1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: So the theme of the show this afternoon is around 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Easter travel. And that's because I'm sure many of you 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: are listening as you're preparing to travel, or some of 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: you I've actually started embarking on your journeys, and we 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: thought to speak about taking precaution and preparing also in 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: the medical space. And this is if you are a 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: person who's living with chronic illness. You know, outside of 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: preparing that fantastic meal that we spoke about a little 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: earlier on and packing the right outfit, we also must 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: factor in and prepare for making sure that you have 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: all the supplies that you need and that you are 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: prepared health wise for your travel. And for that conversation, 13 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: we've got doctor Donald Gumette who's a healthcare a practitioner 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: and he joins us now on the line. Doctor Donald, 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: you know, we don't always prepare for our health and 16 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: safety when we are traveling. Sometimes, especially if you are 17 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: living with the chronic illness, you might think I've got 18 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: my meds. I'm okay, I'll continue to take my meds 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: as I should, But there's more preparation that should go 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: into this if you are traveling. 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: Isn't that so it is very true. So first and foremost, 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 2: I would like to greet you and all the listeners 23 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: who are actually listening at this point in time. Yeah, 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: I'm going to categorize this issue into five categories and 25 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: then but we'll run through them quickly and because they're 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: very important to all of them. So the first one 27 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: is the diabetes. So diabetic people, you know, they suffer 28 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 2: a lot, and many people don't even realize that, especially 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: with those who are taking insutly. So that incident must 30 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: been a cooler box in the cool space. Imagine that 31 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: have to prepare for that when they travel, and if 32 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: they're traveling, if they are lared it's on the road, 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: they still have to inject them themselves before they take 34 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: the food, because sometimes they take the injections three times 35 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 2: a day. So it's very critical that the peck the 36 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: needle fastly and also put them on the storage so 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: that they don't get spoiled, because when they get spoiled, 38 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 2: they're not effect anymore. And again this is not only 39 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: for easter or holiday stuff. They have to adhere to 40 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: the principles that we're discussing now throughout because also if 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: they don't take their medication, properly. They tend to be 42 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: thirty very often. Now they take lots of liquids. It 43 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: means if you're traveling with them, every filling station you 44 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: have to stop because they need a bathroom. So to 45 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: avoid that. If the sugar is well controlled, they won't 46 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: suffer from any of those things. Number two is your epileptics. 47 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 2: You know, we underestimate this. We've got many people who 48 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: are epileptic and if they're not controlled. Imagine you're driving 49 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 2: good speed, there is also driving or she's also driving 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: good speed and she gets into an epileptic fit, then 51 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: you're gonna get a massive accident. It's not caused by 52 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 2: the person, but it's caused by the negligent to take 53 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 2: medication and we lose life as that. So we need 54 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 2: to actually expend this as well. Encoverage our people who 55 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: are on epileptics to take medication and make sure that 56 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: the idea to eat and they see that the healthcare 57 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: professionals before even they take long trips and make sure 58 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: that they go for regular check ups to make sure 59 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: that they don't have this epileptic fit. The said category 60 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 2: is the site one sighted one. I call them myopic. 61 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 2: The short sighted people people who can't see very far, 62 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: they become dangerous because if they have to overtake, they 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: can't see far. They scene here now they actually pose 64 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: another danger to the society or to the road users 65 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: or other fellow producers. So please make sure that you 66 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: see your eye doctors to check you and make sure 67 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: that you are actually able to drive safely and protecting 68 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: yourself and protecting the public as such. The fourth one 69 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: is your prostate is man mainly men, guys who have prosted, 70 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: usually over fifty. They tend to have a problem with 71 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: the urination or going to the toilet frequently because there 72 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: ureta is compressed by the prostate, so the urine does 73 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 2: not go out smoothly. So they need to see that 74 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,559 Speaker 2: doctors as well, because if they don't, they would also 75 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: become like diabetics. So every filings station and they would 76 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: want to go to the restroom and then they kind 77 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 2: of even empty their bladder completely, and then before you 78 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: get to the next finlish station, they would want to 79 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: actually empty again. It's drips and draps. So they must 80 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 2: be actually be looked after and be given that medication 81 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: because there is treatment for that for that condition. They 82 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: don't have to live that way every time. And then 83 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: the last one is your alcohol and substance abuse people. 