THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

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I've been wondering, should we be adjusting our prepping stock, to account for our medical circumstances?

For example, as a type 2 Diabetic, should I be stocking very low/zero sugar foods and drinks, in case my medicines become hard/impossible to obtain?

fuddle

I would say do whatever your instinct tells you Bob.

My heart slowing meds are made in France. I can't take any other kind because they interact with the receptors in my lungs. I can have ones I've already been on (calcium channel blockers) but they didn't work. The rest of my meds are manufactured in the UK.

I have 5 weeks in stock at any one time but I'm increasing chamomile tea stocks and looking into researching other calming herbs and breathing exercises to help slow my heart down. I'm not worried. My meds aren't a given. I'm lucky to have the help. Without the help I'll do whatever I can to help myself. It's not ideal but it won't be forever.

pelirocco

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

The difference being of course, that the burning wood stove is merely returning something to the atmosphere that was removed quite recently, whereas the diesel engine is emitting something that has been locked in the oil for hundreds of millions of years.

I guess you are trying to say that makes the fumes emitted from the wood is less toxic ....Oh dear

pelirocco

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I've been wondering, should we be adjusting our prepping stock, to account for our medical circumstances?

For example, as a type 2 Diabetic, should I be stocking very low/zero sugar foods and drinks, in case my medicines become hard/impossible to obtain?

As a type two you need to keep carbs low , this is easily done by avoiding processed food

Cappella

I shan't be adjusting my prepping stocks Bob. My stores are already as healthy as I can make them, lots of tinned pulses, fish, tomatoes, fruit in juice, brown rice, wholemeal pasta and fresh veg from the allotment - the sort of thing I can easily make a quick, low fuel needed, meal with - so I shouldn't need to change them. My heart meds are made in the EU and my prescriptions are for a two months supply at a time. I can't stockpile the meds, so will just try as much as I can to stick to a heart healthy diet.

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pelirocco wrote: »

I guess you are trying to say that makes the fumes emitted from the wood is less toxic

No, I'm saying they don't add to the pollution in the same way oil and coal does.

As the trees grow, they take carbon from the atmosphere, and when the wood is burned, it releases that carbon back into the atmosphere.

As such, a tree is carbon neutral.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

The oven went Pfffft just after 9pm. Not entirely surprising, as the thermostat's been either Off or Hotter than the Surface of Sun for two years now and the seal is decidedly crispy, but we cannot afford a replacement, never mind delivery and installation/connection.

I give the microwave a fortnight before that shorts out (the bottom's rusty and we now need the thing).


[crosses fingers, touches wood and whistles] Lots of meals in the slow cooker or on the hob for the foreseeable future, then. Plus a few winter barbecues, I suspect.

Oh, how I love my wretched life.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I've been wondering, should we be adjusting our prepping stock, to account for our medical circumstances?

For example, as a type 2 Diabetic, should I be stocking very low/zero sugar foods and drinks, in case my medicines become hard/impossible to obtain?

None of us should be eating sugar at all, never mind a diagnosed Type II diabetic (and the majority who have T2 are undiagnosed - as yet). Get off that cr*p asap, you're selling your health to one of a dozen evil transnational food corportations. They kill people with their products, y'know?


ETA; Jo Jo, sorry to hear of your cooker woes. If you can rustle up £45 you can get mini electical ovens from Argos etc. Mebbe put an ask out on Fregle/ Freecycle? I offered out Mum's mini oven a few years ago (long gone, sadly) and folks were very keen.

jk0

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

The oven went Pfffft just after 9pm. Not entirely surprising, as the thermostat's been either Off or Hotter than the Surface of Sun for two years now and the seal is decidedly crispy, but we cannot afford a replacement, never mind delivery and installation/connection.

I give the microwave a fortnight before that shorts out (the bottom's rusty and we now need the thing).


[crosses fingers, touches wood and whistles] Lots of meals in the slow cooker or on the hob for the foreseeable future, then. Plus a few winter barbecues, I suspect.

Oh, how I love my wretched life.

Sorry to hear this Jojo. Could you try ebay? If it's electric, they are quite easy to install yourself. Just four screws into the kitchen unit usually. Then slide it out with a helper, change over the wiring, and slide the new one back in before securing it.

jk0

BTW, you guys may know that I am electrosensitive. This very interesting youtube clip came up yesterday, with even some stuff I was not aware of:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bdU_uw2Dc


Over an hour, but it had me riveted.