Organize Yo'self!

With Diabetes comes the stuff. The lancets. The cartridges. Insulin. Syringes. Glucagons. Testing kits.

For anyone with Type 1 Diabetes, they know that the list goes on and on. That is why organizing your supplies is SO important. When I was diagnosed at age 14, all I wanted to do was forget that I had Diabetes. So instead of organizing my supplies, I did what any angry teenager does. I threw any Diabetes related thing into a corner of my closet and tried to forget about it.

Unfortunately, this led to me running low or out of supplies on a routine basis. It KILLS me think about all the money I've wasted from paying for supplies out of pocket due to a lack of organization.

It's going on 11 years since I was diagnosed and just now I am taking strides to be more organized with my Diabetic supplies. How awesome am I looking now!?







I keep all my supplies in this old bin from my good old sorority days. Keeping them all in one place (besides Insulin, which lives in the fridge) saves me a huge headache from looking all over for everything I need. I'm almost thankful I don't have a 'before' picture. Seriously, it was a hot mess. I had about 2 full Target bags filled with trash when I was done with my little organization project.


I decided to take everything out of the supply boxes
and place each stockpile into separate ziplock bags. That way I always
have a visual of my supplies so I'll know when I need to reorder.
















I also decided to create an 'Emergency Kit' of supplies. This idea was inspired when I wound up in the hospital unexpectedly a few months ago. I tried to explain to my amazing mother in law what supplies I needed for her to bring to the hospital for me and it was a huge pain to say the least. So now, if I need to get out of the house super quickly for whatever reason or if I need to explain to someone what supplies I need- super duper EASY.







So people, get organized. This little task took about ten minutes of my life. And I'm so happy to say that it's going to save me soooo much stress over the pain of running low on supplies. Let me know how it goes for you. Remember my fellow Type 1-ers, if I can do it, so can you.