I bring a vitamin bottle from home to put my sharps in, so it never gets pierced. I still had room left in it after a two week trip, but I put a big sign on the front, because I don't want someone from the airport to open it and get "stuck", since we all know how getting stuck can hurt if you do it wrong.
I did notice that food was a problem for me at Disney. I stayed on my diet, except for a ton of fruit, and my 2 hour blood levels were up in the 200 area, so be careful of the fruit. I also sneaked in some white bread, which also wasn't a good thing to do. I got so I would have just meat and cheese at dinner, but I never thought of letting the staff know I was diabetic. Thanks for the idea, maybe this year will be better, food-wise. My metformin caused some issues for me, due to the heat, too. I never knew from day-to-day if I was going to have gastrointestinal issues or not. Has anyone found a way to avoid that issue if you are on metformin?
Having just meat and cheese is probably not a great idea - you need some carbs or your body will manufacture glucose. And cheese tends to be high in fat. I find when I eat much fat the side effects of the metformin tend to be worse. If I am doing quick service, I order a kids meal with the carrots or fruit instead of fries. Even if I get an adult meal, I get apple slices instead of fries. But other than that I tend to avoid the fruit unless I need a snack and my blood sugar levels are low. Fruit is sugar and carbs! I tend to bring my own snacks in, although I do indulge in the occasional ice cream. But I do find that when my post meal blood sugars are up in the 200 range, it is because I have eaten a meal with zero carbs.
White bread is not totally evil. I do avoid the rolls at the sit down restaurants - I prefer to save my carbs for better things. But an occasional indulgence is not the end of the world.
As for the metformin side effects, I had to reduce my dose to 1000 mg/day from 2000 because I couldn't tolerate the side effects. I do Victoza in addition to the met and we are looking at what to add next since I am still high. Probably will go back to Lantus in the evenings since most of the other drugs tend to cause just as many lows and have more side effects. It is a trial and error.
I find my blood sugars do pretty well at Disney because of the walking. When I was on Lantus, I did have to watch lows on the trips when it was hot!!
I also notice that FIBER/cereal bars help. They have carbs, yes, but some are/can be around 20-30g, so you can halve them and they are filling, keep you level and easy to carry around. You can get tiny peanut butter individual cups. They are great for dipping apples in. BTW...Full fat vanilla bean ice cream has about 14 carbs in 1/2C svg...Fat free or low fat...much higher. So you can have your ice cream and eat it too!
and Glipizide.
