Spare frio bags anyone????

[D_G]

Hiya guys hope everything good with you!

I was wondering if anyone had a spare frio bag that they are not cuurently using that i may borrow for my holiday in 2 weeks time! i am worried that carrying it around with me in 30deg heat will fry it, I dont like to ask but i have no funds left to buy one until i get paid

Can anyone help please?

thanks 🙂 x

 

[jalapino]

Hiya guys hope everything good with you!

I was wondering if anyone had a spare frio bag that they are not cuurently using that i may borrow for my holiday in 2 weeks time! i am worried that carrying it around with me in 30deg heat will fry it, I dont like to ask but i have no funds left to buy one until i get paid

Can anyone help please?

thanks 🙂 x

Ok im gunna sound thick here but what is a frio bag?

 

[lucy123]

Hi - I dont have a spare one I am afraid, but Burrows and Close chemist had some in at ?10? Does this help?

 

[Austin Mini]

Ummm your going on a foreign holiday but cant afford a frio bag to take with you?

 

[Northerner]

Ummm your going on a foreign holiday but cant afford a frio bag to take with you?

Makes sense to me to borrow one if you can, probably won't get used for the other 50 weeks of the year! 🙂

Nikki, Copepod usually suggests using a metal vacuum flask instead of a frio - cheaper, more protective and has other uses! 🙂

 

[Pigeon]

Or I wondered if you could use some bubble wrap and silver foil to make something yourself - like the inside of a Jiffy bag and put foil on the outside to insulate and reflect the heat.

 

[jalapino]

Ok im gunna sound thick here but what is a frio bag?

ok one more time what the hell is a frio bag?.....sorry but i have no idea....😛

 

[Pigeon]

Oh sorry, it's a bag lined with crystals that when you soak it in water the crystals swell up and get cooler, so you can use it to stop meds overheating when you're on holiday. It lasts about 7 days when it's soaked.

 

[Northerner]

ok one more time what the hell is a frio bag?.....sorry but i have no idea....😛

hehe! Sorry - it's a special case for keeping insulin cool in 🙂

http://friouk.com/about/

 

[D_G]

Ummm your going on a foreign holiday but cant afford a frio bag to take with you?

Err yea...hence why I can't afford anything else! I'm just scrapin by living of cheap cereal to eat lol!

Thanks guys I won't be able to borrow one if I can't find anyone willing to let me lol will have to make a makeshift one or just keep insulin in hotel room 🙂 x

 

[Copepod]

I haven't got a Frio bag - as Northerner mentioned, I use a cheap stainless steel vaccuum flask that I already owned. Recently, I've seen similar flasks for as little as ?5.

However, if you wrap insulin in a damp cloth, preferably with cloth dipped in water to keep it damp, then evaporation should keep your kit just as cool as with a Frio bag. Obviously, keep it out of direct sunlight, too.

Remember that most insulin is stable for at least 28 days at 30oC (depending in definition of room temperature).

Have a good holiday.

 

[trophywench]

Yup Copepod, indeed. Some of us went on hot holidays before they even invented Frio bags LOL

Furthermore, mothers didn't even have refrigerators ..... milk bottles in a bucket of water in the coldest place in the house with a wet teatowel draped over the tops of them, sides dangling in the water - change the water and rewet the teatowel every morning .....

 

[D_G]

Thanks guys for all the tips, i have managed to borrow one : from a friend! 🙂 x

 

[Northerner]

Thanks guys for all the tips, i have managed to borrow one : from a friend! 🙂 x

Ah, great news Nikki 🙂 Hope you have a wonderful time! 🙂

 

[Flutterby]

Just seen this Nikki - glad you got one to borrow, have a great holiday.

 

[D_G]

Thankyou!

Less than 2 weeks now and im so excited! also happy that my psoriasis is getting loads better with the new stuff from the doc! 🙂