Diabetes in the Rainforest

[Chris]

If you have access to a freezer, this might work. Even if you don’t the thermos would be my first choice , since it won’t heat up easily. Simple, easy, and no threat of your insulin freezing.

Keeping insulin cool when traveling: wide thermos

My T1D son and wife are getting ready to spend 2 weeks on the west coast of Costa Rica, in a place where temperature frequently reaches 100F and humidity often hits 90%+. I have been experimenting with different ways to keep insulin cool with as little risk as possible. My latest experiment is the best one, and, I think, a winner. This is what I get after leaving it exposed outside in WI heat for 24 hours (yesterday was mid-80s in shade): [KleanKanteenExpTempP2017-07-30] Here is the experimen…