Power cuts this winter

[Totalwar]

Any advice please for thoses on insulin.

 

[Robin]

Any advice please for thoses on insulin.

What issues are you anticipating? I live in a rural area where power cuts are nothing new, and have never considered it a problem specific to my insulin. Fridges stay cold for hours, provided you keep the door shut, and I always make sure any meters etc are charged up before they hit the red. I always have matches and candles where I know I can reach them. Anything I've missed?

 

[Sally71]

Your in use insulin is fine out of the fridge for up to a month so unless you are expecting the power to be off for that long then there shouldn’t be a problem for the spare ones

 

[Totalwar]

Keeping the insulin cold if you don’t can go off.we would we be classed as
Vulnerable customer with the electric customer and not have our power cut off.

 

[Sally71]

Keeping the insulin cold if you don’t can go off.we would we be classed as
Vulnerable customer with the electric customer and not have our power cut off.

That’s what I’m saying though, it takes at least a month before it goes off so a power cut of a few hours will make no difference to it at all. I think vulnerable customers would be ones on oxygen machines or something that needs power all the time

 

[Bruce Stephens]

That’s what I’m saying though, it takes at least a month before it goes off so a power cut of a few hours will make no difference to it at all. I think vulnerable customers would be ones on oxygen machines or something that needs power all the time

Yes, not a problem if insulin gets a bit warmer than we'd like for a few days.

 

[Totalwar]

Sorry and thanks for the advice.panicking over nothing.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry and thanks for the advice.panicking over nothing.

No need to apologise at all. Better to ask the question and get reassurance than to let the worries keep preying on your mind 🙂