Insulin is very important. I have been thinking about how important it is to those who are insulin dependent; those people need it to live. The thought that their lives depend on the supply, sitting in the fridge, bothers me. That got me thinking of ways to increase the supply without having to store it in the fridge.
Imagine yourself as a Type 1 diabetic. What if some kind of drastic crisis took place, preventing you from acquiring insulin aspart? In that moment, you realize that your life is numbered by 3 insulin vials in your fridge. You will live just as long as those 3 vials will last. Wouldn't you want to avoid that possibility? That scenario is very concerning to me.
There has got to be a way for these people to get an emergency supply and for it to last long enough outside of refrigeration. So, what if insulin aspart was in powder form? What if novolog and lantus came in that form, like the way the gluco-gun is set up?
In addition, I thought about coordinating an effort to get emergency supplies of insulin out to insulin-dependents. This endeavor would be faster than me trying to research in a lab on how to accomplish that. Right now, I'm just thinking about the initial stages. I'm sure there is a lot more to this plan than I am aware of right now, but I'm still going to try to do what I can, at this time. Talking to people about my idea, thinking about ways to go about this, and praying about it, is what I am going to do for now.
Imagine yourself as a Type 1 diabetic. What if some kind of drastic crisis took place, preventing you from acquiring insulin aspart? In that moment, you realize that your life is numbered by 3 insulin vials in your fridge. You will live just as long as those 3 vials will last. Wouldn't you want to avoid that possibility? That scenario is very concerning to me.
There has got to be a way for these people to get an emergency supply and for it to last long enough outside of refrigeration. So, what if insulin aspart was in powder form? What if novolog and lantus came in that form, like the way the gluco-gun is set up?
In addition, I thought about coordinating an effort to get emergency supplies of insulin out to insulin-dependents. This endeavor would be faster than me trying to research in a lab on how to accomplish that. Right now, I'm just thinking about the initial stages. I'm sure there is a lot more to this plan than I am aware of right now, but I'm still going to try to do what I can, at this time. Talking to people about my idea, thinking about ways to go about this, and praying about it, is what I am going to do for now.
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