Humira (AKA keeping cool part 3)

It's impossible to keep the medication cold in a place with no refrigerator. I've been regularly topping the medicube up with ice but it always seems to be above 10 degrees, usually over 20°c, when I check it in the morning, and the ice has all melted. I think I've destroyed about £1,500 of medication :(

Keeping cool part 2

Met a kazakh guy at the airport who also hadn't booked a hostel yet, and headed to the Koh San road. Found a place called the green house which looked pretty basic but had a bar and looked friendly. I had topped the medicube up with ice from the plane so I figured I could just keep doing the same with the ice from the bar.
Woke up about 6.30am as I had to empty my bag and I saw the thermometer was reading over 14 degrees. So I might have spoiled all that humira already...
I didn't book a hostel in advance because I read or heard that there is much more choice on the Khao San road than you see on the Internet. I'm now thinking that might have been a mistake and I should have booked somewhere that said it had a fridge freezer as one of the facilities.
I'll do that tomorrow

Medactiv iCool Medicube

  

My iCool Medicube arrived! It looks like it will be good for the job - it has plenty of space for at least 12 syringes, but with the added ice packs it is quite bulky - I've shown it here with a £2 coin for reference. Also it's not very easy to carry it around using the attached straps so it would be easiest to put it inside another bag.

The experiments with Coloplast Sensura Mio bags went well and they do seem to be able to last longer than the bags I previously used (Oakmed) so I will take a few of each with me to Thailand. Getting excited!!

Keeping Cool

Apart from how I am going to carry around 2 months of ileostomy supplies, one main concern is how I am going to keep 8 to 10 pens of Humira cool when traveling on the plane, between hostels etc. (is there always a refrigerator that guests can use in hostels??)

First I had a call with my IBDN a few weeks ago, she said she knew a girl who went travelling who found a really good cool bag, but wasn't able to give me any more details on where it was from, what kind etc.

So I've been looking on Amazon, and I think I've decided on one of the following three choices

iCool Prestige Medicine Travel Bag
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009PMI0AQ/
Pros: looks pretty compact
Cons: might be too small



MedActiv MediCube for transporting temperature sensitive medicine
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B010DG84TE
Pros: definitely large enough, looks pretty industrial in terms of keeping things coldest for longest
Cons: might be a bit too big, expensive


MediGenix CoolMeds 2 - 8°C Bag for transporting temperature sensitive medicine
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00XPPHOI8/
Pros: has a in built thermometer
Cons: might be too small

Also, I'm using Humira pens, maybe I should switch to the self-injections because they are smaller?

Let me know if you have any thoughts/advice!