From healthcentral.com
Influencer Mila Clarke shares her go-to strategy for toting her T1D supplies
Mila Clarke, 35, is a diabetes patient advocate, board-certified integrative nutrition diabetes health coach, author, and self-taught cook living with type 1 diabetes. The native Texan started her Hangry Woman food blog after being diagnosed with diabetes in 2016 and later launched the Glucose Guide Community app to help fellow warriors build confidence and knowledge around diabetes self-management. Follow her @thehangrywoman, where she covers everything from food joy and cooking to self-care from the perspective of “your diabestie.”
How do you make sure you never forget your insulin at home?
I wish I could say I never forget my insulin, but let me tell you about the time I went to brunch, blood sugar climbing, and realized my pen was having a quiet day on the kitchen counter.
Nowadays, because I’m using an Omnipod 5 insulin pump, my insulin is always mostly attached to me. So I don’t have the same worries.
Since then, I’ve created a “leave-no-insulin-behind” ritual. It’s a lot like the “phone, wallet, keys” ritual, but it’s to keep me alive. I keep a little diabetes go-bag that’s always stocked with a spare pen and pen needles, a spare pod, vial, syringes, test strips, sanitizing spray, and low snacks. It lives in my purse, and I check it before I leave the house because it’s literally my lifeline.
I’m a little fashionista, so I love changing bags with each outfit, and I make sure that one go-bag is always with me no matter what—even if it means my boyfriend has it tucked away in his suit jacket on fancy nights.
Life happens. But a bit of prep makes it so much easier to handle the chaos. And a little advice? Prep before you’re on the go. When you’re ready to leave, you may be rushing, and I find that’s when I become the most forgetful!
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