>>1064074I've been type 1 diabetic since I was 3 years old. I go /out/ all the time. Mostly bicycle touring and some backpacking and day hikes. Maybe I'll eventually fuck up and die from hypoglycemia, but I'd rather die doing something that I love than live in fear. Of course, it would be more sensible to just go /out/ with other people, but I'm too much of an awkward faggot to do that with any consistency.
Of course, I need to be somewhat paranoid. I carry more than enough food, always. I need to plan ahead, because insulin gets really effective when I'm exercising (seriously, 1 unit of fast-acting insulin brings down my blood sugar by ~30 mg/dL if I haven't been active all day. If I'm riding a fully loaded touring bike up a hill, it's more like 150 mg/dL). Predicting the lingering effects of exercise is another challenge.
