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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 933071" data-attributes="member: 88961">Excellent, so you have a little while.I was diagnosed around 3 weeks before heading off for a trip lasting 9-12 months, to a third world country, so I can identify with your thinking, if not your full circumstances.Cutting to the chase, I would spend the next 3-4 months really shaking diabetes by the throat to see what I could do, in terms of potential for improvements, before heading off anywhere.  For me, in your shoes, that would by trying to get myself off medication.  Without medication, the world is much more accessible as your oyster.  I don't know how you are currently approaching your lifestyle, but at the most basic level, I'd get seriously into carb control, and if I had any weight to lose, or if I had any spare round my middle, I would seriously consider the Newcastle Diet, as a means of a seismic shift in my body's profile and potential physical coping mechanism for food.My HbA1cs are in my signature, so that gives you a little background information.  In my own case, I desperately didn't want to go onto any medication, and certainly no so soon before going away to a country with patchy health care.  So, my compromise was to negotiate a period working on diet and exercise, with a very expensive review at 4 months.  My review costs a 10,000 mile round trip and a month break in my trip, so you can see where the expense came in!  But, at the 4 month mark, I had a non-diabetic HbA1c and have only improved since.I'm not saying you would necessarily be able to emulate my HbA1cs, because our physical states are all different, but it surely has to be worth it?Moving forward, if you are still taking medication, then you will need to have a frank discussion with your GP about how your trip is covered.  The stark reality is that leaving the UK for more than 90 days at a stretch can result in your entitlement to UK health care, under the NHS.  This can also apply to those who split their year between locations.  Like many examples of rules and guidance, it can be open to interpretation.  Personally, I had an excellent relationship with my GP, who rather than wanting to strike me off the practise books, wanted to go n my trip, in my stead.  But, his interpretation pivoted on retained property, businesses and stated intent.  So, you may feel this last paragraph is superfluous to you, but it must be bourne in mind.In UK, as you know, both medications your profile states you take are prescription only.  I imagine they probably are in most countries, but Dr Google might help clarify that.If you know where you are going to be on given dates, it could be possible to have your prescriptions picked up by a trusted relative or friend, then forwarded to you?  You could have to clarify any relevant Customs restrictions of sending medication, by post.  Gosh; that's all been rather a ramble.There's lots of planning to be done, and please let me know if I can help in any way.  Between myself and my OH, we have travelled extensively and therefore investigated many scenario.Good luck with it all.  Life is all about adventures and the changes they induce in our lives.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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