I know this topic has been brought up before, but I'm reading conflicting information on it so I thought I would ask here. I'll be traveling to France and the UK next month. I have a lot of pretty serious health issues and I take a lot of meds. I had hoped to carry everything in one carry-on bag, an older Rick Steves Backdoor Bag. I will also be bringing my CPAP unit. I take 12 pills every morning, 5 at night, and I have diabetic meds as well, including two different insulin pens. I've read some posts and/or messages about how all I need is a letter from my doctor confirming that all my meds are necessary and legitimate, and that I could keep my pills in my one-week daily pillbox, accompanied by that letter. But I've read other messages and watched recent youtube travel videos that say I must bring all of my meds in their original labeled bottles along with that doctor's letter. For me that would mean bringing 12 different bottles, a couple of which are huge. If it helps to know, we are flying into Paris and traveling to Normandy for the D-day anniversary events, then we're taking a Brittany ferry from Caen to Portsmouth, where we will rent a car and travel to Somerset. After staying in Somerset for a few days we'll travel to London and take a plane from Heathrow to Paris. We'll spend a couple of days in Paris and then fly home to the U.S.
I have some trepidation at the thought of having hassles going through airport security with a carry-on bag and all these meds. Maybe I could avoid it all by using check-in bags?
Thank you,
Cliff