A little over dramatic title, but not far off from the truth with a serious illness, ketoacidosis.

Things on the diabetes front have been reasonable mellow since the drama in Australia: It had to happen, twice. The usual unexplained highs and lows, mental stress and general faffing that comes with type 1 diabetes.

But this quickly and dramatically changed a few days ago when i got my insulin supply out of the hotel fridge, frozen.

Normally I'm pretty good at detecting the signs of low blood sugars, lack of energy, difficult to focus and the urge to eat everything I can get my hands on. But this time, 9000 feet above sea level, in a sulfur mine crater at 5am I was caught unaware, or it was carbon monoxide poisoning.