Type 1: What Would A Cure Feel Like?

[helli]

Overnight, I thought of another benefit if there was a cure- freedom to travel. I mean this as travel and living outside the UK rather than tourist travel or short trips.
I have lived overseas but that was before my diabetes diagnosis and í mostly avoided the local health services because I was not ill and needed no prescription. Since having diabetes, the idea of navigating local healthcare to get insulins, etc which i would probably have to pay for myself, feels too much added bureaucracy to bother with. And that is without worrying about funding for pumps, etc.
A cure would mean so much more freedom for anyone who wants to "break the society norms" whether that is living overseas, becoming an elite athlete, taking a year out to go travelling, working in certain jobs (e.g. on the railways or in the military). I know most of these things are possible today but they are extra hard.

 

[trophywench]

Opening handbag to get out purse (or diary, phone, comb etc) and 'suddenly' not having to be careful so the meter case that fits alongside purse in the bag doesn't fall out as well would make my stomach turn over and Oh sheet I'm now going to have to guess my BG before lunch go instantly through my brain if I didn't actually say Oh blast out loud. I have been doing/saying that for over 50 years - it's no longer a habit because it became a way of life since it had to.

So - I reckon, personally, it would feel exceptionally weird.