I was on the train today that was held up between stations. After informing all the passengers that we would be stopped for around an hour I walked from the front of the train to the back. Sitting right by the back cab a chap asked me if I had anything to eat. I said I had and he asked me what. A little taken a back I joked he wouldn’t want any because he hadn’t tasted my wife’s cooking. Instead of laughing he looked straight at me and said ’I’m serious, I am diabetic’ without thinking I said ‘are you sure’
‘Well of course I’m sure and I need some something sweet’ he replied
Realising the urgency of the situation I ran, yes, ran to the driver and asked him the same question and obligingly he gave me a packet of crisps. Now, not being a Doctor I didn’t know if crisps were the required lifesavers so I decided to ask my passengers for their help and ask them if they could spare some chocolate for a fellow traveller in distress. I must say here and now their generosity was boundless and I returned to my hapless diabetic armed with enough chocolate to put Willy Wonka out of business. He received the gifts gratefully and I retired to my cab happy in the knowledge of a crisis averted. We finally got on the move again and eventually my patient alighted from the train. He thanked me for my help profusely and left. Left that is, with a large bag of free chocolate. In fact the lady who sat across from him told me she never actually saw him eat any. Was this a well rehearsed scam, or a genuine medical emergency, I guess I will never know, but one thing I am sure of, his children will eat well tonight.
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