Type 1 diabetes and the deluge
Posted on Jan 28, 2011
“In a sense it’s similar to all people with type 1 diabetes having adventures across the world but in this case we had no control, no idea what to expect. It was very stressful indeed.”
During the recent Queensland floods John Inglis and his family spent several days isolated from the rest of Brisbane in the western suburb of Karana Downs, without power or phone. This is no different from many other families except that two of John’s adult children have Type 1 Diabetes.
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People affected by type 1 diabetes live with constant fear about night-time hypos and there is now technology with the potential to relieve some of those fears.
