Hi all,

I'm putting together a presentation and discussion event for HUBB 2016 on traveling with long term medical conditions.

The idea is a presentation on traveling with a number of different chronic illnesses. The absolute thrust of the whole thing is to empower travelers to make good decisions with support and advice from others who have gone down a similar route.

The whole subject is quite wide ranged so I think it is best to limit it a little, although I recognise, beyond the limitations, there are really important issues that need to be addressed. Therefore, rather than concentrating on obvious physical problems, I am going to centre this talk on purely medical problems. (perhaps a good alternative presentation there?)

If I define medical problems as those which will cause concern to an insurance broker, ie, Heart, lung, liver disease, cancer of any type, mental health, asthma, diabetes, neurological problems, strokes, the list will go on and I will have missed some very important conditions there too.

I'm looking for an couple of people who might be able to expand on my own medical history in the field of overland travel. I've had a long and varied history of all sorts of trouble with type 1 Diabetes, so we have that covered.

The idea is not to provide instruction manuals, although tips are always of great use, but seeing as we all need to manage our illnesses in particular ways, to help people to get hold of their conditions, face them head on and allow them to travel with more confidence. A lot of time is to be given over to discussion, from which some further paths might become apparent.

I'd like 2 people to share their condition and how they cope with it on the road. I'd like them to talk for 5 minutes or so with the emphasis on coping with the condition, rather than how crap it is. As I say, I've got Type 1 diabetes covered, but any other conditions and i'm happy to work with it.

Drop me a PM if you can be at HUBB 2016 and can help out, I would love to hear from you and I think we could really help to give a bit of power to the elbow of those that might think their travels stopped when they left the doctors door.

cheers

Dave