im a type 1 diabetic, me and my partner have been talking alot about moving abroad either to USA or canada. But i don't know anything of how i would cope with my diabetes over there etc. any help?
beki
Hi Pinkabell and welcome to the forum.In the US they measure blood glucose by MG/DL so you would need to get a new blood tester over there.Here it is mmol/L so to convert you multiply by 18 to get the MG/D equivalent.I'm not sure about Canada whether they use the same here or not.
Canada is the same as the UK. And the health insurance is considerably better than what you'll find in the US. E.g., I have friends in America who are healthy, and they're paying $3000 per month as a couple for health insurance with all kinds of deductibles and non-covered items.
Agreed, the US can be *horrendously* expensive, plus since you now have a diagnosis you will find it very hard to obtain insurance. besides Canadians are often nicer <runs away>
Yes we are much, much nicer here in Ontario. We are on the same system you are, and from what I can tell much of the same meds. Same old BS though from the medical establisment. One good thing though not nearly the same horrendous proble ms as the NHS I do ewad the English papers! You'll have to look carefully into health coverage though Carol
