Diabetic Recipes
I must admit -- with a bit of a blush -- that I'm very irresponsible when it comes to disposing of sharps and used pump supplies.
There was a time when I put every sharp in a medical waste container and The Mr. would dispose of it at the hospital for me. That was mostly pre-diabetes, though. That's when I was taking shots of blood thinners when I was pregnant.
For some reason, it became easier to drop the insulin needles in the bathroom trashcan than to find a sharps container. I frequently put "Get Sharps Container" on my to-do list, but it never got done. I never seemed as worried about the lancets, although I think they are still considered sharps.
In our new neighborhood, the city offers a free recycling program. And, get this, you don't have to sort anything! Just put all your recyclables in a big trashcan and the city picks it up once a week.
There was a note in the information about the city services about sharps containers. Of course, you can't recycle those, but I believe the note was about proper disposal of sharps. We've been here a month and I'm still throwing my lancets (there haven't been that many!) and spent pump supplies straight in the trash.
As I took the recycling can to the curb this evening, I put a note on my mental to-do list to get a sharps container. If I'm taking the time to recycle, I should take the time to get rid of my sharps in the right way.
I don't know about pump supplies, but I put my used lancets in a Gladware container and tape and mark it when I put it in the trash. It may not be as good as a "real" sharps container, but I feel virtuous.
When I was dx'd, my mother used a coffee can or bleach bottle to store my used supplies, taping it up with duct tape when it was full and either throwing it out or bringing it to the hospital for disposal.
These days, now that I'm managing the D on my own, I use a sharps container at work and the ol' coffee can routine at home. Once the containers are full, I will bring them to the local hospital, as they have a program for disposal. But as far as pump stuff goes, I only put the needle part in the sharps container. Used tubing and reservoirs end up in the garbage.
We use a small water bottle. It fits great in our daughter's emergency kit, and we'll mark and tape it when it is full.
Similar to Kerri's coffee can, we always used a gallon milk jug. :-)
i am currently using insulent but i know what u mean and i hate ait