How to carry unopened insulin
I'll show you how to carry the unopened insulin I saved up for my trip from 🇯🇵 to 🇺🇸💁🏻♀️
After I decided to study abroad, I was prescribed a one-month supply + one bottle or box at the outpatient clinic, and by the time I left, I had about 25 bottles in total. I brought about three months' worth or more to 🇺🇸 using a "normal water bottle (2L)" and an "insulin cooler" for the 30-hour plane trip.
It goes without saying, but insulin must be refrigerated when unopened. Whether it's opened or unopened, freezing it is absolutely not allowed. It can never be put in checked luggage🙅♀️
When I was struggling to find anything in Japanese no matter how much I searched, a foreigner with type 1 diabetes posted a story about an insulin cooler.
It was the "DISONCARE" insulin cooler.🤩
It seems that you can buy it in Japanese yen, but it was slightly cheaper in dollars, so I bought it in dollars.
Because of the weak yen, one cooler that holds 5 bottles cost nearly 8,000 yen💸
However, considering that it can be used semi-permanently, I think it's reasonable, but when I bought it, it was over 150 yen to the dollar, so it was a big financial loss (my mother paid for it though...)
For the remaining 10 or so bottles that didn't fit in this cooler, I put ice packs inside a huge 2L water bottle to keep it cool to a certain extent.
Of course, on the first flight to LA, all the ice packs in the regular water bottle melted and just a DISONCARE.
At worst, it's better than nothing, so I went to my final destination and put it in the refrigerator as soon as I arrived at the university.
I am now using the insulin that has returned to room temperature and it is working without any problems.
It is very convenient not only for overseas travel but also for domestic travel to carry spare insulin just in case,
so if you are interested, please search for "DISONCARE" 🔍
