Apocalyptic Chances

So you know when you're watching a film about the end of the world, they're walking around the darkened streets muddied from a mix of dried blood, sweat and grime? Or film's set pre-1900, particularly the ones where life is tough on the land, and everyone struggles for their place in society? Yeah, they're the movies where I sometimes catch myself thinking, if they were real I'd probably never have made it past the opening act. Without insulin it wouldn't be a case of 'What would I do?', rather chances are it'd be a case of how long do I think I last and with what sort of quality of life?

Why am I thinking about this on a Monday morning some may ask? Well, living in the beautiful tropics means every year about this time we cop the full brunt of the wet season. Today we're certainly feeling it. It normally takes me 20-30minutes to get to work. Today it took me 45minutes to get just 20mks from my house and nowhere near my work, on account of having to take a detour due to flooding (under police instructions). So I am posting to you from my car in a shopping centre parking lot: taking salvation from the traffic jam and contemplating the situation. In reality, its no where near the end of the earth, but what if I'd forgotten my blood meter, insulin, or jellybeans right now? The shops don't open for about an hour at least, the traffic is in a stand still and there's no moving to anywhere useful.

Of course, I haven't forgotten any of these - or I probably wouldn't be calmly blogging from the backseat of my car, but it makes me realise how resourceful we become as diabetics. Because of I have diabetes, I have had to learn how to plan ahead, independent, pack for 'what if' situations and think on my feet. I feel confident that if I really needed something right now, it would come to me, because that's what diabetics do.

Now I'm just going to need to go find a bathroom somehow and try to avoid any potential zombies in the parking lot...I am getting a couple strange stares from people as they walk by to start work in the shopping centre!