Welcome!  As far as traveling with probiotics, matia once had me take a plastic container with tight fitting lid, fill it with ice, and stick the bottle in the middle, put that in my suitcase.  It depends on how far you are traveling, also any airline rules about carrying liquids.  I was almost not allowed to take a small cooler with cold gel packs in it on board. 

Firs welcome to the ICAMA it's always nice to have new members. So that you don't have to deal with the airlines telling you what you can and can not have. getting a note from your dr that you need your medications to be kept cold will make certain that you will not have problems. You have to arange this ahead of your flight. Contact the airline so that you know there is no problems. Last time I flew as a handycap person with medical needs and I gave them all my information prior to flying. You don't need to actually be handycaped you just say you have special medical needs. They gave me a weelchair even though i didn't need one. It made it so much nicer because I didn't have to rush they weeled me in and I got to board first and sit in the front behind first class with all my things that I needed. So check with the airline to see how they can accomidate you. You may be supprised that to find it much easier. Btw if you tell them your handycaped you don't have to wait in the long security line most of the time they just weel you past. I have anxiety real bad and that makes it easier to handle the whole trip.
I hope you travels are safe and pleasent. It is nice to have you hear.
be well
Nicole

When you say you are traveling next year are you going for an extended period of time? I know that you can get some probiotics here in the states that don't need to be kept cold. I don't think they would be on Matia's protocal but she may think they're better than nothing at all. You may even tolerate them. They are by a company called Jarrow Formula.

I was wondering if you have any bladder spasms? There is a man who posted a few months ago and his symptoms are similar to yours. He says that most foods don't really bother him but that he has unrelenting bladder spasms. I've encourged him to see Dr. Brizman but so far he hasn't made that move.

Welcome!
I travel all the time, it's difficult to figure out ahead of time if everything will be ok with the diet and if you will always have a fridge around. Cucumbers are amazing!! I always have plenty of them with me, they're quite tough so they don't get damaged in my bags, they're delicious, refreshing and don't need to be peeled or cooked. And every country has cucumbers lol!
Matia put me on Metagenics probiotics, ask her about them. You can keep them out of the fridge for a couple of weeks. She said they were a good probiotic. I always keep them cool, but believe me, it's great to have that much less to worry about when constantly on the road. I'm so happy for you that you will be able to get away and see the world. 
Take care!
 

Hi Luke, I'm a fellow UK patient,just in treatment. Glad 2 hear u r well enough to go travelling. I don't know if you can have plain live yoghurt?  Perhaps that could supply at least some probiotics. One tip I read re avoiding tummy probs (like Montezuma's revenge!) while travelling was to eat the local yoghurt.Another tip while flying is to smear the nostrils with olive oil to prevent catching colds. Apparently the dry air on the plane dries out the nasal passages rendering them more susceptible to germs. I used Matia's lip balm for this purpose, on my trip back to UK from LA and didn't catch a cold. In the past I have caught colds after flying. Hope u have a great time. I think enjoying yourself is really important and makes it easier to cope with chronic problems. Be4 flying out to California I thought I would endure rather than enjoy the whole trip but after visiting Matia and a week or so in the sun I felt much more cheerful and able to cope.