It’s not a bad time to have your meds in order, just in case of cyber or power grid attacks.
Remember that if a state of emergency is called, special pharmacy rules are initiated to increase pt access, but this might take a week.
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It’s supposed to be a bad hurricane season, so there’s that. For any of us, in any bad situation if we’re using things like Omnipod controllers with rechargeable batteries then it’s not going to be too cool! 
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Know how to dose lantus and regular insulin too. Just in case.
I had to do that when I had a gap in insurance.
And in Europe when i forgot my humalog
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I used to use R and could probably figure it out. In the old days my CDE gave me free prefilled pens, but no more of that. I don’t have any syringes on hand at all. Not good!
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Depending where you live you can get a box of syringes from your pharmacy with no script. In California, they ask you to prove you have diabetes and a bracelet is enough, which is rather lame
My doctor has a script for me just in case so I can fill at any time, and that way insurance pays for it
In a pinch I have used pump filler syringes to deliver a bolus. It’s hard to get the dose right on a large syringe, but it’s doable if you have nothing else.
Keeping an insulin inhaler is also a good idea for emergencies because it works fast and doesn’t need refrigeration.
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My system would go down in 24 hours. I can’t keep this pump battery charged to save my life. I have a box of backup syringes because I constantly need to fall back on that.
Last weekend they issued a warning for almost EVERY possible severe weather event - hail, flooding, tornados. I was in a tent. My pump went down from a lack of charging.
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Scary but thank you for the post. While I do have a hundred thousand partial vials of insulin, I don’t have too much else. The old Omnipod that takes batteries, I kept that system and have some pods. otherwise not much.
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You should get a battery pack for your pump. They are cheap and easy to use. I used to take one of 2 with me when I travel
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If it’s not keeping charged for at least 3 days, there is something wrong with it.
When I was on a tubed pump, I would get 6-7 days.
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I got a power bank and a car charger which I think would work with Omnipod controller. So far haven’t had to try !
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Why not use your phone for omnipod. Carrying that extra controller is a pain and also you need to use your password every time you want to look at your sugar.
I’ve done both but really the phone is so much easier
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Well the darn system finally learned what to do with me after over six months and I didn’t want to start over. I’m extremely insulin sensitive. One unit can drop me 100 points. And it finally figured that out!
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What brand do you use? It might be nice to post a link to something deemed reliable. I can charge in the car, but it takes a long time. Here’s the most recent story about disaster prep and people’s experiences.
