I can open a diabetes museum with the things that I found in it. I don't even know if some of these companies that manufacture these products are still around. Seems like Medtronic's become a very large player in the market.

This is some of the stuff that I found in that crummy ol' drawer.

This was my very first meter. This has become so outdated because it only tells you your blood glucose reading and doesn't indicate the time and the date. Love my current meter by the way. Used to hate how this meter had a really slow way and ineffective way of reviewing past BSLs. There aren't even buttons on it to press. No buttons = obsolete meter. The strips expired in like 2005!

I thought I'd thrown away all my syringes because they expired after a while when I stopped using them. But I found the sole survivor after all these years. Gosh. I haven't used syringes in like at least 6 years. Seeing this thing again made me feel a little nostalgic. I remember the first and the last time Mom ever gave me a shot at the hospital because she bruised me. B-D doesn't even sell alcohol swabs in this colour now. They still look pretty much the same, but they're orange in colour now. My Novopen that I used to carry around. I had two in my lifetime and this one's pretty new. I really don't know what to do with it now especially since I don't have a reason to use it anymore. This thing used to accompany me to the toilet when I needed to take my shots. Thank goodness that nightmare's over.

This pen was used to dispense Glargine. For so much more that I was paying for than my insulatard-actrapid mix, it reaped horrible results. I guess it could work for other people, but didn't work for the type of person that I am and my lifestyle. I think this company's ripped me off the most so far. Horrible.


Goodness. Who could forget my 2 little bottles? I brought these to Australia with me when I was 11 to keep my Insulatard and Actrapid safe. It's just plastic bottles, but they ensured that the bottles didn't break and prevent them from getting frozen in the cooler.

I haven't kept a log book for a long time. I found this really old log book from 2001 and there were like 4 pens in there. I think they often got lost in the mess of things in that drawer that's why I needed to keep finding new pens. Cracks me up.

It's been a nice trip down memory lane. I'm even more thankful now for the technology that's given me better control.