • You want real-time monitoring, crisis support, or a replacement for medical care.

For safety and honesty:

Ticked Bucket List is not an emergency service and does not provide diagnosis, treatment or medical clearance to travel. We help you plan and communicate better. Your own clinicians remain in charge of medical decisions.

Process

How the Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit works

  1. Step 1 – Get access
    Make a one-time purchase for the Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit.
    No subscription. No surprise auto-renew.
  2. Step 2 – Work through your Fit Check
    Set aside around 30–45 minutes total (you can break it up).
    Answer the guided questions at your own pace.
    You can pause if fatigue or brain fog hits and come back later.
  3. Step 3 – Build your Trip Snapshot & Starter plan
    Use your responses to complete your one-page Trip Snapshot.
    Download or save your checklists and recovery outline.
    Take your Snapshot to your clinician or share with family if you choose.
    You can reuse the structure for future trips so you’re not starting from zero each time.
You stay in control: you choose how deeply to complete the kit, and which parts (if any) you share with others.
Safety & ethics

What we can and cannot do for you

Ticked Bucket List is run by Dr Timothy Murithi Mwiti, a pain physician and flight doctor. That shapes everything we do – and what we refuse to do.

To protect you, we do not:

  • Give individual medical advice on this site.
  • Offer emergency or crisis support.
  • Guarantee pain-free trips, flare-free holidays, or “perfect” outcomes.
  • Encourage pushing through red-flag symptoms or ignoring your clinicians.

We do:

  • Offer structured, body-aware planning and educational support,
  • Help you organise your thoughts, risks and questions,
  • Respect medical complexity and uncertainty,
  • Encourage you to talk to your own medical team with more clarity, not less.

If you have new or worsening severe symptoms (e.g. chest pain, trouble breathing, sudden weakness, confusion, suicidal thoughts), please seek urgent / emergency care in your area.

Pricing & expectations

Pricing, refunds and what to expect

Founding traveller price: USD 69 one-time, no auto-renew.

Includes:

  • Full Trip Fit Check access,
  • Trip Snapshot builder,
  • Travel Starter Kit templates,
  • Access to future minor updates to this product.

Refund policy (draft – please adapt to your jurisdiction):

Please review our service details carefully, as payments are non-refundable.

This kit can’t promise you’ll keep every plan or avoid every flare. Its job is to make the decision and planning process more honest, body-aware and shareable.