glucose tab storage?

[Patricia]

This is a practical one. But it's doing my head in.

Basically, my son uses glucose tabs for hypos. So he carries them everywhere. And so do we. So, 4 months on and we have them in pieces everywhere, with dust at the bottom of bags, etc. Worse, he hates them when the pack has been opened and carried around, and who can blame him: soft, a little lint-covered -- bleh.

They are literally everywhere -- but need to be.

Any suggestions for storing them? Air-tight, neat enough to go into a teenager's pocket? And in all of our bags and the car etc...

I've looked at Lakeland plastics, Wilkinson's, Boots, Superdrug, etc, and only found quite bulky small food storage containers, and daily pill dispensers, which are kinda big for pockets and mean unloading the packets...

Any thought gratefully received...

 

[aymes]

I don't now but in the past I've used little plastic containers that computer games came in, I'm probably showing my age now but the ones I'm specifically thinking of are the old game boy games, they contained about 4 gluco tabs at a time which is perfect for a hypo. You probably can't get them now but maybe something similar, looking round my room I have a camera memory card in a nice air tight plastic box that would fit 3 or 4 tabs in so maybe something like that?

I'm sure I've seen containers advertised in balance too but have no idea what they are called I'm afraid but maybe check out some back issues if you have any?

 

[Ikklemo]

Hi Pat

There is a product sold at Boots called Gluco Tabs which come in a refillable storage tube and cost about 80p. Got some last week and not had them breaking-up in my bag. There is a thread on here somewhere that gives the website for Gluco Tabs.

Mo.

 

[bev]

Well luckily Alex doesnt like them! But i know what you mean - how crushed they can get! Doesnt he like jelly babies - you can get them in mini packs.
Or, what about the very small plastic sealable bags that you use for money etc..Although i am not sure where you can get them from.
Alex's digestive biscuits kept getting crushed - so we changed to the multi pack mini ones in individual foil bags - just the right carbs and stay fresh until required! Bev🙂

 

[bev]

How about the plastic tubs the strips come in? Bev

 

[aymes]

Alex's digestive biscuits kept getting crushed - so we changed to the multi pack mini ones in individual foil bags - just the right carbs and stay fresh until required! Bev🙂

My preferred hypo treatment is fruit juice, works very well for me. The problem is if I'm lucky enough not to have a hypo for a while the carton gets so battered that it leaks all over my handbag, or I lose the straw then trying to get into the thing mid-hypo can be very complicated!

 

[bev]

Do you have the fruit juice as the glucose or the slow release carb? Bev

 

[aymes]

Do you have the fruit juice as the glucose or the slow release carb? Bev

for the quick acting glucose, a 200ml carton (usually sold as the kids juice) has about 20g carbs in it.

 

[EmmaLou]

go to www.gluco-carry.com they have stuff on there and thats what i use🙂

 

[bev]

Thanks - great for holding the glucose tabs - but do you think you can fit jelly babies in? Bev🙂

 

[Patricia]

Mega-cool, EmmaLou! I'm thrilled. I know, small brain...We have also had difficulties with figuring out a way for him to carry glucose when running, etc...And this answers it. I'll get two or three, and then deal with the storage of the half-used packets etc in the small food containers, in back packs, car, my bag, etc.

Phew!

aymes, I really *love* the idea of using gameboy boxes, etc, and so would he -- but we don't have any! Also I *think* that the memory disk boxes will now be too small too, alas. Great idea though, just right.

bev, we don't use a pot for test strips. Just lots hooked together, sliding into a pocket of the optimum exceed. BUT i have one for you: Lakeland have a 'biscuit container' if you can believe it: holds three biscuits, no crushing!

As for gluco-tabs -- if only! They are *so* convenient! But he doesn't like them, even the rasp ones I looked for high and low...although now that I think about it, I may just empty it out and fill it with what he does like, as a backup...

Sigh. Thanks one and all. Relieved.

 

[Patricia]

Except that black is out of stock! Argh...

 

[bev]

I thought your son liked gluco tabs? Confused!

Thanks for the biscuit idea from lakeland - i will have to go and look!

Wouldnt he wear blue or orange? Neither are girlie!🙂Bev

 

[Patricia]

He likes the dextrose tablets, the rectangular ones...But the gluco-tabs are round, and fit into a tube. He *doesn't* like those!

Orange is a possibility. But my practical side was looking at the white strap and thinking, that'll get grubby fast!

Sigh.

 

[sofaraway]

I use glucotabs, but int he past have filled the tube with dextrose tablets when I ran out. Thats a shame he doesn't like them as you can get them on prescription. I haven't asked my GP to prescribe them yet, feels a bit cheeky somehow.

 

[Caroline Wilson]

I carry bag of jelly babies, so am not sure how big these glucotabs are. How about the pots the yest strips come in? they are not too big and can be stuck in a pockett or hand bag or bum bag.

 

[MarcLister]

I use glucotabs, but int he past have filled the tube with dextrose tablets when I ran out. Thats a shame he doesn't like them as you can get them on prescription. I haven't asked my GP to prescribe them yet, feels a bit cheeky somehow.

You can?! 😱 Tell me more, please. 😎

 

[katie]

I have the pink keyring that carries four tablets. Havent used it for a while though.