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Concert let down

Ellie's mum

Ellie's mum

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Type of diabetes
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Just got back from our weekend in London for the kids music concert.

Kids enjoyment - words can't describe it
Music - amazing
Hotel - amazing
Daughters blood sugars over the weekend - slightly high but nothing to worry about
Mums stress levels about daughters diabetes - we won't even go there
Refreshments available at a top London venue - what a let down

Plenty of wine/lager/cider/water/Coke available in bottles but no diet drinks in bottles only via the pumps, we'd rather not risk diet drinks through a pump. Every stall I inquired at sent me to another stall. I even asked someone at one of the stalls if they were sure only diet had been through it as my daughter is diabetic, to which they replied 'I'd stick to bottles of water!' Very reassuring! If they did have diet drinks in bottles I certainly couldn't find them.

Good job my daughter doesn't mind water!



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Pleased you all had a great weekend :)

Must admit I don't trust those pump dispensers, too many stories on here of people been given the wrong drink.
 
Ellie's mum said:
Just got back from our weekend in London for the kids music concert.

Kids enjoyment - words can't describe it
Music - amazing
Hotel - amazing
Daughters blood sugars over the weekend - slightly high but nothing to worry about
Mums stress levels about daughters diabetes - we won't even go there
Refreshments available at a top London venue - what a let down

Plenty of wine/lager/cider/water/Coke available in bottles but no diet drinks in bottles only via the pumps, we'd rather not risk diet drinks through a pump. Every stall I inquired at sent me to another stall. I even asked someone at one of the stalls if they were sure only diet had been through it as my daughter is diabetic, to which they replied 'I'd stick to bottles of water!' Very reassuring! If they did have diet drinks in bottles I certainly couldn't find them.

Good job my daughter doesn't mind water!



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The incomprehensible realities of our world.

So glad other than the refreshments that you had a great time...other than
Mum's stress:)


Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

6/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 11lbs, waist 30".

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
 
I'm glad you had a good time! We have this issue with my now 4yo. He has never ever had fizzy so won't even drink diet if that was the case (had to force feed him full fat coke before during a hypo whilst we were out. Would have thought I'd given him poison!) I just don't see how companies/venues do not have sugar free bottled drinks. Plus you can't take your own food and drink into venues these days so it's extremely tricky. And sad.


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a little trick you can use to determine if the diet drink from a pump dispenser is really diet

dip a blood testing strip into the drink ( while strip is plugged into machine)

i have done this when suspicious and got a reading of 25.4 or so -- take the drink back and complain
test the next one in front of them and get a reading of LO --
 
himtoo said:
a little trick you can use to determine if the diet drink from a pump dispenser is really diet

dip a blood testing strip into the drink ( while strip is plugged into machine)

i have done this when suspicious and got a reading of 25.4 or so -- take the drink back and complain
test the next one in front of them and get a reading of LO --
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That's a fab idea, I'll remember that in future thank you x


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ACMH said:
I'm glad you had a good time! We have this issue with my now 4yo. He has never ever had fizzy so won't even drink diet if that was the case (had to force feed him full fat coke before during a hypo whilst we were out. Would have thought I'd given him poison!) I just don't see how companies/venues do not have sugar free bottled drinks. Plus you can't take your own food and drink into venues these days so it's extremely tricky. And sad.


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Hiya @ACMH they should let you take in food and drink for medical purposes. I always carry a bottle of lucozade and glucojuice and then glucogel for my 2yr old. When I've been stopped before I tell them I'm type1 diabetic and normally ok xx
 
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