Bake Rate = Skunky Insulin

Webster's Dictionary

Main Entry: skunky

Pronunciation: \ˈskəŋ-kē\

Function: adjective

Funky, rancid smell . A product (usually beer) that has gone bad is "skunky"

Webster's Dictionary

Main Entry: in·su·lin

Pronunciation: \ˈin(t)-s(ə-)lən\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin insula islet (of Langerhans), from Latin, island

Date: 1914

: a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and the regulation of glucose levels in the blood and that when insufficiently produced results in diabetes mellitus

Kelly's Brain

Main Entry: Insulin Bake Rate

Function: Descriptive Adjective, verb,

Insulin Bake Rate : The temperature at which the insulin in your pump "gets cooked well past it's prime and or suggested temp" and becomes skunky insulin causing your blood sugars to sky rocket and you feel like crap. Skunky insulin must be thrown out.

Used in a sentence: "My insulin has gone well past its BAKE RATE" at the beach, and now it's all 'skunky" and I have to throw out my reservoir & refill- DAMN IT!"

It's the 3rd day of temps in the 80's/90's - and my body has not adjusted as of yet.

But, the sudden rise in temps is a heads-up for me not fill up my insulin reservoir because of bake rate/skunky insulin issues.

Why?? Because when the temps rise, not only does your body temp rise, but so does the temperature of things on or attached to your body.

And I've learned the hard way that it's best to have your insulin reservoir and change it more frequently, than to have your insulin go bad ( and your blood sugars go stratospheric) and have to throw out a reservoir with a 100 units left.

Baking is a fun and carb filled activity- but it sucks when it happens to your insulin~