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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeCo" data-source="post: 1638502" data-attributes="member: 333831">Agreed that travel is great for dealing with diabetes. It helps me as well! I think some people are concerned about access to drugs, what to do in an emergency, etc. but all of this is easily solved with a bit of planning. It's also important to be aware of the need to adjust treatment to match the type of holiday.For example, I just got back from a week in New York; I wasn't expecting to do a lot of walking because I thought I would mostly take the subway and never considered that I should take less insulin. But I found myself enjoying just wandering the city, so one day I was out walking for nearly 2 hours after taking my normal amount of insulin and got a really, really bad hypo. I took some dex tabs but still needed to go into a coffee shop and just sit there to relax myself for half an hour. I should have eaten more snacks during that walk, a pretzel or even some chocolate as I hadn't reduced my insulin at  breakfast. In future, if I know I will be doing a lot of activity, take less insulin that day. Of course this applies anytime, but during a holiday things can be in flux and routines different. So I guess the lesson learned is to be more cognizant of that and remember to adjust accordingly!</blockquote>

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