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Hi Juicyj thank you for your reply, that's so helpful! And actually very reassuring being reminded that the activities in themselves are quite short compared to the rest of the day! And yes that was my thinking about riding a bit higher as opposed to scoffing sweets on the plane up there! And...

Ah thank you for your reply and sharing your experience with adrenaline fuelled activities, and so great to hear you had an amazing time sky diving, I haven't quite computed yet that I'll be doing it! That's good to know about High sugars and adjusting insulin accordingly.. you're right though...

Hi Ante77 thank you for your reply much appreciated! That's a great shout to test before/ after and a little after to monitor! Thank goodness for my Libres! I guess it's hard to know how it'll affect you until it happens! Rachel x

Hi all, I'm off to NZ in a couple of weeks and booked into doing some adrenaline fuelled activities (sky dive / canyon Swing/ zip lining etc). Does anyone have any experience with these activities and what they did to your blood sugars and any tips you could share? I'm still fairly new...

Thank you for your reply, very much appreciated! I'm on Lantus for my long insulin so I could try and not use it while on the flight until the next evening in NZ for example.. (I'm flying from UK at 8pm and normally do long insulin at 10:30pm, arriving at NZ in the morning.. I suppose my...

Hi Paul, That's really reassuring about keeping long insulin until NZ time zone, I'm only a year and half into diagnosis so I still have it drummed into me that under no circumstances am I to not do my long! So that's really helpful to think I can counteract highs with my short until I get...

Hi Westley, Ah Cereal bars are a great shout and noted! I'm actually flying with someone with a Peanut allergy so I'll make sure there aren't any in there! Rachel x

Hi EllieM, Thank you so much for your reply and advice! Especially the hypos in the airport I hadn't thought of that! I've made an appointment with my local diabetes team in soton so will defo ask about the libres through the scanner! Thank you again Rachel

Thank you KennyA, much appreciated

Hi all, I'm from the UK and soon to be travelling to New Zealand for a 2.5 week holiday. Although incredibly excited, this will be my first flight since being diagnosed, let along the longest flight I've experienced and wondered if anyone had any tips or knowledge of what to expect with blood...