Living With Type 1 Diabetes
June 06, 2023
Type 1 diabetes and travel: helpful tips and resources (video)
JDRF
June 06, 2023
Heading somewhere on holidays and wondering how to best manage your type 1 diabetes while you’re away – both while you’re in transit and once you arrive?
In our June ‘Let’s Talk T1D’ session, diabetes educator Fiona Scott and JDRF mental health lead Melanie Cullen shared a wealth of tips and information to help you plan and prepare for your next trip.
The chat covered:
- what to discuss with your endocrinologist or diabetes educator before you leave
- important papers and information to take with you
- sick day action plans
- travel insurance
- what to pack, including what to put in your carry-on
- airport tips, including how to deal with security and customs
- top travel tips and products to take with you
- and lots more!
Watch the full session now; article continues below the video.
Several websites and fact sheets were shown in the chat. Here’s a list of the type 1 diabetes travel resources mentioned, in order of when they were discussed.
- ADEA sick day action plan for adults with type 1 diabetes on insulin injections
- ADEA sick day action plan f type 1 diabetes with insulin pump therapy
- Medtronic’s advice on airport security and x-rays
- JDRF: Navigating common travel challenges with type 1 diabetes
- NDSS: Travelling by air article
- NDSS: Travel fact sheet (includes a list of what to pack)
- NDSS: Travel & Type 1 diabetes booklet
- Beta Change: Diabetes and travel blog article
- How to save your medical ID on your phone (iPhone & Android)
- FRIO (cooling wallets and bags for insulin storage)
- Glucology (medication temperature tracker)
- JDRF’s Facebook groups: for adults living with type 1 and for parents and carers of kids and teens living with type 1
For more information on living life to the full with type 1 diabetes as an adult, download our free guide, Straight to the Point.
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