Diabetes can be a life-limiting condition, but, once it’s under control, it doesn’t have to stop you from experiencing the good things in life, like going on holiday. It simply means that you have to be a bit more careful about the things you do while you’re away. Here, we have provided you with some top travel tips for traveling with diabetes.
1. Make sure that you wear your medical bracelet or necklace, and tell the people you’re traveling with, your hotel, and any other relevant people, about your condition. This way, if your levels get too high or too low, they will understand what the problem is immediately. They will also check on you more often.
2. Make sure that you buy travel insurance for diabetics. You will have slightly different requirements that other people, and by choosing travel insurance for diabetics, you can make sure that you are afforded the protection you need.
3. Bring more medicine than you need. Pack some in your hand luggage and some in your hold luggage. If your luggage goes missing, you will have supplies to last a few days. If your holiday is extended (e.g. in the event of natural disaster) you will have the medicine you need to get you through the extra days. We recommend packing two extra weeks’ worth.
4. Because you won’t be able to control your food as much as you can at home, you will need to be extra careful with the food you eat. Most people will happily tell you about the quantities of carbohydrate and sugars in your food, so that you can take the correct amount of insulin beforehand.
5. Make sure you know where you can get extra insulin and medical help if you need it. Before you leave, plan the where you will be going and find local pharmacist and doctors that will allow you to use their services. You might have to telephone ahead, just to make sure they can offer you supplies. And, of course, you’ll have to pay for it, so phoning ahead allows you to ask about pricing too).
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