school marm
Veteran Member
Regarding diabetics and insulin: Diabetes doesn't have to be a death sentence at TEOTWAWKI. Unfortunately, most diabetics and their families assume it is and do little to nothing to prepare to live.
However, it can be done. Insulin can be a DIY project, albeit a bit more involved than most. Insulin was first made in the 1920s, where researchers had nothing more unusual than what is found in a high school chemistry lab today. Type-1 diabetic Eva Saxl and her husband DIY'ed insulin in WWII China and saved her and about 400 other diabetics in Shanghai.
Here are two links to their story.
https://www.diabeteshealth.com/evas-insulin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlOB...ature=youtu.be
And here's how to make insulin:
http://www.jbc.org/content/72/1/57.full.pdf
The link below is to an article that claims insulin can be frozen. While my husband and I are a bit skeptical about this, it's important enough to give it a try. He's going to get some cheap insulin from Walmart, freeze it for a few days, and then try it out on a weekend when he doesn't have any outside commitments.
http://www.medicalcorps.org/insulin-storage.htm
However, it can be done. Insulin can be a DIY project, albeit a bit more involved than most. Insulin was first made in the 1920s, where researchers had nothing more unusual than what is found in a high school chemistry lab today. Type-1 diabetic Eva Saxl and her husband DIY'ed insulin in WWII China and saved her and about 400 other diabetics in Shanghai.
Here are two links to their story.
https://www.diabeteshealth.com/evas-insulin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlOB...ature=youtu.be
And here's how to make insulin:
http://www.jbc.org/content/72/1/57.full.pdf
The link below is to an article that claims insulin can be frozen. While my husband and I are a bit skeptical about this, it's important enough to give it a try. He's going to get some cheap insulin from Walmart, freeze it for a few days, and then try it out on a weekend when he doesn't have any outside commitments.
http://www.medicalcorps.org/insulin-storage.htm