The challenge prompts for today:
"a health moment I regret.." or "alternative treatments/regimens/medicine. What do you support?What is crazy?"
I guess I'm lucky as I don't have a health moment I regret. And just thinking of alternative treatments etc has me rolling my eyes all the way back to last week..don't get me going. Insulin is what I support and administer. PERIOD.
So I have chosen to write a bonus prompt:
"write about traveling with your disease".
Have you ever traveled with diabetes? If you are lucky enough to have done so and survived yeah for you!! If not, I will gladly share my experiences with travel. As most of you know, who read our blog regularly, I have the two diabetic daughters and a hemophiliac son. Last November we traveled to Chicago for a National Hemophilia Conference...think Friends For Life but for the hemophilia community. I had to pack for one of my diabetics (as the other one hadn't been diagnosed yet) AND the hemophiliac son.
It was an entire suitcase for both with me carrying an extra bag with back up supplies!!
Imagine your diabetes cabinet x 2!! I was beyond stressed to make sure I packed EVERYTHING!! We were only there 3 days but a lot can happen in 3 days.
Diabetes:
Insulin, pump sites for everyday x 2 (just in case), reservoirs for everyday x 2 (just in case), alcohol swabs, CGM charger, CGM sensors x 2, numbing cream for CGM, CGM inserter, Tegaderm, glucagon, Emergency kit (that has one, if not more, of everything listed), juices, skittles and medical letter of necessity...have I forgotten anything?
Hemophilia:
Factor (medicine) x 4, sterile gloves x 4, IV butterfly x 8, empty syringes x 5, saline flushes x 8, alcohol swabs, gauze, band-aids and medical letter of necessity.
These supplies pretty much took up a carry on bag for the plane. There was no way I was checking that bag!! And then I had to throw extras of almost everything in my big, over sized, mammoth of a purse. But we HAD to be prepared. Worst case scenario we would be able to take care of anything. Things went well...no issues with either kid. (Thank ya Jesus!!) We came back with a full suitcase minus the things we used as expected.
Bottom line...don't let a luggage filled suitcase full of your medical supplies stop you from traveling. We would've missed many fun times if we stayed home and let this disease cripple us. Go out and DO!!