84 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 2: These ones, these groups that are very negligent because it's 85 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: self harm, to be honest, there's nothing medical about it. 86 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: It's got just like fun. And the problem is they 87 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 2: don't realize that a normal driver, me, you and me, 88 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 2: if we didn't take anything, it takes us from zero 89 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: to one point five seconds to react to obstacles on 90 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 2: the road. But then if you have taken something, it 91 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 2: numbs that it increases or delays the reaction time. Now 92 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 2: that is very dangerous. That's why when you have found drunk, 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: you're arrested because you're compromising the love of others. This 94 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 2: includes your substance abuse and fatigue drivers on the road. 95 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 2: So we have to always, please, always take care of ourselves. 96 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: And we are not only taking care of ourselves, so 97 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: we're also taking care of our fellow brothers and sisters 98 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 2: on the road. Because you don't know who is actually 99 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 2: driving on the opposite side of the road. You might 100 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: think it's a stranger, and it's your mom or your 101 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: dad or your brother. So we have to be responsible, 102 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 2: to take responsibility all of us. 103 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, doctor, I want us to go through a checklist 104 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: of jobs you know that we might need, because I'm 105 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: realizing as I'm going through, you know some of these 106 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: health and safety items. But sometimes we travel with people, 107 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: but we don't know that if there was to be 108 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: an emergency, where I would start. Even though I might 109 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: know that my friend is an epileptic or they have 110 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: chronic illness, I wouldn't know where to even start looking 111 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: for their medication. So let's go through a checklist that 112 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: one should have before they begin their journey. 113 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 2: Yes, so that's why I said, and I remember previously 114 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 2: in your station as well, I said, when a person 115 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: or a family member has a condition, it should be 116 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: a family affair. You see, it should not it should 117 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: not be that person's affair, like you were saying, to 118 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: avoid the effects that you're explaining, let the family say, Okay, 119 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 2: we know you are epileptic. Let's go and check where 120 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 2: are your medication and did you take them? Education? If 121 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 2: you diabetic, where are your injections? How do you take them? 122 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 2: How do we help if you go into coma? You know, 123 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: how do we check your sugar? So your family members 124 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 2: should be able to check given your diabetic sugar because 125 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: most of the guys who are diabetic, we give them 126 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: machines to check that sugar anytime. So if the sugar 127 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: is too low, you give them the sugar or sweets 128 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 2: whatever to eke them up. If it's too high, you 129 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 2: know they're going to need the insudent injection. So those 130 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: checklists that you just mentioned, it actually has to be 131 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 2: actually a familiar affairt thing. So someone when who has 132 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: a condition, it's not a condition of that person alone. 133 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: It actually affects and impacts all of us. Like you're 134 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 2: rightfully said, if we're traveling to Durban and that person 135 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 2: has got sugar, we know that we have to make 136 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: sure that we place rast stations where this person will 137 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: be able to check that sugar and replace the restation 138 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: where this person will be able to leave themselves. So 139 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,679 Speaker 2: it's very it's very important to actually be a family 140 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: affair type of situation, not a person affair, because if 141 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: it's that, that's when you're gonna get what you just 142 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 2: explained shocks. When the person starts lacking out, you don't 143 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: know all of you what to do. What Actually we 144 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: train the passions as get professional to say if this happens, 145 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: do this, if this happens to this. That information must 146 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: be carried to your your loved ones or your family 147 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 2: as well who I was around you, including your friends 148 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 2: if you travel them a lot. 149 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: Doctor Donald COMERDA, thank you so much for your time. 150 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: Doctor Comtday is a healthcare practitioner and he's been talking 151 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: us through health and safety that you should be preparing 152 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: for as you are going to be beginning your journey 153 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: for the Easter holidays.