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<blockquote data-quote="saruhbeau" data-source="post: 1472154" data-attributes="member: 308335"><p>I love driving. I am 26 and been driving almost 8 years. T1 for 19 years.</p><p></p><p>Up until a few years ago being in a long distance relationship I used to drive 330 miles from south east to Northumberland, up to 3 times a month.</p><p></p><p>I have always driven while being diagnosed t1 so I don't know anythingdifferent a d it certainly doesn't stop me. I have good hypo awareness. I always test before driving and test every 2 hours if it's a long journey. If I am between 5 and 8ish I will test more frequently. I generally like to be between 6 and 8 to drive but will also drive if my bg is higher. High blood glucose doesn't affect my ability to drive, if I am high I am more conservative with my correction dose as not to drop too low. If I am under 5 I wait at least 45 mins as that is the guidelines. Yes that can be a pain if I am about to go to work and it makes me slightly late but it rarely happens and I look at it as just being one of those things.</p><p></p><p>I always keep glucojuce or jelly babies in the car.</p><p></p><p>Don't let diabetes put you off driving! Unless you have no hypo awareness or vision issues there is no reason to let it stop you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saruhbeau, post: 1472154, member: 308335"] I love driving. I am 26 and been driving almost 8 years. T1 for 19 years. Up until a few years ago being in a long distance relationship I used to drive 330 miles from south east to Northumberland, up to 3 times a month. I have always driven while being diagnosed t1 so I don't know anythingdifferent a d it certainly doesn't stop me. I have good hypo awareness. I always test before driving and test every 2 hours if it's a long journey. If I am between 5 and 8ish I will test more frequently. I generally like to be between 6 and 8 to drive but will also drive if my bg is higher. High blood glucose doesn't affect my ability to drive, if I am high I am more conservative with my correction dose as not to drop too low. If I am under 5 I wait at least 45 mins as that is the guidelines. Yes that can be a pain if I am about to go to work and it makes me slightly late but it rarely happens and I look at it as just being one of those things. I always keep glucojuce or jelly babies in the car. Don't let diabetes put you off driving! Unless you have no hypo awareness or vision issues there is no reason to let it stop you :) [/QUOTE]
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