Preparedness for Diabetics

I am 70 years old and a type 2 diabetic. With the health care and

insurance regulations I can only stockpile a maximum of 90 days of

medications. If I plan on cutting all my medications in half that

leaves me at most 180 days of survival. With no other family to plan

for why should I try to stockpile other supplies for longer survival?

-Jim

Hello Jim, sorry to hear that.

There are a few things you can do though. Fist, I found this link to be worth the read, written bit a diabetic prepprer.

www.survivalsullivan.com/prepping-as-a-diabetic/

Try to stay as healthy as possible, eating well and exercising. Eating more of a plant based diet, avoiding junk food and sticking to quality sources of protein, no smoking and no drinking, that and doing cardiovascular workout at least for 45 minutes, 3 times a week (go for an hour if you can) will greatly improve your overall health and immune system. I know you already know all of this but man, I have to remind it to myself as well!

I’m no athlete and the idea of going to the gym alone bores me to death. So I just got one of these:

Schwinn Compact Elliptical Machine

Any mid-price elliptic a trainer allows you to climb on it and work on your cardio without leaving your house. Don’t get the cheapest model, get something solid with a reasonable flywheel weight, say 12kg.

What I do is find some TV series to get hooked on and watch it while I work out. Try Vikings on Amazon prime if you haven’t seen it already.

Other than that, the precautions we’ve gone through here as well. Wear a quality mask (not some political statement cloth mask, but a real mask) use gloves for shopping or use hand sanitizer after touching things in stores.

You may try asking your doctor for additional medicine given the situation.

As of why bother with anything else given your medication limit, well, it would suck to somehow come across more medication and be lacking a number of others things you could have prepared for.

Best of luck!

FerFAL

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