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Changing insulins during a disaster
Nothing is more frightening to a person with diabetes than to be separated from their essential medications and supplies. Natural disasters like Hurricanes and Earthquakes underscore the fragility of life. Upheavals like these compel us to problem-solve like never before. As persons with diabetes we may be forced to use other types of insulin when our supplies are lost or damaged. My brilliant colleague Matthew Stephen asked me right after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas if the