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In my Bag...I have a.....

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SusieGriff

SusieGriff

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Type 1
Since become a T1 4months ago, I now find in my handbag......

sweets, (Jellybabies) or glucose tabs, a small bottle of lucozade, a test meter, insulin pen, lancets, hypostop, test strips, and if I'm going on a long trip, a roll or sandwich and a small plastic tupperware tub of digestives!

My bag weighs a ton!!!

what's in your bag?🙄
 
blimey! in mine there are

insulin pens
tablets inc lemsips, beechams, neurofen
about 20 pens!!!
notebook
meter
chewing gum
apple
banana
purse
a shed load of paper!! work stuff mainly

my bag also weighs a ton!
 
passport
purse
tablets
perfume
body spray
glucose tablets
mirror
a TON of reciepts
train, bus and tram tickets
mints
lip gloss
lip balm
chewing gum
hair brush

i feel like mary poppins!!!
 
I have a small bag for:

Lunch
Pouch with meter and strips and pricker, pencil and novorapid tucked into that
Homemade A4 glucose diary..

Thats it, done.....

Light as feather.............:D
 
This is a pet hate of mine, that I cannot have a small bag. In mine:

Blood Kit/Insulin Pen
Purse
Mobile
Lipsticks
Glucotabs
Sweeteners
Throat Sweets
Mirror
Inhaler
Tissues
Couple of letters
Work Keys
 
bag-1.jpg


My right shoulder sags from the weight of my bag,
Hunched and contorted like an old wizened hag,
For it?s filled with the gubbins and sundry detritus
That accompany the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Oodles of needle tips, both new and used,
A litter-strewn wasteland that cannot be excused,
Tear-offs and needle caps, those small plastic bits
That cover the pointy part that goes into my hips,
There for emergencies, ten jelly babies,
Test strips as bloody as the rivers of Hades,
A wallet, my credit cards, a blood testing diary,
A packet of dextrose that is well-past expiry,
Pens for my insulin, both slow and fast,
Without them my next meal may well be my last,
Drugs for a headache, tickets and keys,
A small wad of tissues in case I should sneeze,
Lancets and cereal bars, a small book to read,
A prescription for pills that I no longer need,
My bag could be emptied of half of this stuff,
So I think it is time that enough is enough!
Out with the rubbish and clinical waste,
Out with the dextrose ? I don?t like the taste!
Without all this in it my bag will be light,
Do you think I should do it? I think that I might!

:D
 
My husband says i carry the kitchen sink in my bag 😱
So : 1 kitchen sink 😛
Purse
Blood kit
pens
umbrella
weightwatchers calculator
perfume /impulse and deoderant
freedom pass
handcream
lippy
notepad
fruit pastilles /cadburys fudge and lucozade
glasses
painkillers
glasses swipe it
tissues
alpen light cereal bag
gloves oops run out of page ... and house keys :D
 
I have recently bought a manbag for this very purpose....

Can of coke
2 Alpen bars
Dextrosol
Test kit
Humalog pen
Sometimes Lantus pen
Ipod shuffle
copy of prescription
Pen
wallet
Small box with jelly babies in
Few spare needles

Rob

I've been asked to add that Sarah's bag also contains coke, alpens, glucogel as well the daily diary for food and BG plus the iPod touch for working out doses.
 
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I generally travel light🙂

1 pk of Jelly babies
my meter
spare infusion set
mobile phone
 
Jessica aged 10 carries :

Test kit
straws in a bag
Glucotabs
2 x can of small coke
mobile phone

I carry in my bag :

glucagon kit
spare test strips
Glucotabs
Couple of snack for her
1 x can of coke

If longer journey we have more stuff including spare pump stuff plus MDI stuff in case pump fails

All far too damned heavy :(
 
Mobile phone,
emergency steroid injection kit
battery for pump
1 cannula
syringe in case of pump failure
meter and strips
Glucose tablets.
 
Love the poem northerner!

I have:
Orange/lime Tic-tacs (about 15g per container)
Tube orange Gluco tabs
Licorice/jelly beans
Bank card, library card, I have diabetes card, Society of Authors card, Waterstone's card, Boots card
Reading glasses case
Testing stuff
Spare battery for the above
If on a long journey entire kit to replace pump set
Spare battery for pump
Business cards
Book vouchers
Change
Keys
pen and paper

Sometimes a small umbrella

And in the bottom, beans etc that have fallen out of the packet and used test strips.
 
