Where should the journey go, what do we want or need to take with us.

Questions and answers that occasionally give even healthy people a headache. For people with Parkinson's disease, however, the checklist is significantly longer and is not repeated nearly as often as the checklist for healthy people. Because the progressive disease creates a new challenge with every trip.

I don't drive a car myself anymore, but even the position in the passenger seat, sitting for hours at a time, challenges my rigor to the extreme. I don't tolerate long periods of sitting at all, I'm very sensitive when eating and I need my regular afternoon nap. If just one of these parameters changes, I can actually tick off the day. Do I have enough medication with me? Can I get emergency medication at my travel destination? But fortunately, you can avoid many problems by skilful travel preparation.