Today, as I was driving to a friend’s house in Laguna Beach, I had a low blood sugar event while stuck in traffic. Since there is only one road from Irvine to Laguna Beach (other than Pacific Coast Highway), there is often traffic backup on weekends. My Tesla’s GPS initially said 45 minutes of driving, but that stretched to one hour and twenty minutes while I was on my way.
Somewhere on route 133, between the 405 and the 73, I started feeling faint. It felt like low blood sugar, but I did not shoot my Humalog dose yet. Since I have a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), I scanned the sensor, and it said my blood sugar was down to sixty-eight.
Luckily, I had some glucose pills in my car. I am not sure what would of happened if my blood sugar dropped further. It took another 30 minutes to get to my friend’s house. It must suck to live in Laguna Beach if there is traffic like this each weekend.
Life with chronic diseases 
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