Like everyone with type 1 diabetes and almost half of the people with type 2, my wife uses insulin to control her diabetes. When we vacation, we always used to make sure that our room has a refrigerator or at least had ice that we could use to keep the insulin cold, but not freezing.
Several years ago I wrote about a trip that we took to the Russian River area of Northern California. “My wife insisted that we get a kitchenette so she could refrigerate the insulin,” I wrote. “The...
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