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I see where you’re coming from, but I use more than one fast acting and slow acting vial per month. Your mileage may vary depending on many factors as do mine.

But in the long term I am subject to replenishing my stash periodically based on my known usage. If the looters clean out WalMart and a black market for insulin does not develop, I am most likely doomed. Even so, I will have to accept whatever happens under the circumstances.

I’ve thought about this extensively and done research into post-type 1 diabetes diets before the discovery of insulin in the 1920s.

If there were to be a black out/TEOTWAWKI event, insulin would become very very precious, but only to Type 1’s, because frankly Type 2’s would either be unsaveable (bed-ridden, kidney problems, etc.) or they would quickly thin out with all the new activity and lack of food resources.

For type 1’s, the type of insulin wouldn’t be so important as availability of it and needles. ALSO TESTERS AND STRIPS.

The real issue would be keeping oneself under 300 or so without being away from resources when you do shoot up and then going hypo. Thus, long acting L would probably be a better bet as you could probably survive the hypo and also safely reduce levels under 300. Also, L already had preservatives, so it would keep much longer than R and 70/30. Also, you’d need a tester ($15) and strips ($20 for 100) from Wal-Mart, and you’d probably only need to test every other day in an end-times situation, as all the walking around is probably going to drop levels even with a slight amount of L.

As a type 1, you’d lose quite a bit of fat and muscle (as would everyone else) so insulin use would be greatly reduced. The only upside would be that needles would be somewhat available.