If you haven’t read the first part of this travel interview you can do that here – Alyssa Interview Part 1. The best advice my travel companions, the Alyssas, can give is, “ask questions, be flexible, don’t be a dick.” It’s short and sweet, and I think it’s good advice. As the conversation continued these three things turned into Emily’s…
My friend Alyssa said, “I think the hardest thing is watching you be frustrated when you’re trying to get your blood sugar up or down and it’s just taking longer than you want it to. Because I can see that you want to get going and you can’t.” It’s not easy to watch people you love be in distress. Especially…
Type 1 diabetes doesn’t have to define who you are and what you do. Just because it’s an auto-immune disease and a disability doesn’t mean you can’t go out and explore and see the world (assuming that’s what you want to do). At first, I thought I was really great for being able to travel around the world in spite…
There are safety and health risks associated with everything we do. Some things have a high risk and some have a low risk. A cursory internet search shows many websites and institutions list five steps for risk management; 1) identify, 2) assess, 3) prioritize, 4) treat, 5) monitor. This is why we have to take driving classes and tests, watch…
I was lucky enough to have a family that was able to go on yearly family vacations. We didn’t travel much before I was diagnosed because my brother and I were pretty young. My brother is 2 years younger than I am, and at the time of my diagnosis, my brother was 3-years-old. The first time my family went on…