Learning the lesson. Flat tire in the middle of nowhere

and your hypo treatment!
and your testing kit!

Sorry to hear about the flat tyre. Pain in the derriere in this sort of weather/time of year. You are in Hungary, aren't you?
Glad you got it sorted.

 

Even in my relatively short T1 life I have found that if you have carbs in your pocket then you (probably) won't need them but step out of the house without them and you will invariably come to realise you've made a mistake .

 

This is my future not only have you reminded me to a) take everything but also b) I should really read and understand how to use the repair kit that literally I have never lifted out of the floor compartment in the car.

 

If you do not have a couple of spare wheels with you in your vehicle in Australia, there is a good chance of ending up in deep **** if you get a flat tyre out in the bush.

 

I've learned to always have sugar and carbs in your glovebox. Lucozade and a bag of crisps does the trick for me. I used to drive 50miles down the motorway each way to work, if i got stuck in traffic it was a horrible wait. My sugars drop a lot after waking up, i was normally at work in time to catch them before they went hypo. Got stuck in traffic once and went hypo, luckily i was near a service station. Managed to pull in and get some sugary drinks.

Always test before driving, no matter how long the journey.

 

Feel your pain and glad you got home safely for dinner! I have had this for many years but got caught out with a lowering blood sugar out in the woods with a dog that did not want to come back! Highs are unpleasant but there is nothing as scary as the threat of a hypo with no sugar in sight. It is all a bit of a bore and a chore but type 1 certainly makes you get your act together!

 

Few lessons learned on this one then.
Biggest one is always carry insulin, test kit AND hypo treatment
Not such a big one BUT still a lesson....always know how to deal with a tyre problem on your car

 

I won't leave the house without fast acting insulin, testing kit and sweets unless it's a 5 minute dash to the shop in which case I just take my testing kit.

 

I always leave the house with what my dad calls “why is your bag always heavy” bag. It has my hypo treatments, both insulins - fast and background insulin. Spares, strips and needles. I take it even if I leave for 5 mins, this is because I’ve been in situations where I didn’t have anything and it’s a horrible feeling. You can ask your team for a spare meter to leave at your workplace or car. (This is also good practice if anyone is considering a pump in future. You’ll always need spares or backup on a pump)

 

Ha, MeiChanski, I've got just such a bag. You'd think I was carrying the Crown Jewels in my bag. lol. It contains blood testing kit; two set changes (cannulas and reservoirs) for my pump; insulin; Dextrose tablets; a couple of syringes ... just in case the pump actually fails; glucagon injection (GlucaGen Kit), though many 'professionals' state that they're not allowed to use it as they haven't been trained; and contact details for both my wife and my diabetes support team, just in case I'm found in an unconscious state which, I'm afraid, happens far too frequently for my liking.

 

Buy yourself a Frio wallet to keep your insulin cool and take it with you all the time asking with a BG meter. I keep sweets or chocolate in the pockets of all my jackets so I don't get caught out when I'm out walking, it's so easy to get caught out. It's a steep learning curve but now you've learned the lesson, you can't be spontaneous with T1. I often wonder how diabetics get on when they're caught up in long traffic jams? We have lucozade in our cars but that's s finite resource. Good luck, we're all with you

 

Haha, we could go to another extent and say carry a phone charger and spare batteries for blood monitors and your phone so you can call for help. My dsn said she was stuck somewhere and her phone died whilst having a hypo.

 

I don't step into an elevator without carbs!

Oh and a place I used to work developed an issue where one of the toilets could lock you in; didn't happen to me but when I heard about it it was sobering...