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Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:55

Maybe it’s because I spent my early 30s during the Great Recession, but I find it harder and harder to throw things away that seem to have some value, and I’ve become more and more enamored of homemade/one-off solutions and just kind of fed up with mass-produced, imported stuff.

So, to that end, two insulin travel cases from common[ly discarded] items.

On the left, a case I use to hold standard 10ml insulin vials.  I made it by cutting some chunks a little bigger than the diameter of a glucose tablet tube and gluing one to the bottom and one to the

top.  It holds the bottle very securely, and it would be quite the adventure that would break a bottle inside this thing.

The other case is for a 3ml cartridge for a reusable insulin pen (I use the Luxura HD for Humalog).  I like having the case, because when I know I’m getting low on Humalog, I can pop a fresh one in this thing and it easily fits in my supply case and is ready when I need to switch.  Then I put the empty one on until I get home and don’t have to worry about it breaking.  I made mine with a tin that used to hold cocoa nibs, but I’m sure there are others that would be a good size.  You could even go crazy and make all kinds of different configurations (maybe 3 in an Altoids tin?).

So there you have it.  Perfectly good trash finding a second life in the service of diabetes.  Could be worse.

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