holidays

Does anyone please have any advice on keeping pens cold on holiday in hot countries, we can use the fridges around the pool but if we go out for a day we have found that the frio bags still get too warm if you are out in 30 degree heat for 6 hours+ . Does anyone have anything else they’ve...

Hi, I’m new here but not new to type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 18 after a random blood test and for the first year I took it seriously and made some progress when my doctors told me it could be diet controlled only. Here I am 9 years later and after ignoring my health completely...

Hi all, I have to take a libre patch with me to put on when I'm away on holiday. Does anyone know if this has to go in hand luggage or hold luggage? Thanks in advance

This year I'm going to USA for a short holiday (about a week) - this will be the first time I've flown since being diagnosed as Type 1. Are any of you able to offer any advice on best way to carry insulin pens etc? Is there anything that I should carry that perhaps I wouldn't normally? What...

My wife has just taken my Type 1 son on a school trip to China and lost the load pump from Medtronic. It was not insured, or if it was it will only cover cost of about £200 on travel insurance. We will have to pay £2,800 to Medtronic for losing it. Anyone got any advice? Thanks

Hello I am a newly diagnosed type 1.5 and I am getting ready to go away for my first overseas trip since being diagnosed a few months ago. My question is this. What do people not,ally do with their sharps box when flying overseas? Do you pack it in your hold luggage? Do you take the one you are...

Hello, my husband was diagnosed with Type 1 almost 4 years ago. He has managed amazingly well following the initial hospitalisation and diagnosis. His levels are generally good and he pretty much is in tune with his body and his insulin needs. The issue is that each time we have been abroad...