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Message: <blockquote data-quote="andybee" data-source="post: 624407" data-attributes="member: 55950">Thanks all for your commentsWe can all see from peoples experiences that some disaster planning is required!  Thought that I had this type 1 thing nailed; hope that it hasn't got too many  new surprises for me.........I'm absolutely A OK now in myself; it's not knocked my confidence in being able to manage our condition though I will always be more careful when injecting and I hope that others will learn from and avoid my stupid mistake.Probably the worst outcome is the effect that it has had on my kids. Its subtle but my 9 year daughter now 'mothers me', checking that I've got all my kit with me, have I checked my sugars?, just generally involved in my condition. Previously it was just Dad has diabetes and needs to be careful about what he eats, take some injections and test his sugars regularly. I'm going on a wild camping trip with my son in a couple of weeks. On our last trip, having been diagnosed 4 months previously I had quite a few lows having underestimated the carb replacement for hiking with a full backpack compared to without. No drama, I got to stuff my face with loads of stuff that I don't normally eat. A couple of weeks ago he was running around a remote camp site trying to find anyone with a mobile phone connection to call an ambulance while his Dad was lying in the mud convulsing. I know that he is going to feel in some way responsible for me while we are away. Whilst  I'm fine now, the effects will certainly live on.</blockquote>

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