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<blockquote data-quote="descartesmum" data-source="post: 95843" data-attributes="member: 6120"><p>Last year I went to the states and I had an extra Byetta pen with me. I had bought a mini cooler to keep the pen because it will stay cold/cool for over 10 hours. When I got to security at Heathrow my hand luggage, where the cooler was, kept beeping as it went through the x-ray machine. So we had to take everything out of the case and a wand was run around it. After putting everything back in the security woman said that this always happens due to the ice block inside the cooler. So now I start a new Byetta pen the day I travel, makes life much easier and then I keep it in a Frio envelope, which is great. That kept my pen cool in temps of 90 degrees in NYC.</p><p></p><p>I learned to take/buy a meter that registers with the numbers they use in the states. It is sooo much easier telling my family that I was a 90 instead of 5.</p><p></p><p>I bought glucose tablets whilst in the states because they have a better variety then the plain orange I found here.</p><p></p><p>I also make sure I have snack bars before I go and enough for the flight back because you never know if the plane will be delayed and there is no where to buy food by the boarding gate. (happened to me in July).</p><p></p><p>Being a diabetic vegetarian is hell when holidaying in the states. Despite both my dad and sister being diabetics they both eat like they aren't and don't understand why I don't eat the heavily carbed food that they enjoy. And trying to find decent veggie food? It's very hard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="descartesmum, post: 95843, member: 6120"] Last year I went to the states and I had an extra Byetta pen with me. I had bought a mini cooler to keep the pen because it will stay cold/cool for over 10 hours. When I got to security at Heathrow my hand luggage, where the cooler was, kept beeping as it went through the x-ray machine. So we had to take everything out of the case and a wand was run around it. After putting everything back in the security woman said that this always happens due to the ice block inside the cooler. So now I start a new Byetta pen the day I travel, makes life much easier and then I keep it in a Frio envelope, which is great. That kept my pen cool in temps of 90 degrees in NYC. I learned to take/buy a meter that registers with the numbers they use in the states. It is sooo much easier telling my family that I was a 90 instead of 5. I bought glucose tablets whilst in the states because they have a better variety then the plain orange I found here. I also make sure I have snack bars before I go and enough for the flight back because you never know if the plane will be delayed and there is no where to buy food by the boarding gate. (happened to me in July). Being a diabetic vegetarian is hell when holidaying in the states. Despite both my dad and sister being diabetics they both eat like they aren't and don't understand why I don't eat the heavily carbed food that they enjoy. And trying to find decent veggie food? It's very hard. [/QUOTE]
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