Travel!

[Lilllaura87]

Morning!

Just wondered if any of you lovely type 1 Diabetics had been to Croatia? Bit concerned about the mozzis eating me due to possible high blood sugars? Also how my blood sugars will deal with the heat? Ant advice would've much appreciated also also what it's like over there!

Thanks

Laura

 

[Deleted Account]

I have never heard of being more attractive to mozzies if you have high BG - they have always found me tasty even before I had diabetes.
As for the affect of heat - it's one of those things that vary from person to person. Generally, the heat reduces BG but that's one of those rules with plenty of exception to prove it. As usual, the best advice is to test and find out.

Don't forget to
- take twice as many supplies as you think you will need
- keep them with you on the flight; do not put insulin in the hold
- keep the insulin cool and don't use if it looks cloudy

But above all
- have a wonderful time

 

[slip]

Half term week we were in Cyprus, and the wife said she'd like to go to Croatia for the next holiday, flying home the pilot comes on the tannoy and says if you look out the right hand windows you will see.......Croatia, Monday back to work, a colleague who I don't see often says he's off on Wednesday for a holiday to........Croatia, and now I see a post about a T1 going on holiday to........Croatia! The only time I come across Croatia normally is during a world cup

Some ones trying to tell me something!

As Helen above has said we all react differently to different situations, On hot holidays I normally hypo just stepping out in to the heat onto the tarmac from the plane! This holiday I knocked back my morning basal dose quite a bit and found that held me steady in the heat but had difficulty getting my bolus correct - probably a combination of I:C ratio change and different foods/miscalculated amount of carbs - but hey I was on holiday.

If travelling with someone else, split your twice as much needed medical supplies evenly between both cabin bags, just in case.

Enjoy and come back and tell us about Croatia please.

 

[pinewood]

I don't think T1D has any impact on mosquito attraction. I'd recommend investing in a Frio pouch so that you can keep your insulin cool easily and take it out and about with you. Heat has next to no impact on my blood sugars, but for some people it lowers and others it increases; it's hard to say how you will react and often it will be more down to what you're doing (lots of activities = hypo risk increases; chilling on a sun lounger all day = more likely to be high). I agree with others about taking double the supplies you think you'll need.

 

[Lilllaura87]

Slip - I think your next holiday maybe Croatia! Thanks for all your info, I'm used to holidaying in Iceland which is quite easy to control the old diabeties in -15 conditions! I had DKA 6 years ago and it's made me a bit jittery about hot countries due to the possibility of eating some dodgy food or accidentally drinking the water.. I've been advised to take travel sickness tablets incase I do have a bout of sickness over there so fingers crossed I should be fine! Glad to know I won't be eaten alive for my bloody sugar highs! Will have to purchase so super strong bug repellent now then as they appear to just be attracted to my normal self Thanks and everyone!

 

[Shazzle80]

Hey lovely,

We went to mexico in half term and my blood sugars were no different and the same in america the previous year. Its obviously sensible to monitor lots but I find this more relevant to differing foods and being unsure of carb quantities than the heat, I'm sure youll be fine. Just take a shed load of test strips!