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| Tue, 03-23-2004 - 6:50pm |
I live in a very warm climate too. I noticed some of the new postings were mentioning what to do about keeping our test kits cool enough in our hot cars. I suggest buying one of those small insulated carriers and putting a frozen 'Blue Ice' or Ziploc baggie full of ice in it, then place your test kit inside. A piece of bubble wrap or small towel placed between the kit and the ice should keep it from getting too cold. I carry a picnic cooler in the trunk of my car at all times, if it is very hot outside I would even place the smaller cooler inside of the larger one. I do not carry a purse anymore, because of back problems, but think that if I need the kit, it would be handy enough in the car. 2sweet02

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See, it helps to ask y'all!
Thanks bunches.
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Denise ^..^
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I do it with bottles of frozen water. As the water melts I have some cool water to drink. When i was going to school in a hotter area of California I did this all the time to keep my food cool. Killed two birds with one stone!
Now I'll just freeze it a little while so I can bring the insulin home in better shape than packing it in a soda glass stuffed with ice around the box with a napkin around it!
Kathi,
My husband and I are planning a trip out of the country and as you know I have to take my insulin with me and keep it cool. So he was looking for something to buy today that I could store my insulin when it suddenly hit me that I could use one of those small meal thermos to keep my insulin in. I have many orthopedic problems and I have to make sure that things aren't too heavy for me to carry. He was thinking that I could take one of those carriers that holds a six pack in it but that really is too large for the amount that I have to carry. I bet security at the air port is going to love me carrying syringes, insulin, two monitors and a doseage calculator. Oh well!
Sometimes there are simple solutions to our problems that we never think about! LOL
Mary Frances
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Mary Frances
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Check with your pharmacist. I think they may have small pkgs for cooling products.
I'd check if I were you.
Good luck.
Kathi,
I am going on a 10 day cruise to Russia. My husband has wanted to go to Russia for years. The only way I would agree is to go via a cruise. So that is what we are going to do. We start and end in Coppenhagen. I would like to stay for a while there a look at all the needlework but that won't happen!It will be nice to be away and to have someone else take care of me! But I am not going until the middle of June so I have a long time to plan. I have been on cruises before and I know how they handle diabetics so that part isn't a worry. They will even give me a red box for my cabin.
They increased my insulin yesterday to 12 units. Today I had to go to a meeting in the next town and when I arrived at the parking lot two bicycle cops were there. They had to talk to me about my car, which is a hybrid. I got up stairs to my meeting after being stopped by everybody to make sure the cops had given me a ticket for something. They didn't, it was a very friendly conversation. Anyway when I got up stairs I was very shaky and so I took my blood sugar. It was 64. Thank goodness the cops didn't that or they might have discussed more with me then what type of car I drive. This was at 4pm when my blood sugar is usually 100+. So frustrating!
Well I must read the other messages before I go to bed.
Mary Frances
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