20 Things a Diabetic Needs to Do Before and During Travel

Alyssa Hollingsworth | November 2, 2016

13. In an Emergency, Look for a Mom

Moms have snacks. I found this out firsthand when I was about to board a flight (traveling solo internationally about a month after diagnosis) and I gave myself the wrong type of shot. Rookie error mixing up my meal shot with my day shot, which meant I suddenly had three times more insulin in my body than I’d ever given myself.

Within five minutes, the confusion set in. By ten minutes, I was losing my ability to think or find help. I turned to a mom who was sitting beside me, explained the situation, and told her I couldn’t think so I needed to verbally talk through what I needed to do next.

She pulled out a bag of cookies and a bushel of bananas and made me eat everything I could while we waited to board. Once I was on the plane, the flight attendants were able to sneak me juice until I was out of the danger zone.

Case in point: Moms rock.

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