Attn Diabetics, advice needed!

[MahoganyEclipse]

Hello all .
So, one of my little brothers was in the ER with his sugars over 600 during the weekend. He's been given the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and it was all caused by heavy alcohol use (I know, damned sad because it was preventable. Diabetes does run in our family, however, he's the first person ever in my immediate family to get this).
And being a new medical assistant, I still have a ton to learn about this disease and so does he. We've been reading and reading and then I began to think, what if something happens to the making-of-and-shipping-of insulin and what can I do to prepare for a mass shortage of this stuff?
Insulin isnt exactly something that I can buy off the shelves and stuff into a dark pantry for a few years.
One Second After, anyone? Excellent read but you may need a box of tissues (if youre like me).
A Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus afflicted person is 100% dependant on insulin, they have to have insulin several times a day too and it's expensive as hell. So, what sort of preps the insulin dependant among us do?
Any advice, suggestions and the like are most welcome!

 

[jimLE]

i dont have it..but i do know a guy who does have type 1..he only with the injection for i dont know how many years..now he has to go with the pill as well..him and his wife alike,are learning what they can just so they both can cope with it,the best they can.and of course,that includes the proper meals to proper snacks.to what he better have with him at all times.there's diabetic forums in who klnows how web sites.so you might want to look for one where the diabetics there give moral support.and help give what info they can..some forums might have knwoledgeable doctors in them...

 

[jontte]

never thought that,you can't store that stuff for ages,the shelf life is so short,if I see one of my teachers before we take a summer break I will ask her.

 

[jimLE]

yeah.if i remember right.insulin only has a self life of 1 to 2 months.but thats only if its kept refrigerated...

 

[mtncharlie196801]

I hate to sound so callous, but insulin dependant diabetics Will not last longer than a few weeks after the S hits the fan.

 

[Gazrok]

Here for info:
http://www.doomandbloom.net/how-to-make-insulin/

Better than nothing. I share the article's sentiments, but though difficult to make, the other suggestions on how to possibly live without it, are pretty decent.

 

[Kenprep1979]

Hello all .
So, one of my little brothers was in the ER with his sugars over 600 during the weekend. He's been given the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and it was all caused by heavy alcohol use (I know, damned sad because it was preventable. Diabetes does run in our family, however, he's the first person ever in my immediate family to get this).
And being a new medical assistant, I still have a ton to learn about this disease and so does he. We've been reading and reading and then I began to think, what if something happens to the making-of-and-shipping-of insulin and what can I do to prepare for a mass shortage of this stuff?
Insulin isnt exactly something that I can buy off the shelves and stuff into a dark pantry for a few years.
One Second After, anyone? Excellent read but you may need a box of tissues (if youre like me).
A Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus afflicted person is 100% dependant on insulin, they have to have insulin several times a day too and it's expensive as hell. So, what sort of preps the insulin dependant among us do?
Any advice, suggestions and the like are most welcome!

http://www.cancertutor.com/diabetes_type_i/ this may help!

 

[Warriorhealer22]

I read the 2 links on this thread. I'm sure a lot of us here have loved ones that no matter what happens, we cannot prepare for them to make it. What we do right now is our best to keep them healthy. Too often in hard times people with health issues will make it. Strong will, keeping healthy and working to rid the issues should be part of what needs to be done right now. No matter what happens, I'm not abandoning my father so we also must prepare for their departure from us. We often talk about those that don't prepare will perish first, and those, like us will last out. Well, we will be the ones to watch them go. Part of our preps must be psychological, we will survive, we will thrive, we will rebuild, and we will mourn those that don't.

 

[Gazrok]

I get it. My wife will need pain medicine, so post SHTF, won't have to worry about legality, so I could grow plants to provide opiates and of course weed.

 

[MahoganyEclipse]

http://www.cancertutor.com/diabetes_type_i/ this may help!

Thank you Ken! This is the stuff I was looking for. Its been awhile since I've been back to the site so I only just got this .

 

[MahoganyEclipse]

I get it. My wife will need pain medicine, so post SHTF, won't have to worry about legality, so I could grow plants to provide opiates and of course weed.

I really want to get some white willow trees .

 

[MahoganyEclipse]

I read the 2 links on this thread. I'm sure a lot of us here have loved ones that no matter what happens, we cannot prepare for them to make it. What we do right now is our best to keep them healthy. Too often in hard times people with health issues will make it. Strong will, keeping healthy and working to rid the issues should be part of what needs to be done right now. No matter what happens, I'm not abandoning my father so we also must prepare for their departure from us. We often talk about those that don't prepare will perish first, and those, like us will last out. Well, we will be the ones to watch them go. Part of our preps must be psychological, we will survive, we will thrive, we will rebuild, and we will mourn those that don't.

I got a tiny taste of that when I read One Second After. Anyone who reads that book has my permission to cry! But I read that book in one night because I could NOT put it down.

 

[MahoganyEclipse]

I hate to sound so callous, but insulin dependant diabetics Will not last longer than a few weeks after the S hits the fan.

You're not callous, you're being realistic. Insulin can be harvested from animals, like a pig, and can be used for humans but that requires killing pigs for the rest of your life. Unless there's a massive herd of pigs and someone who knows what they are doing, it has to be synthesized and that stuff is freakin' expensive!

 

[MahoganyEclipse]

never thought that,you can't store that stuff for ages,the shelf life is so short,if I see one of my teachers before we take a summer break I will ask her.

Were you able to talk to your teacher about her insulin?

 

[Billy Roper]

I'm an insulin dependent diabetic prepper. I try to decrease my reliance on insulin through diet and exercise. When SHTF, insulin will eventually run out, even if you hoard it, even if you have electricity to refrigerate it. Many of us will die. Some may be able to carry on through cinnamon or metformin or other pill type diabetic medications, until they run out, as well. But yes, in a complete collapse scenario, I know that my life expectancy is shortened. If not through stroke, through kidney failure eventually. But none of us have an expiration date, nor does anyone live forever, either. I'll repost this, which is interesting:
http://www.doomandbloom.net/how-to-make-insulin/