Thought I'd share an experience I had recently, which made me think again about how much I need in the way of "emergency supplies" of insulin, needles, test strips, etc.
I first started injecting insulin in November, so I'm pretty new to the game. At the end of December I went by train to visit friends a few hundred miles from home. I was planning to stay for 4 days, but thought I should probably take medical supplies for 7 days, just to be on the safe side.
On new year's day (stone cold sober, before you ask), I managed to slip and fall downstairs, and cracked a rib. I was flat on my back in bed for the next three days, and ended up staying another 10 days, because movement was painful and there was no way I could carry my luggage through three changes of train.
Luckily, there was a doctor's surgery in the village I was staying, so I managed to get a prescription for more medical supplies. But it did make me think again about what I would have done if something similar had a happened while I was abroad.
I first started injecting insulin in November, so I'm pretty new to the game. At the end of December I went by train to visit friends a few hundred miles from home. I was planning to stay for 4 days, but thought I should probably take medical supplies for 7 days, just to be on the safe side.
On new year's day (stone cold sober, before you ask), I managed to slip and fall downstairs, and cracked a rib. I was flat on my back in bed for the next three days, and ended up staying another 10 days, because movement was painful and there was no way I could carry my luggage through three changes of train.
Luckily, there was a doctor's surgery in the village I was staying, so I managed to get a prescription for more medical supplies. But it did make me think again about what I would have done if something similar had a happened while I was abroad.