Travel/time zones - help!

Hello!

Can anyone help? I may have to fly off to Mexico for a week on Sunday for work very last minute, and being type 1 and having never done a long haul flight or crossed time zones, I'm a bit anxious. Mexico is about 6-7hours behind us, with a 10 hour flight. I normally take 12 units of lantus around 10/11pm at night. I'm thinking it may be best to inject in around 6pm mexico time (12am our time) but this is a guess....

I would speak to my diabetes team but I've been set up with a new team in a new area having moved, and don't have my first appointment with them until next month.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!

hi there, I did this flight last year and then flew again from Mexico out to the Pacific I was really nervous about managing my insulin given the time zones . I kept my watch on gb time and worked to that for the flights and my partner changed his to the time zone we were in , of course I was awake during the 27 hours and eating !! so I had act rapid ready . once at my destination I could sleep so I took my night time insulin and when I woke I took my day dose !! it was a learning curve I can tell you but quite easy compared to the 300 miles a day travelling across desert in a range rover only knowing we would be stopping somewhere to eat sometime in the afternoon !!but I managed with bananas and Mexican wraps in my rucksack . youll be fine have confidence in your self

Thanks so much for this! V much appreciated!

Try using the following site http://www.voyagemd.com/ to get a guideline (even a timeline!) - David Kerr also does another great site for managing exercise according to TI and CP:QA ratios which was recommended to me by my specialist. I've travelled many a long-haul flight between England and Australia (the country of my birth) and wish that there'd been something like this a lot earlier.

In any case, I think you're going to have a great trip! Good luck!