When you take your medicines with you, please make sure that they can be transported in the time allotted for travel. I'll give you an example. A friend of mine suffers from a severe, life-threatening allergy to bee stings. The medicines that she was bringing with her had to be refrigerated. Unfortunately, she was traveling from Australia to Ecuador, via Europe! Of course, her medicines weren't refrigerated all that time. So, for the six months she was here, she had to watch out for bees! Please read and abide by all instructions as to how your medicines should be stored and transported.
It might be a good idea to let someone you trust in your new country know about your medical situation. This way, in an emergency, you'll have someone who can tell the doctors or other health professionals about any special conditions that you have. If you wear a medical alert bracelet or locket, be sure that it's in the language of your new country! If you want it to be bilingual, okay. But, you DO want people to understand what pre-existing conditions you may have, right?
What about medical insurance? Some have it, some don't. It might be possible to get it through your airline ticket. Some airlines offer travel insurance for the life of the ticket, per se. In other words, if you get a ticket that's good for a year, check the fine print and see if the airline covers you and under what circumstances. When a friend of mine from New Zealand suddenly became ill with severe kidney pains, her airline insurance covered her return, her hotels, put her in first class and even paid for a companion! This was after she had already been in her new country for at least three months! There are insurance companies that offer "emergency evacuation" insurance. Some policies offer to bring your relatives to you in case of emergency. You may find the premiums to be rather steep, but it's an option that's available to you. Of course, you may be able to find insurance companies in your new country. You'll have to do some research on them to see if they will meet the terms of their policies. And, there are countries that will allow foreigners to contribute to their national social security health plans. Look into it!
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