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Testing on the road

sanguine

sanguine

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We all must have been in a situation where we'd like to test whilst travelling.

Trains are OK, you can use the toilet or test at your seat if it's out of view of other passengers. Same with planes I imagine.

No problem if you're the passenger in a car with the family for instance, less so of course if you're driving. I was once driving home on the A303 and wanting to do a 2 hour test because I'd just had something new in one of the services. But I'd just overtaken some lorries and caravans on a dual carriageway section and I didn't want to get passed again on the single carriageway. So it was quick into the layby*, open test kit which was on the seat next to me, prick, test, read then off again before the traffic caught up. Must have been less than 40 seconds stationary, maybe I should apply for a McLaren pit crew job!

* all done in complete safety and in compliance with Highway Code of course.

Any other travel stories?
 
sanguine said:
We all must have been in a situation where we'd like to test whilst travelling.

Trains are OK, you can use the toilet or test at your seat if it's out of view of other passengers. Same with planes I imagine.

No problem if you're the passenger in a car with the family for instance, less so of course if you're driving. I was once driving home on the A303 and wanting to do a 2 hour test because I'd just had something new in one of the services. But I'd just overtaken some lorries and caravans on a dual carriageway section and I didn't want to get passed again on the single carriageway. So it was quick into the layby*, open test kit which was on the seat next to me, prick, test, read then off again before the traffic caught up. Must have been less than 40 seconds stationary, maybe I should apply for a McLaren pit crew job!

* all done in complete safety and in compliance with Highway Code of course.

Any other travel stories?
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Why does it have to be out of view of other passengers when on the train testing???
 
NicolaAnne1994 said:
Why does it have to be out of view of other passengers when on the train testing???
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No particular reason I suppose, it's just not me to do it in view of a load of strangers.
 
Hubby who is type 1 was driving on the M25 he had last tested an hour before hand but due to problem hypo's at the time he was testing very regular. As we were quite a way from a service station I done the test for him on his finger, all OK, he didn't take his eye's off the road and a sharp prick didn't make him lose concentration at all, all done in a couple of seconds, naughty I know but far worse to be driving if low!
 
If I'm with anybody then I say that I'm going to inject myself and if they don't like it then to look away and I'll tell them when I'm done.
Nosy parkers who I don't know should be minding their own business anyway! :)

Indiana x


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NicolaAnne1994 said:
Why does it have to be out of view of other passengers when on the train testing???
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Really why would you have to hide away in a toilet to do a blood test? my son has been diabetic for 15 years and was taught day one never to hide away from people when doing a blood test or having his insulin. If people don't like it it's their problem not his. He has never had any problems with people by doing this. Being a diabetic is nothing to be ashamed of and shouldn't have to be hidden away from people.
 
Nothing to do with shame, just how I am I suppose. Maybe next time I'll be open about it.
 
sanguine said:
Nothing to do with shame, just how I am I suppose. Maybe next time I'll be open about it.
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I have to say I'm with sanguine on this one. I would no more test my bloods at a train table than I would brush my hair or floss my teeth. Of course, where I may differ from some others is that my testing (in the context of an isolated test) isn't imperative to my well being, and whatever the reading it doesn't impact on my "next steps", or any immediate treatment plans.
 
the only time i test these days is when im driving as thats where the kit lives, so if i notice it sitting there looking at me i do a test while driving along, but dont worry i hang up the phone first, its proper hard testing with one hand at my ear, steering with my knees whilst second gear screeches at 50mph
 
I've done testing at traffic light queues on myself.
I do not wait 2 hours to test ever.
I've also had oh test me whilst I been driving!!


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One of my friends in Turkey is T1 and he injects whenever it's needed and it doesn't matter if it's in public as far as he's concerned. Nobody around bats an eyelid either.

I tend not to test in front of family. My daughter goes dizzy at the thought. However I did allow my grandchildren because they caught me trying to do it secretly in the bathroom and wanted to see. They're 6 and 7 and asked a few questions. Not alarmed but very interested!


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i dont inject but if i did i wouldnt care who saw me, its nothing to be embarrased about imo id be thinking "yes my life is harder than yours so dont dcuk with me"


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Testing as a type 2, not on medication, out of curiosity? TBH I really don't think it's worth worrying about. T2 on insulin and type 2, yes - completely different matter.
 
lindy26 said:
Really why would you have to hide away in a toilet to do a blood test? my son has been diabetic for 15 years and was taught day one never to hide away from people when doing a blood test or having his insulin. If people don't like it it's their problem not his. He has never had any problems with people by doing this. Being a diabetic is nothing to be ashamed of and shouldn't have to be hidden away from people.
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I dont care where I am when I have to do it, it's keeping me alive at the end of the day so I just get on with it! haha!
 
Mushroom said:
Testing as a type 2, not on medication, out of curiosity? TBH I really don't think it's worth worrying about. T2 on insulin and type 2, yes - completely different matter.
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Do you not test Mushroom?
 
lynbrown said:
There is the occasional person who has a thing about needles and blood, so best to be discrete.
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I'm pretty sure most diabetics testing or injecting in public aren't making a song and dance over it.
Yes, people can have a "thing" about needles and blood, but they can turn their heads away. We can't, we have to learn to deal with diabetes 24/7 regardless of any "things" we may have had about needles and blood.
 
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