Diabetes bag.
It contains the lifeline for diabetes. In as much as those with diabetes would like it smaller, more ‘hide-able’–it has become part of our terminology as much as anything else. It started as the diabetes supply bag; it became your diabetes bag, and after a certain amount of time it became known as just ‘the bag’.
You know; “Do you have the bag?”
“Where’s the bag?”
“Do not forget the bag”.
The bag.
Did you ever think that such a word would become such an important part of your life. Did you ever think that such a word would represent so much that gets taken every where. It does not just get taken ‘out’, it gets taken EVERYWHERE.
Trips, run to the store, a walk around the park, or even skydiving from an airplane—we go nowehere without ‘THE BAG’.
Insulated, supplies, insulin, back-up, alcohol swabs….all are contained in ‘the bag’.
We should think of a really cool name for ‘the bag’; don’t you think? It just seems that something so important deserves a bigger, better, and cooler title, don;t you think? So if you have any ideas, I’m open to them.
I have to go take the kids out to a friends, have a great day as I need to jump in the car and go; but not without THE bag.
I am a diabetes dad.
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Amy Wallquist says:
My son’s is the kit.
Lisa says:
mine is “the survival kit”. I have a simple one that looks like a large wallet from the outside. It’s only when you unzip it that you see all the goodies inside.
Elaine says:
The kit. Agree a better name is needed.
Michelle says:
We call it the D bag. “Do you have your D bag”?
Erin says:
We call it the “go bag” since we always have it on the go!
Carris says:
We have a Animas Ping so we say Do you have your Ping-a-ling? Which is in the bag!!
Heather says:
Son left his “D Bag” at school. I’ll give him a break, it’s the first day. We walked back to get it and he asked the secretary and his teacher where his “D Bag” is. That’s it’s name, “D Bag”.
diabetesdad says:
and there you go!
Thanks for writing.
Kim says:
DS calls his “the murse” as in “man-purse”. We use a small hard sided camera bag for his stuff.