So as I was discussing in my post yesterday i am flying up north for Thanksgiving. I also talked about having meetings with diabetes recently as well. These two posts are similar because im both cases you are kinda stuck somewhere and if your blood sugar goes low them it could be very scary. And on the other side, if my sugar is too high hen i could have to get up and go to the bathroom about 100 times during the flight.
Before flying I try not to drink a lot of water or eat something that can possibly raise my blood sugar within the next 3 hours. I test my sugar about an hour before the flight to make sure i don’t have to make any changes and then i will test it again quickly when they make the announcement that they are getting ready to board. This is my chance to make any last minute changes before getting on the flight. Once on board I make sure that I have plenty of candy, usually 2 bags of skittles and some other little things like pretzels.
Once on the plane I don’t usually test my sugar at all. Its too much of a hassle usually to try and get the meter out and test.
Agh, the more that I blog about flying and going home, I jut want that time to come for me to get home and see my family. I haven’t been up there since July and that was for only one day. I haven’t spent more than a day there since last Christmas. I I’ll only be there for a few days this time and then its flying right back to Fort Lauderdale right afterwards.
Well have a great week everyone