Tuesday, August 25, 2009

What diabetes supplies to you lug around?

A while ago Lee Ann from The Butter Compartment did a vlog in which she went through her purse to show all of the medical supplies, and medical waste, that she lugs around.  Yesterday Kerri at Six Until Me did a similar vlog.  So I decided I'd put the contents of my purse on display for everyone too!

Things I learned while making this vlog:
  • The video quality of my laptop web-cam is pretty poor.  The words often don't match up to my lips.  There is also a flash of light near the beginning which seemed to make everything blurry for a while.
  • I move too fast and use my hands too much when I speak.  I can't help it, I am half Italian.  All of that fast movement doesn't help with the blurry issue.  (I did debate trying to shoot this again on my digital camera, but I couldn't deal with making another big mess.)  I apologize in advance to anyone who gets motion sickness while watching my vlog.
  • I need to learn how to put the fancy lettering on the vlogs so I can show people's web addresses when I talk about them.
  • When I'm nervous, I tend to over-state the obvious.  And babble.  And incorrectly identify things.
  • I need to learn to hold things up higher if I expect the camera to see them.
  • I carry enough candy in my bag to treat lows for the whole D-OC.
  • I can't tell a dime from a nickel.
  • Travel cups will crack me up.
  • I'm forgetful in front of the camera.  I meant to shake my empty bag and see how many old test strips would fall out.  It didn't happen.  Maybe that's a project for a future vlog!

Too scared to watch it? No? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you!!

13 comments:

  1. Love it. Thanks for sharing Karen! I need to do this too....working on it. I carry enough low supplies for a platoon.....

    wv: curings.
    Why yes please. Thanks.

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  2. Karen, I had no idea! Thank you for sharing what you have to carry. I agree that one can never have overly moisturized lips or enough Smarties.

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  3. Love Smarties! And I compartmentalize my bag by what's important and where it goes--zippered items are always VIP. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Holy crap that's a lot of candy! I feel like if I ever do have dinner with you, it's just going to consist of a giant bowl of Smarties. But maybe with the extra space on the dinner table, we can play that football/hockey/whatever it is game with the 3 nickels.

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  5. That's amazing! I too had no idea what one needs to carry.

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  6. We have the same meter!!!
    God, we really do deserve extra carry-on while flying!
    kelly k

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  7. I'm not sure if it was you cracking up about travel cup or the travel cup in general but I was cracking up at that part!! hahah just laughed thinking about it!

    also.. you are way more prepared than I am! I just did the same post tonight, and I wish I could say I had as much on hand as you did!! I have to carry glucose tabs because if I carry candy I will just eat it and bolus for it. :) especially smarties, sprees and sweedish fish. yummm

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  8. The matrix thing was super gnarly! All you needed was some sweet action music!

    Love the vlog (even if you broke the string of "Scott"). :-)

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  9. Wowo, now I feel so much better about all the stuff I carry. I have downsized a bit lately but it is still stuffed to the gills!

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  10. You have an excellent blog, Lora! We'd like to share it with our readers. I just emailed you and hope to talk soon.

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  11. Sorry to get your name wrong, Karen! Apologies!

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  12. Hi Karen,
    Inspired by you and Kerri and Leanne, I have done my own "diabetic handbag" vlog. I'd love to know what you think!

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  13. Nice blog! There are very few blogs like you, which are so useful and very informative. I like your text. I have a blog on my medical supplies business and came across your blog while researching over Internet.

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