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Fridge Matters...

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Okay, so I have my endo appt monday and the inevitable is going to happen... I am going to have to start again on insulin. I'm okay with this, i've done lots of research and have actually decided a flexible insulin regime is much better for me than tablets would be 🙂

But, I have got a question! I go back to uni in a week... Now i'm in private housing, with 5 girl friends and we have two fridges between us. Obviously it is a matter of opinion but i'm not sure what would be best? Do I keep my insulin in the fridge? I'd get a lunchbox to put it in so it wouldn't be floating about. But do you think this is okay to do? Or ought I get a mini fridge and keep it in my room?

On another note i'm also going to have to buy a bigger handbag to keep all supplies in... not complaining (-:
 
Hi Liz, insulin not in use needs to be kept in a fridge.
How about buying one of those money tins with a lock on it to keep your insulin in? (Don't lose the key) :D
Also go see someone in the know at uni as I believe you can have a grant to pay for the cost of a small fridge to keep your medication in 🙂
 
I used to keep mine in the fridge (we only had the one!), in a plastic box with a red cross taped on it, so it was obvious it was medicine. Never had any problems, so maybe something like that would work?
 
Keep it in the fridge, make sure your friends know what it is and tell them not to move it - you don't want it freezing at the back of the fridge without you knowing! Wrapping in bubble wrap helps prevent it getting too cold if someone does accidentally move it. Saying that, I kept mine lose in the fridge at uni and never had a problem. I had a fridge in my room in halls mainly because I didn't know or trust the people I lived with!
 
When I used shared fridges in hostels (3 different ones, due to carrying out research in another city, then staying on afterwards) during & after my MSc (didn't have T1D for BSc), I kept not-yet-in-use insulin in the cardboard boxes supplied inside clear plastic sandwich boxes - so that anyone could see what it was ie not food. In one hostel, I had the option of a fridge in my room, which was definitely the best solution.

These days, I live in a house shared with my partner and 1 or 2 lodgers. So, I removed cartridges from the cardboard boxes (to reduce bulk) and place them in a small clear cliplock box, so that contents are still visible, kept in salad box at bottom of fridge, where temperature is constant (far more constant than door, for example) and the extra layer of plastic box means there's no way the cartridges (in plastic "pods") can't touch element directly and thus risk freezing. No lodger, nor my partner, has ever moved my insulin anywhere it shouldn't go, in nearly 13 years in the house.

So, decision has to be yours - you know your housemates best! 🙂
 
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