#lantu

[rockabyerobin]

Doodle page of my oc Lantu

[arionawrites]

actually wait i can just make a post about this lmao

diabetics who may struggle to get the insulin they need, read below the cut 👇

hi! i’m ariona and i’m a type one diabetic and have been since i was 14! i struggled a lot to get the insulin i needed for a long time, but now, closing in on a decade since my diagnosis (nine years in february!) i and my fellow diabetic family members (an aunt and two cousins) have become fortunate enough to wind up in a place in life where we altogether have a LOT of extra insulin, thanks to being lucky enough to have decent insurance either through our state (washington) or through our jobs, and also thanks to my badass endocrinologist who is ALSO t1d who writes my prescriptions specifically to get me as much insulin as my insurance will allow every month.

basically: we have a lot of insulin, more than what we need for an emergency backup stock, and we’re at a point where we’re worried that it might start to expire before it can be used and have been looking into places we could take it to help people who need it more than we do, that way this literal life saving hormone can help keep people alive.

we have:

mostly novolog (mostly vials, but i believe some pens as well)

humalog (not much, but some)

some lantus pens

i currently take fiasp but have no negative reactions to novolog or humalog, so i can use either of them in place of fiasp as well

my insulin gets delivered so we have easy access to like little coolers and ice packs that can be used to ship insulin, and i’m not super well off financially but i will happily pay shipping if i can afford it to send this insulin to anyone who needs it!

i don’t want money, i don’t want anything in return. when i was first diagnosed we struggled a LOT with getting the insulin i needed, especially since i struggle badly with insulin resistance and it took a few years before i was being given the amount i needed to not constantly battle super high blood sugar, and thankfully i had a pharmacist at the time who was willing to bend the rules for us in order to save me multiple hospital trips, and now that i’m in a place capable of doing the same for others, i want to

my dm’s are open, my ask box is open, if anyone is in need of insulin or even just wants to take a couple vials for backups just in case, please reach out!!

EDITING TO ADD:

we also have extra supplies in general! i used to have a medtronic pump and have a lot of extra supplies from that, and we have a shit ton of syringes and stuff. idk how shipping syringes would work ?? but i can look into it and see what we can do!! basically if you need something, there’s a chance we have it, so reach out!! if we don’t have it then i can also do some research to see if there’s anywhere i can point you to instead to help you out!!

[smilesrobotlover]

So insurance is a huge pain and it has been keeping me from getting my glucose monitor and my insulin pump so I’ve been doing diabetes care the old fashioned way which is…. So annoying, but I had to get a new meter because the one I brought to college with me for emergencies just like this for some reason doesn’t work cuz the strips aren’t going in, and look at absolutely tiny this mf is

[ask-sibverse]

Inspired by this post, but with the insulins I grew up on and flowers that I associate with having a chronic illness (more discussion under the cut)

So the flowers are blue star (strength, resilience, patience) and cactus flower (endurance.) In all honesty I wouldn't be alive right now without unwavering patience and perseverance. (That's why I personally put T1D reader as having either a cyan or purple SOUL, or both.)

I was diagnosed back in August of 1999, before I was even two years old. Some of my earliest childhood memories is not being allowed to have treats brought in for the class (eventually changed) and learning how to do my own shots. Im on Tresiba and Novolog now because I'm having issues getting insurance to cover pump supplies, but Humalog and Lantus was what I took until I got a pump in 2007-2008 at nine years old. I remember so many changes and innovations in my life- insulin pumps, CGMs, heck even insulin pens were a huge change. Different insulins, better blood glucose meters, not to sound like a diabetic boomer but new diabetics have so many options now than when I was tiny. (Now if only we can get better access to at least Medicaid for everyone... Or taxpayer funded healthcare for everyone ideally)

[chikorra]

Lantu Princess

[annieisyourfavourite]

i switched from the pump back to syringes yesterday and my endo didn't give me any instructions or anything. and i've been high since, but i'm like 400 now and i don't know why 😭

[fooltofancy]

figuring out an injection schedule through clenched teeth and a haze of tears 'cause if my body's gonna fuck something up it's gonna do it at the least okay time possible

[robug-lyon]

Two wasps who definitely aren't normal wasps, but also aren't of this world either…what could they be upto?

[keyrousse]

I'm getting better at jabbing my old cat with insulin twice a day.

The trick is to do it fast and as a surprise. Find the cat (usually lying on the heated floor tiles in the bathroom), do a little tent with her skin, jab with the teeny tiny needle of the pen at the base of that tent, push the button on the pen, hold for a few seconds, then run.

(she has a lot to say, but prefers to try to go away than attack me. Of the two cats I'm glad she's the one getting the medication, because with Balbina it's damn hard to use a dewormer on her skin, not to mention give her a jab of anything. She runs away at the tiniest suspicion someone's trying to grab her. I can't use two hands on her. Except patting her butt. Sometimes.)

[radiant-fanon-maker]

Day 1 of drawing canon diabetic characters!

Captain Lantus

The child hero that saved a entire town of Type 1 Diabetics

@type1diabetesinfandom Decided to do it on this blog, hope you don't mind.

[frumdyke]

just did what will hopefully be my last ever long acting insulin injection yippeeee. those are the ones that hurt the most im so glad im done

[rockabyerobin]

My beloved oc, Lantu! He is a silly busybody of a rabbit who works as a informant and uses his rabbit form to sneak into places to eavesdrop ur personal convos <3 I grinded really hard to finish these refs and I'm really proud because this is my very first fully digital artwork from plan > sketch > lines > colour > render! Before I used to rely on my scanned traditional sketches as a base to colour hehe

[diabetesnscoliosis]

Novo nordisk return to Lantus. Please. Optisulin is fucking F tier

[zackfairmutual]

i have to be at the bmv in the morning but that isn't enough to get me to fix my sleep schedule I guess

[teslajesus]

[chikorra]

Lantu Princess