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I will be spending quite a lot of time in Johannesburg, South Africa, which has an altitude of about 6000 feet, and I’m told altitude can affect sugar levels quite significantly. Can you advise me on that, and any action I should take?

January 14, 2002
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I am a 22 year old student in the hospitality industry who has type 1 diabetes; I am due to graduate in about six months, and I wish to move to Spain for a few years. I would like to know a little bit about the Spanish health care system involving diabetes.

January 4, 2002
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I have read recently that the American College of Obstetricians says that a pregnant woman may fly up to her 36th week of gestation, but a pregnant woman with diabetes should not fly. Can you explain why? This makes no sense to me, especially if she is in good control.

December 20, 2001
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My 12 year old son has newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, and we are to travel to Barbados on a two weeks holiday. What brands and strengths of insulin are available on the island?

November 26, 2001
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My son may be spending a year in Iceland as a foreign exchange student. Any recommendations for his diabetes care?

October 15, 2001
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Our seven year son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about a year and a half ago, we are planning a trip to Club Med, and need some advice about how to handle meals and snacks at an all-inclusive resort.

October 13, 2001
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Our seven year old son was diagnosed three months ago, and we’re travelling to Phuket, Thailand. Our concern is about possible care of gastric illness. How do we find out about standard of health care?

September 28, 2001
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I am 18 years old, I was first diagnosed with diabetes at the age of nine, and I am going to leave home to attend a university in London, England. My doctor was not happy with latest A1c of 7.6%. Can you give me some advice as I will be far from home?

September 22, 2001
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My 11 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about three months ago, and we are going on holiday to Spain where measure the blood sugar level differently than in the UK. I need a conversion chart.

September 5, 2001
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I am a 31year old who has type 1 diabetes, and I will be traveling to Moscow and Kazakhstan for a month. Do you have any information on hospitals or doctors in these areas or how I could go about finding out this information?

August 10, 2001
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I recently switched to one bedtime shot of Lantus plus Humalog at meals, and I am planning a trip from the East Coast of the USA to England on an overnight flight. On the return, the plane leaves in late morning and arrives in early afternoon. Do you have any thoughts on how to handle the timing of the Lantus injections?

August 7, 2001
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I am going to Mexico City on a mission trip with my church. Do I need any special identification saying that I have diabetes? Do I need any special information to take my insulin and syringes across the border?

July 28, 2001
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I have booked to travel to Thailand and Cambodia for nine weeks, and I have type 1 diabetes. Have I made a mistake in booking to go for so long?

July 26, 2001
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My 12 year old son, who takes NPH and Regular at 7:00 am, Humalog at dinner, and NPH at bedtime, is traveling with us to Spain on a flight that leaves at 6:00 pm and arrives at 8:00 am local time the following morning. Our doctor has directed me to figure out the best way to handle the change in insulin dosage.

July 12, 2001
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I’m 16 years old and would like to go on a trip to Spain and Portugal with my high school next year. What precautions would I have to take to bring syringes into a foreign country? Any information on traveling long distances without parental supervision would be greatly appreciated.

July 5, 2001
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Looking through your travel questions, you have mentioned the Frio pack, and I am thinking of buying some for a year long trip to Australia. You mentioned that you were going to evaluate it. Can you let me know about the Frio wallets?

June 5, 2001
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We are planning to travel to Indonesia soon and my 11 year old son was old is recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I am quite concerned about gastric illnesses.Do you have any advice for us about travel in a less developed country?

May 24, 2001
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We are planning to visit Arizona in the summer and would like some advice regarding high ambient temperatures and pump use. I’ve heard differing advice. How hot is hot? How do people with diabetes on pump deal with extremely high outside temperatures?

May 24, 2001
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I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about six years ago. Typically, I experience hypoglycemic reactions about once or twice per month, and in most cases I have a reasonable explanation. However, during two exciting weeks in Barbados, I had one or two hypoglycemic reactions every day (mostly in the afternoon), and I couldn’t find any explanation.

March 8, 2001
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As a inconvenience of my career as a road musician, I am forced to keep track of the prescription laws of the many states I travel in. I am currently in New Mexico and was refused not only syringes but insulin at a national drug store chain, and was told that their policy nationwide was to refuse insulin without a prescription. I do not use Humalog, so I was really upset. Is this legal?

February 24, 2001
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