diabetic daughter off to uni, in need of help buying a fridge

Camelina

margaretclare wrote: »

Make sure she has some glucose tablets with her at all times, Lucozade tablets are easy to keep in the pocket in case of 'hypo'. DH keeps some all over the place, in the car, on his desk, by his bedside. BTW no one ever suggested that he should claim DLA just for being diabetic, and he was diagnosed in 1981. He now gets AA but that's not for being diabetic.

Another one- we are talking about DSA not DLA!!! They are different!!

GlasweJen

I kept medication in the communal fridge in uni - there would have been nowhere in my room to keep my own fridge anyway you could barely get a chair in!

HOWMUCH

challfour wrote: »

Since when did a type 1 diabetic need a fridge?

If you are referring to the storage of Insulin, all you need to do is store it in any coolish place.

Insulin is only effective for 28days when not stored below 25 degrees and it is always stored in the fridge whilst at the chemist. The daughter would have to watch the temperature in her room like an hawk.
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Treatments/Insulin/Storing_insulin/

HOWMUCH

GlasweJen wrote: »

I kept medication in the communal fridge in uni - there would have been nowhere in my room to keep my own fridge anyway you could barely get a chair in!

Drunken fellow students and keeping my insulin in the communal fridge in Halls - no thanks

rev_henry

Think the idea of talking to her Pharmacist at uni is the best one. I've no doubt they'd oblige in giving her one box at a time (is she even prescribed more than one box at a time?). Doesn't really solve the problem of keeping the one box cold though.

Maybe for now buy one with her student overdraft, and sort out the finances later?

eddie864

You can get around the fridge issue (although all the campuses I've been on have student accomodation with a shared kitchen and cupboards and a fridge for students to keep food in). The pharmacy can keep your insulin in their fridge and just give you enough to last a month (it does keep and cold insulin is more painful to inject). I also use a wet bag to store my insulin when I'm out, these can be bought in pharmacies and will keep insulin cool. I am surprised that the Uni accomodation doesn't have a fridge though, they almost always do.