LONDON
There are many reasons to NOT go on this trip: after having struggled for the past 8 weeks with HCPs, pharmacies, couriers, embassies, consulates, customs, pharmaceutical companies and whoever else (must have been on the phone for at tens of hours, wrote tons of emails) we have decided to go anyway despite the fact that no one really has been willing to assist us in getting the logistics of my medical supplies arranged.
We are going, I am taking as much supplies with me as possible and when running out go to the local GPs to attempt to get my supplies top-up arranged. Worst case have to suspend my trip and pay for the flight back home to do it: rules, regulations, paperwork, lack of understanding (listening?), trying to make some extra money out of me has really gotten on my nerves. For all of you not being any help and only telling me what I have to comply with cause you can't think outside of box. That's apparently the reason why I pay all of this tax money: NOT to be helped! A big F you: I'm determined to go and I will!
Therefore a message of frustration as it is a relief that we have agreed that we are going despite all of this. Rest of the world here we come!
Micha
p.s. an apology for those that have been really trying to help me, in particular the folks at Diabetes Careline UK!
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Hi Micha and Rose. I saw you post on our travel blog, thats how I ended up here. And if it is a relief... we also experienced preparing a world trip with diabetes IS the biggest hasstle ever. It's damn hard work (hundreds of e-mails and phone calls indeed), but once you're on the road and you got no more stuff to arrange you realise it was worth every single minute of struggle. Just give them the finger, go for it as you said, it's the best thing you have ever done... at least that was our experience. If we can help you with anything, any advice, just let us know. And enjoy!
Goele and Bert, on the road with diabetes for 3 months now, and 10 months to go. http://bertengoele.blogspot.com
PS just one quick tip: DON'T put 2 of your test strips tubes together in 1 tube. Saves a lot of space but once you opened a tube it's only good for 3 months!!! This was our first blooper... we had to get new test strips...
The Lifescan test strips results are good upto about 3000 meters. Above that... trust your own feeling instead of the strips. What we did is I (no diabetes) tested my bloodsuger level and it was 65 so you know the machine is wrong. values can be either too high or too low..
Hoi Bert en Goele,
Bedankt voor je tips, adviezen en
antwoorden op mijn vragen op je eigen blog.
Groeten
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