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Thanks for all the replies. Very useful information and very much appreciated. Quick update which may be useful to travellers. I have just sorted out the travel insurance which covers both myself and the other half. It is through the nationwide building society and you must have a flexaccount...

Good point on the mini fridges. I intend to create a laminated card detailing my medical issue with one side in English and the other in Sinhala. Will be based in Beruwala but travelling around by motorcycle (I know but being an ex London courier the traffic holds no fear for me) I'll likely...

I'll ask my gp about re-fillable pens, I'm pretty new to this so been going along with diabetes clinic advise, they started me on lantus then switched to tuveo which seems to work well for me. One thing in my favour is that I seem to tolerate rice quite well but spuds put a rocket booster under...

Thanks, sort of puts my mind to rest. I was envisioning a situation where my insulin went bad and trying to source fresh stuff out there.

Fairly recently diagnosed type 1 here using Tuveo and novarapid. I was wondering what effect tropical temperatures will have on my insulin. I've just booked a month in Sri Lanka for December and have purchased a 6 pen extra large Frio wallet. Will it harm my insulin if it is out of the fridge...

Also newly diagnosed just over a month ago type 1. I have found that the stuff labelled diabetic such as the stute jams and marmalades, gullon brand sugar free biscuits etc are very carb heavy and require (for me) 1 unit of novorapid per 10 grams of carb. The penny dropped when someone gave me...

Hi folks, Name is Graham and have just been diagnosed a month ago as type 1. Bit of a surprise as I am 54 and been healthy as a horse all my life. To give a bit of background I started to feel a bit bunged up down below, went to the doc in the end after about a month of pain control using...