Prepping when ill or infirm

[Yorkshire Andy]

You think diamond lil is joking!

Time for 8 cube of concrete and some rebar mesh

[jansman]

You think diamond lil is joking!

Time for 8 cube of concrete and some rebar mesh

[Arzosah]

Love this! You'd be very after all that!

[jansman]

Our member Peter has commented about Get Home Bags for the car. They are probably more practical,often used and realistic than the legendary Bug Out Bag. If you want to comment upon that topic please use his thread.

These emergency bags are something we have found that change. Right now our life has changed dramatically,and I am in hospital a lot! About 3 months ago we had to develop another type quickly.

I had to go to the local hospital on the usual Friday afternoon for ( then) my 6 weekly chemotherapy. I had the traditional armful of chemo,then a wheelbarrow full of chemo pills,along with other medications to take at home. It was always 4 pm,and I was always last. I was always late,but this particular day it was record! Because of staff shortage I got in for my intravenous chemo at 9.30 pm! As a result I didn’t eat well,take my important anti seizure pills and I had a massive seizure. So I ended up in a hospital bed at 1 am… etc.

As a result we developed our new hospital bag. First of all,my relevant medication. Most important. Then food. Chemotherapy do offer me sandwiches etc,but not my wife. Also I have a strict diet now. So we add that to the bag. Tea and water. Water is available,but we take a bottle full each,and refill there. Tea is available,and of course hot water,but we take our favourite along with decent mugs. Far more civilised than paper cups Also a lightweight blanket if I need to sleep ,which is often. Also we put ‘jogging bottoms’ and t shirt in,along with socks and underwear. My wife does too for herself. Phones and charger,along with books.

It does the job. A new acronym: CAB. Chemotherapy Appointment Bag.

[Arzosah]

Blimey, jansman, that's a different level. Utterly crucial. Yes, medication *must* be right up there, especially once you've got more than one.

Nothing on your level, but I'll be out and about for long periods of time over Christmas, possibly one night away before a family do. It's important to take things to cope, so that I don't have to bug the host.
- paracetemol
- a few plasters
- hand cream
- loperamide
- nail clippers (my nails tear across the top, below the quick, and the loose end *needs* to be cut off. Then I use the plasters, so it doesn't draw blood).
- cough sweets. My throat gets easily irritated these days, it's not a lurgy, more a very minor dehydration when I forget to drink, but it's inconvenient for others to be around, as well as for me.
- hand sanitiser
- a few single use FFP2s. Never know where you're going to end up.

[GillyBee]

I think Jansmans CAB would also do very well as a general hospital/A&E bag. I could certainly have used the "wife" contents when we had to spend the night in A&E with Mr GB. He was carefully wrapped in a blanket in a freezing cubicle while I had to shiver. (The heating was U/S and the staff were shivering too) We had the basics for Mr GB but forgotten that I would need supplies while accompanying him.

[jansman]

I think Jansmans CAB would also do very well as a general hospital/A&E bag. I could certainly have used the "wife" contents when we had to spend the night in A&E with Mr GB. He was carefully wrapped in a blanket in a freezing cubicle while I had to shiver. (The heating was U/S and the staff were shivering too) We had the basics for Mr GB but forgotten that I would need supplies while accompanying him.

The ‘other half’ is most important.

[diamond lil]

Not on this scale but I've learned to do something similar. I've got Addisons Disease and recently it's got unstable so I've gone into near crisis a few times. It's very fast and very awful so now I've got steroids stashed all over the place In every coat pocket, in every bag, in the car, and all over the house.
Addisons is very easy to die with and I'd be seriously ratty if it happened before I've had my Hogmanay bottle that's hidden in the pantry

[jansman]

Not on this scale but I've learned to do something similar. I've got Addisons Disease and recently it's got unstable so I've gone into near crisis a few times. It's very fast and very awful so now I've got steroids stashed all over the place In every coat pocket, in every bag, in the car, and all over the house.
Addisons is very easy to die with and I'd be seriously ratty if it happened before I've had my Hogmanay bottle that's hidden in the pantry

I would consider that to be a ‘scale’ diamond lil. When you need medication and you haven’t got it,it’s serious,whatever illness you have.

We have hotel bags,get home bags and the like,but in modern and current society we get a lot older. As that happens the chance of illness gets greater. That’s where a hospital bag comes in handy.

I do hope you feel ok across Winter.

[diamond lil]

Jansman my son, I've got a bottle of Cointreau, a bottle of Chambord, and a freezer full of venison... I'll be just fine