trophywench
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Speaking personally, I wouldn't worry overly.
Hotel food can be a bit unpredictable even in UK , as can eating out. If it's a served meal - or even on a buffet as a lot of hotels are these days - I'd never inject till my plate of food in in front of me. And I'd only inject for THAT course then have another for the next, because a) you never know what you'll fancy, whether the 'healthy' fruit salad is doused with sugar syrup of whether you'd rather plump for the custard tart instead of the strawberries and cream (is that sweetened?) and b) timings. If you had eg meat and veg sans spuds but already injected for a piggy dessert, you'd probably be hypo before you got it.
Heat tends to lessen my insulin needs - plus I do more on hols than at home - walking, swimming every day - whatever - which also reduces needs. You do get used to it by the end of a fortnight but I've done fortnights in Greece at 40-ish degrees where I haven't needed to use any Novorapid till dinnertime. And even then a lot less, because of the red wine! About day 10, I start having to have some at lunchtime and by the time we come home, with all meals again as the body acclimatises. So even if no insulin - meter and hypo rememdy must always be carried. Full-fat Coke is the thing cos you can get it everywhere.
Diet drinks are not always available - you'd think America would be brill and in supermarkets yes, but not out and about. Diet Coke or Diet Coke is all usually.
Hotel food can be a bit unpredictable even in UK , as can eating out. If it's a served meal - or even on a buffet as a lot of hotels are these days - I'd never inject till my plate of food in in front of me. And I'd only inject for THAT course then have another for the next, because a) you never know what you'll fancy, whether the 'healthy' fruit salad is doused with sugar syrup of whether you'd rather plump for the custard tart instead of the strawberries and cream (is that sweetened?) and b) timings. If you had eg meat and veg sans spuds but already injected for a piggy dessert, you'd probably be hypo before you got it.
Heat tends to lessen my insulin needs - plus I do more on hols than at home - walking, swimming every day - whatever - which also reduces needs. You do get used to it by the end of a fortnight but I've done fortnights in Greece at 40-ish degrees where I haven't needed to use any Novorapid till dinnertime. And even then a lot less, because of the red wine! About day 10, I start having to have some at lunchtime and by the time we come home, with all meals again as the body acclimatises. So even if no insulin - meter and hypo rememdy must always be carried. Full-fat Coke is the thing cos you can get it everywhere.
Diet drinks are not always available - you'd think America would be brill and in supermarkets yes, but not out and about. Diet Coke or Diet Coke is all usually.
