Price $13.95
Pub Date Sept. 2005
Edition First
Binding Paperback
Page Count 208
Trim Size 7.5” x 5”
ISBN 00-9766985-0-1

“A very detailed and informative book that helps the person with diabetes explore the world while staying healthy and well.” ~Francine Ratner Kaufman, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist Past President of the American Diabetes Association

A fun and inspiring read, for adventurers and armchair travelers alike!

Travel – with time changes, foreign languages and varied cultures – can be a challenge for people with diabetes, who must rely on regular schedules for meals and medications. Diabetic Travel Tales and Tips is a collection of true travel adventures and misadventures from all over the world, told by diabetics and a doctor, including stories about:

• Getting lost alone during a bicycle trip in China
• Security guards confiscating medication to the luggage hold
• Buying insulin in Paris without speaking a word of French
• Coping with plummeting blood sugars while on a walking tour of Tuscany
• An insulin pump buzzing at just the wrong time
• Administering first aid to diabetics in distress

• A problem-free trip to India’s inner sanctum

Diabetic Travel Tales and Tips also contains

• Travel words of wisdom from diabetics and doctors who’ve been there

• Information and resources for trip planning personnel in 8 languages

$13.95