Hard Boiled eggs and insulin!!!

[pippaandben]

Caravanning in the middle of a field 5 miles from anywhere and hubby decides - being very kind - to hard boil some eggs for salad later in the day. Great idea until I went to do dinner last night. Guess where he had put the hot eggs? Right on top of ALL my insulin (except current in use pens) on the top shelf in the fridge door. Reason - he had always put them there and last year I was not on insulin when caravanning so how was he to know!! Panic phone call to GP surgery where we had registered and I can pick up fresh supplies this afternoon. So no lunch for me - or rather no carbs in my lunch but did have enough for breakfast left in pen. Levimir was ok for 3 days.

Was I right to panic so? The eggs would have been almost too hot to handle and were literally on top of the cartridges as I had taken them out of the boxes to get them all in the tray. I was worried enough about the high temperatures recently and made sure my pens were in the shade and cool side of the van as much as possible. What exactly happens to the insulin if too hot - does it make your bs go up or down because of not working properly?

 

[Northerner]

I think you were probably wise to get straight on the case and get some replacements ordered 😱 I would imagine that the insulin would lose its potency in such a situation, so wouldn't work properly to keep your levels under control.

Hope he's learned his lesson! Why does he think you keep it in the fridge if not to keep it cool? And how cool did he think it would stay forming a nest for the hot eggs? 😱 🙄

 

[Redkite]

Oh dear! Why did he put the hot eggs straight in the fridge? All he needed to do was run cold water into the pan for a minute or two to rapidly cool them, then they would have been tepid going into the fridge! He needs retraining 🙂

 

[Caroline]

can't offer any advice but my husband does equally daft things. It took me ages to convine him that I don't want pasta rice and potatos in the same meal and I only wantthe equivilent of a small to meadium potato. He thought it was just sweet stuff I wasn't allowed...

 

[trophywench]

I was going to say I couldn't possibly imagine eating those 3 in the same meal, then realised if you go somewhere where there's a salad buffet (someone's barbecue or something) (or do your own) you could easily, under very normal circs, have a spoonful of all those 3 things on one plate, couldn't you? 🙂

Well our motorhome fridge went on the blink on gas during the heatwave, in a field in deepest Norfolk. Milk was 'One lump or two?' So now I have an open vial of insulin and another full one, both of which need to be used by 23 August ..... they last me a month each ! Admittedly they haven't been boiled like yours and mine only count as having been at room temperature but if I get iffy results I shall bin them anyway.

You did the right thing. Sort the scrip out and then go back and sort the husband.

May I suggest either the big gas spanner, or the handle you wind the corner steadies down with? Unless perchance you carry a lump hammer for the awning pegs or windbreak poles?

Priorities !

 

[KateR]

Oh dear! Why did he put the hot eggs straight in the fridge? All he needed to do was run cold water into the pan for a minute or two to rapidly cool them, then they would have been tepid going into the fridge! He needs retraining 🙂

Doing that stops the purple line from forming round the yolk too.