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Injecting abroad

Lynmi

Lynmi

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Location
Kent
Type of diabetes
Type 1.5
Treatment type
Insulin
I'm traveling to China/Japan/Vietnam/Singapore later this year on holiday and wondered if anyone know of any cultural issues with injecting public in any of these countries.

I always just in test/inject wherever I am discreetly in my stomach or if I'm wearing a dress into my arm and don't want to cause offence if this is deemed to be culturally unacceptable.

thanks
 
Lynmi said:
I'm traveling to China/Japan/Vietnam/Singapore later this year on holiday and wondered if anyone know of any cultural issues with injecting public in any of these countries.

I always just in test/inject wherever I am discreetly in my stomach or if I'm wearing a dress into my arm and don't want to cause offence if this is deemed to be culturally unacceptable.

thanks
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I will tag member @Scott-C as I am fairly certain he's quite well travelled.
 
Lynmi said:
I'm traveling to China/Japan/Vietnam/Singapore later this year on holiday and wondered if anyone know of any cultural issues with injecting public in any of these countries.

I always just in test/inject wherever I am discreetly in my stomach or if I'm wearing a dress into my arm and don't want to cause offence if this is deemed to be culturally unacceptable.

thanks
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I just returned from 2 weeks in Vietnam, no problems at all with cultural issues. The people were incredibly supportive and helpful. At one point the fridge in my room failed but I was able to pop into the nearest pharmacy (in Saigon at the time) and buy replacement insulin.
 
Bill166 said:
I just returned from 2 weeks in Vietnam, no problems at all with cultural issues. The people were incredibly supportive and helpful. At one point the fridge in my room failed but I was able to pop into the nearest pharmacy (in Saigon at the time) and buy replacement insulin.
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Thank you, that’s really good to know :-)
 
Bill166 said:
I just returned from 2 weeks in Vietnam, no problems at all with cultural issues. The people were incredibly supportive and helpful. At one point the fridge in my room failed but I was able to pop into the nearest pharmacy (in Saigon at the time) and buy replacement insulin.
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Hi Bill166, just wondering which insulin(s) you bought and how much they cost?
 
Hi Jess, I bought a Lantus Solostar pen for 30,000 VND, about £10
 
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