So I'm totally new to this forum deal- took me the better part of 2 hours to find where you post a thread and I may not be able to ever find it again so I'll try to get all the good stuff in:
As the title says I want to get a thru hike in at some point during my life, the sooner the better. Also, as it says, I'm a type 1. I've been dealing with diabetes since it's 15 (23 now), and I've always kept my bs where it needs to be, at least as well as you can.
I've always wanted to hike it, even since I was a little kid with a functioning pancreas, haha. But I never really had much of a chance for it. I can't really say that I necessarily have a chance now, but I feel that if I don't just do it I'll miss it forever and I don't want to risk that. What I think will happen is I'll end up taking the trip starting early(ish) March, 2017.
My big question is what's the best way to deal with insulin? I'm on Novalog and Lantus, Novalog should be boiled, but Lantus actually needs to stay cold. I want to do this while carrying as little weight as possible, obviously.
I've heard of people keeping small stuff cool by carrying a thermos with ice packs, seems like a decent idea but I wouldn't want to risk said ice packs melting.
Any ideas and advice welcomed.
Thanks dudes,
Sam