I can’t answer about how helpful something would be thanks to being lucky enough to go on a lot of adventures as a kid. The youth leader at my church did Mystery Trips for a week each summer, parents would know the plans but we’d just pile in a van, Dave would yell “Wagons Ho!” and we’d just go and a week later come back. Can’t worry about planning when not knowing is part of the fun.
Planning for travel is normal. Everyone wants clean underwear, etc, so packing, maybe making a list and checking it twice. Going to the airport, whats new in airport security theater. Crossing a border, gotta figure out what boxes you need to check to do that. Normal stuff. For people with T1D all of that means for each of those decisions they also have to make another 2-10 more diabetes decisions. If someone doesn’t travel often and don’t already have answers that is a long list of things to figure out. Some anxiety is normal.
You said you’ve known some people with T1D who faced that anxiety. To give you a wider picture of what they may have been thinking about:
- Traveling for the First Time
- International travel
- T1D and Hiking
Backpacking Trip - Different forum Travelling with Dexcom and Omnipod - Type 2 & MODY - FUDiabetes “I’m really hesitant to travel…”
From #4 ClaudnDaye gives my favorite advice: have a plan A B and C. I like to call it plans A, B and F. Plan F is when everything else fails and you got back to what @wadawabbit talked about. The other is always have extra insulin on hand. Talk to your doc about prescribing more if necessary. That is on my list for my next endo appt. I find it easier to build up a supply over the year so I can just grab what I need out of the fridge and have no regrets if it expires before it gets used.
Bit of fun to end with also from link 4: