Posted: 12/28/2008 12:34:15 PM EDT
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I take up to 4 shots a day. I get tired of filling up a biohazard container with needles every couple weeks and then driving it to the medical waste company 15 miles away for disposal..
What do you insulin users do? |
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I take up to 4 shots a day. I get tired of filling up a biohazard container with needles every couple weeks and then driving it to the medical waste company 15 miles away for disposal.. What do you insulin users do? You could get something like this. http://www.instazap.com/# |
Just give them to your local neighborhood junkies. 
Seriously, any medical facility should be able to take them. Any hospital or clinic. Or when you go to get a new sharps container, where you get it, you might be able to drop the old one off. Just don't leave the container in the playground lot of the local kindergarten. That would be rather unpopular. 
CJ |
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Little bit of a hijack but. I used syringes for 20 years then I went to a new Endo and she told me to look at the pens. Once I started it was the est thing since sliced bread. Easier, more discreet, smaller and less waste. Using the pen the needle tips take up 1/4 the space in a sharps container. I use the 40lb cat litter buckets for a sharps and with the pens it takes 1.5 years to fill up.
I have several buckets in the basement with sharps. I am also looking for disposal and won't put them in the trash. |
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The Eco Station that is relatively close to me takes used sharps.
I throw em in big ol' dishwasher detergent pales, and other things and haul em off there usually. It used to be so easy, we could take them to the Pharmacy and they would send em off to be incinerated, but they changed the rules so that you have to use these retarded little boxes that can fit like 6 needles in 
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| Totally OT........BUT.........What happens if like Zombies attack? Can a diabetic survive long without insulin? Can you find a substitute in Nature? I only ask becuase i also take a med. If i stopped taking it i wouldn't die but my life would probably end 15-20 years after i stopped taking it. So im always thinking of storing some up. Self life is a problem though. Just a crazy idea i had while reading this thread. |
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I take up to 4 shots a day. I get tired of filling up a biohazard container with needles every couple weeks and then driving it to the medical waste company 15 miles away for disposal.. What do you insulin users do? My mom has a 2 liter plastic pop bottle she uses. When it's full she takes it to her place of employment(retirement/assisted living village) for disposal. |
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Totally OT........BUT.........What happens if like Zombies attack? Can a diabetic survive long without insulin? Can you find a substitute in Nature? I only ask becuase i also take a med. If i stopped taking it i wouldn't die but my life would probably end 15-20 years after i stopped taking it. So im always thinking of storing some up. Self life is a problem though. Just a crazy idea i had while reading this thread. You should read the book, Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. |
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Totally OT........BUT.........What happens if like Zombies attack? Can a diabetic survive long without insulin? Can you find a substitute in Nature? I only ask becuase i also take a med. If i stopped taking it i wouldn't die but my life would probably end 15-20 years after i stopped taking it. So im always thinking of storing some up. Self life is a problem though. Just a crazy idea i had while reading this thread. Lots of factors. Since Insulin is a protein, it doesn't last forever, even in the fridge. Maybe 6 months.... who knows if you had the proper equipment maybe a year, but I doubt it. You can stockpile it a bit, but if the power goes out your SOL... Without insulin a type-1 Diabetic would last... maybe 2 or 3 days tops, and that's if you sat around doing nothing all day. Running away from zombies? you would die of severe ketoacedosis (spl?) within a day probably. |
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Quoted: Without insulin a type-1 Diabetic would last... maybe 2 or 3 days tops, and that's if you sat around doing nothing all day. That's probably a bit negative. I was undiagnosed for roughly 4-5 months without treatment of any sort, and that included possibly one of the most carb-filled diets you could have. |
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Hospitals and medical facilities probably won't take them since they have to pay for disposal (either out source it or dispose in house, either way it costs them).
The firehouse suggestion sounds good, might want to try it. The empty bottle of Tide is a good idea, might or might not be legal - if you care look into it. I'm sure there are ways to get ride of this stuff within legal means. |
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Insulin PUMP, brutha! MDI is for diabetics that LIKE misery!
Dispose of filled sharps containers with the county health department, they will in turn give you a new container free. Also, check out http://www.diabetesforums.com/ The forums are good places to find freebies and such for diabetics as well as other stuff. Be warned, LOTS of diabetic crybabies there that just make you want to reach out and slap someone. |
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Totally OT........BUT.........What happens if like Zombies attack? Can a diabetic survive long without insulin? Can you find a substitute in Nature? I only ask becuase i also take a med. If i stopped taking it i wouldn't die but my life would probably end 15-20 years after i stopped taking it. So im always thinking of storing some up. Self life is a problem though. Just a crazy idea i had while reading this thread. Lots of factors. Since Insulin is a protein, it doesn't last forever, even in the fridge. Maybe 6 months.... who knows if you had the proper equipment maybe a year, but I doubt it. You can stockpile it a bit, but if the power goes out your SOL... Without insulin a type-1 Diabetic would last... maybe 2 or 3 days tops, and that's if you sat around doing nothing all day. Running away from zombies? you would die of severe ketoacedosis (spl?) within a day probably. Please refrain from giving false or way exaggerated medical information... |
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Can't say for other states but in FL, you can drop your sharps off at any firestation or ambulance station and they will even give you a replacement sharps container free of charge. Might check with your local doc or dentist office as well. Not true. Some, yes...many, no. |
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Quoted: Insulin PUMP, brutha! MDI is for diabetics that LIKE misery! My doc is pushing me hard to go to the pump, but I'm about to start the JBT academy and I'm not really sold on having a little electrical thingie attached to my skin while I'm doing all the shit I'll be doing there. I think afterwards, I'll give it a shot. |