type 1 and carrying light in parks

[Belle4mygrl]

How do you manage your supplies?

this will be the 2nd time since dx. The first time was in Dec. 08 when it was cool.

I bought a large Frio bag to place Novolog pen and needles along with the Glucagon syringe and bottle. I am planning on buying a fanny pack to place this in. (stroller was stolen down there last year fortunately we carried the insulin bag with us at that time. Ah that is another story but she had only been dx for 8 days when it happened. )

What about my daughter's meter and supplies?

Should I place them in the frio bag? or just have the Meter case in fanny pack?

I need advice and suggestions please.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I'm curious too. Usually we just carry an Otter box with his meter, Novolog pen, and a Carb King book in it. If we'll be gone overnight, then we add his Lantus and syringes in. It's nice, because it's waterproof and won't break without some real effort. THe cons - it's bulky. It's not a huge deal yet, since he's 2, and we still carry a backpack with his diapers and clothes.

By the time we go to Disney, he'll be on the pump. I'm thinking about bringing all his pump stuff for the day, and the meter. All the extra stuff will be in the room. If we needed it for some reason, we could just go back to the room.

We're planning on bringing an extra meter, as well as the Novolog pen and Lantus in case something happens to the Omnipod while we're there.

Does this make sense to everyone else? Do I need to do something else?

Jen

 

[Belle4mygrl]

bumping and hoping someone has ideas.

 

[PatsMom]

I am an insulin dependent Type II so not quite in the same situation. But I do need to have my Lantus with me unless we are planning and early evening and Byetta must not get too hot either. As you plan to do, I use a Frio pack to keep them cool. Works pretty good. I wouldn't use it to refrigerate my unopened medications but keeps the in use pens from being damaged by the Florida heat. During the winter months, I just don't bother - I have a wristlet bag that holds the two pens and the needles just fine.

I carry my meter separately in my fanny pack/back pack. I've found that it doesn't get hot enough for a long enough time to affect the accuracy. I figure its not like leaving it in the car on a hot day! I do a control test if I think it might have been exposed to too much heat. I've also dropped one in the pool (it survived quite well). But I always have a spare and plenty of extra test strips back in my room.

Travelling light with diabetes is tough. In addition to the pens, needles and meter, I have to carry glucose tabs. I don't carry glucagon because I've always been able to either drink some juice or chew a few tabs when I am going low. I do not carry juice with me or soda. I do carry cheese peanut butter crackers usually in case I need a snack. But that is because it is not always easy to find an appropriate snack at WDW. There are places selling fruit but they are not always right where you are when you start to go low.

If it has been a while since a meal (and especially if the attraction line is long) I will test right before we get in line and have a small snack if I am at the low end of acceptable. I find it better to treat the potential low before I get in line than to deal with getting out of line because I am feeling woozy and I also tend to sometimes get hostile when I am going low. DH would rather deal with me in private!

 

[welovedisneyx4]

3 words--- First Aid Station!! They will store insulin and supplies for you. That way if you need to change a site or anything else, you can just go to First Aid and don't have to waste the time of going back to your room.

We went last April for the 1st time since DS has been on the pump and the only thing we carried w/ us during the day was a test kit and some snacks. (The snacks we would have carried anyway)

 

[Belle4mygrl]

I am an insulin dependent Type II so not quite in the same situation. But I do need to have my Lantus with me unless we are planning and early evening and Byetta must not get too hot either. As you plan to do, I use a Frio pack to keep them cool. Works pretty good. I wouldn't use it to refrigerate my unopened medications but keeps the in use pens from being damaged by the Florida heat. During the winter months, I just don't bother - I have a wristlet bag that holds the two pens and the needles just fine.

I carry my meter separately in my fanny pack/back pack. I've found that it doesn't get hot enough for a long enough time to affect the accuracy. I figure its not like leaving it in the car on a hot day! I do a control test if I think it might have been exposed to too much heat. I've also dropped one in the pool (it survived quite well). But I always have a spare and plenty of extra test strips back in my room.

Travelling light with diabetes is tough. In addition to the pens, needles and meter, I have to carry glucose tabs. I don't carry glucagon because I've always been able to either drink some juice or chew a few tabs when I am going low. I do not carry juice with me or soda. I do carry cheese peanut butter crackers usually in case I need a snack. But that is because it is not always easy to find an appropriate snack at WDW. There are places selling fruit but they are not always right where you are when you start to go low.

If it has been a while since a meal (and especially if the attraction line is long) I will test right before we get in line and have a small snack if I am at the low end of acceptable. I find it better to treat the potential low before I get in line than to deal with getting out of line because I am feeling woozy and I also tend to sometimes get hostile when I am going low. DH would rather deal with me in private!

Thank you. that helps. I wasn't sure of what I needed to do with meter and strips.

I have to keep juice, gel, or tabs on hand. Mallory is 4 although she can tell me when she is hungry or feels bad you never know.

To PP, I wish I could keep supplies at the First Aid station but we do not use a pump. That would be a great alternative. I hope to remember that when we do pump.

 

[daneenm]

We keep DS's pump PDM (Meter, strips, etc) in my backpack and have never had an issue. We also carry insulin with us (right now in a NovoPen Jr.) and have had no issues. We leave the extra insulin at the hotel. We also leave our backup meter, extra glucose tabs, etc. in the hotel room.

So, usually in my bag (medium sized Bagallini sling bag) is his emergency kit (Pen, glucagon, glucose Gel, extra strips), his PDM, a tube of glucose tabs, several granola bars and a juice box.

You obviously know that at 4, Mallory's BG will be extremely variable. You are wise to keep the extra fast sugar supplies on hand. My son can drop 200-300 points in an hour if we are doing heavy walking in the heat. On our DL trip Labor Day weekend, we pulled him out of the pool for 'misbehaving.' Luckily we quickly realized it was because he was low and found he was 32! The effect of a morning of touring in quite high temps, followed up by an hour of playing in the pool. He ate a normal amount and had good numbers before going in the pool but just needed tons more food and lots less insulin.