Brexit supplies...

[CosmicHedgehog]

I have always kept a spare box of cartridges in case I find I have a dud batch. I rotate the spare box to the front of the butter compartment when the current box is used, and order another - no extra supply pressures from me, the companies have become accustomed to my requirements and will have adjusted their production accordingly 😉

That's exactly what i do 🙂 also that covers extra usage when ill etc. Although with my current lurgy ive been using double my normal amount. Back up is standard anyway and what we get told to do that.. there's big difference between back up and stockpiling though.

 

[SB2015]

That's exactly what i do 🙂 also that covers extra usage when ill etc. Although with my current lurgy ive been using double my normal amount. Back up is standard anyway and what we get told to do that.. there's big difference between back up and stockpiling though.

I also keep spares. Over the last couple of weeks I was glad of them as I ran my pump at 250%, and forever correcting to get rid of ketones, so was easlily using the contents of a cartridge up before the six days were up.
I certainly don’t want to be worrying about if Inhave enough insulin in the fridge when I am ill so my buffer is an illness extra, as well as back up pens. Normal stock for me.

 

[Northerner]

My insulin requirements doubled over the past few months, then in the last few days it has been plummeting - down 25% on a week ago and I'm getting hypos when I used to get highs! Maybe my spare box will last me until everything has settled down at this rate! 😱 Although, I somehow doubt it....🙄

 

[SB2015]

My insulin requirements doubled over the past few months, then in the last few days it has been plummeting - down 25% on a week ago and I'm getting hypos when I used to get highs! Maybe my spare box will last me until everything has settled down at this rate! 😱 Although, I somehow doubt it....🙄

I hope things start to settle back to something ‘normal’ soon.
D definitely has a mind of its own sometimes, however much we think we are in control of it.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

I don't think spending several months gradually building up an extra couple of months' worth of insulin in case of emergencies is quite the same as mucking up the supply at the last minute by stockpiling vast amounts which might not be needed. Those of us who've said we're doing the former are just being sensible about having some back up. I'm now requesting insulin when I'm down to 5 or 6 cartridges rather than when I'm down to 1 or 2 cartridges, I'm not building it up and up and up.

 

[mikeyB]

I’ve reordered my insulin this afternoon. Always do it when I take the last pen out of the box. The only way I can use a whole pen in a weekend is buy eating a jar of jam. Am I worried? No. And I will continue to do that. I’ve done it for 23 years. It only went wrong due to my mistake once, and on Mull when the ferries weren’t running for a week one winter. Then, I just switched to Novorapid for a week or so. Of course, I may drop dead between now and Monday, so I’ll be past caring, or World War 3 might break out.

Or, of course, if the diabetics of the Ribble Valley have a run on insulin, there may be slight delay. No worries.

 

[Northerner]

I did see a man in the pharmacy getting some insulin and assessed him in case I might need to fight him for it in future...😱 He was a big man, but he was out of shape...

 

[trophywench]

Well exactly - we all keep a sensible spare supply and my standard point to re-order is still after I've started the last cartridge in the penultimate box - bearing in mind my cartridges are 1.6ml and last me about 5 days because I use virtually a whole day's worth to prime new tubing - 17u when I actually use just over 20u daily TDD.