The Diabetic Mogul

Travel is often celebrated as an escape — an opportunity to break free from routine, explore new cultures, and broaden one’s perspective. But for those of us living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), travel is less of an escape and more of an intricate balancing act — one that demands heightened awareness, recalibration, and constant decision-making, especially when shifting between time zones. When I first travelled to the USA, I was still on Multiple Daily Injections (MDI), armed only with my Freestyle Libre 2 CGM — a gift from friends abroad. I was grateful for it, deeply so. But even with a CGM, navigating blood glucose management across continents was a physical and mental marathon. My body — used to one rhythm — was suddenly thrown into another. Meals, insulin doses, activity levels, even sleep — nothing matched anymore. My target range quickly became more of a dream than a standard, and glycemic control slipped through my fingers. There was no pump to automate anything, just me, my p...