Northerner said:
bag-1.jpg


My right shoulder sags from the weight of my bag,
Hunched and contorted like an old wizened hag,
For it?s filled with the gubbins and sundry detritus
That accompany the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Oodles of needle tips, both new and used,
A litter-strewn wasteland that cannot be excused,
Tear-offs and needle caps, those small plastic bits
That cover the pointy part that goes into my hips,
There for emergencies, ten jelly babies,
Test strips as bloody as the rivers of Hades,
A wallet, my credit cards, a blood testing diary,
A packet of dextrose that is well-past expiry,
Pens for my insulin, both slow and fast,
Without them my next meal may well be my last,
Drugs for a headache, tickets and keys,
A small wad of tissues in case I should sneeze,
Lancets and cereal bars, a small book to read,
A prescription for pills that I no longer need,
My bag could be emptied of half of this stuff,
So I think it is time that enough is enough!
Out with the rubbish and clinical waste,
Out with the dextrose ? I don?t like the taste!
Without all this in it my bag will be light,
Do you think I should do it? I think that I might!

:D
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Excellent!!!! made me laugh out loud!!!!!
 
I forgot, I also carry a set of keys fit for a jailer, an umbrella, purse, mobile phone, several receipts, pens. + all the other pharmaceuticals !

.........Northerner.... no wonder you have a bad shoulder !!!
 
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I have 2 ipods ,
a phone
purse
inhaler
kindle e reader
comb
pen
pencil
glasses
address book
freedom pass
elastoplast
keys

and a partridge in a pear tree :D
 
Carol carries:

a blood tester
glucotabs
chewee bar/flapjack
makeup
iPod
mobile
glucagon
insulin if needed when out


I carry:

Diastix for cola testing
purse
folded bag
tissues
needle for insulin pen
ballpoint pen
ladies' items
cold sore cream
lipsalve

I've just emptied my bag out of hundreds of receipts
 
Northerner said:
bag-1.jpg


My right shoulder sags from the weight of my bag,
Hunched and contorted like an old wizened hag,
For it?s filled with the gubbins and sundry detritus
That accompany the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Oodles of needle tips, both new and used,
A litter-strewn wasteland that cannot be excused,
Tear-offs and needle caps, those small plastic bits
That cover the pointy part that goes into my hips,
There for emergencies, ten jelly babies,
Test strips as bloody as the rivers of Hades,
A wallet, my credit cards, a blood testing diary,
A packet of dextrose that is well-past expiry,
Pens for my insulin, both slow and fast,
Without them my next meal may well be my last,
Drugs for a headache, tickets and keys,
A small wad of tissues in case I should sneeze,
Lancets and cereal bars, a small book to read,
A prescription for pills that I no longer need,
My bag could be emptied of half of this stuff,
So I think it is time that enough is enough!
Out with the rubbish and clinical waste,
Out with the dextrose ? I don?t like the taste!
Without all this in it my bag will be light,
Do you think I should do it? I think that I might!

:D
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That's certainly impressive Northerner!

In my bag (of varying sizes depending on where I'm going) I always have the essentials such as blood testing & injecting paraphernalia, glucose tablets, carton of fruit juice, fruit pastilles, banana, oatbake bar, digestive biscuits, purse, reusable plastic carrier bag and of course my mp3 player (wouldn't leave home without it) and then for longer occasions sandwich and crisps and extra juice!
 
AnnW said:
I have 2 ipods ,
a phone
purse
inhaler
kindle e reader
comb
pen
pencil
glasses
address book
freedom pass
elastoplast
keys

and a partridge in a pear tree :D
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Ann I'm just curious as to why you have 2 ipods??
Jackie
 
I have an ipod touch in my bag on which I play games and have wifi connection . I enjoy playing my games .
I also enjoy listening to music and audio books whilst I walk. I have a very small ipod nano ( the new one) and I have that tucked in my trousers whilst I am walking about so the 2 come with me everywhere ( it means I have 2 charged batteries to go at too !!!) crazy I know :D
 
Diabetes wise, I carry day to day:

- testing kit
- dextrose tablets
- pencil case with a spare cannula, spare reservoir, open vial of Novorapid, insulin pen & cartridge of Novorapid, needles for pen

If I go away overnight, depending on where I'm going I'll work out what I need - ie going home to my mum's for a night I'll just make sure I have enough insulin & needles if the pump went wrong, or if I'm going away for work (which I'll soon start doing!!) I'll take loads of hypo stuff, and plenty of spares of everything really!

If I go away for more than a night, I take Lantus too, just in case 🙂
 
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