Out of the House and Out of Insulin?

     I was taught this survival tip that has helped me out more than once. It makes sense, but perhaps someone else hasn't thought about it.

The situation: your pump just clicked the final unit of insulin into you, and you don't have more nearby to refill.

     Well, don't worry: you are not all out of insulin! There is still a good 5 units or so left in the pump tubing (depending on tubing length). All you have to do is disconnect the tubing from the reservoir, and fill the reservoir with air. Either hold it or the pump (if you've put it back into the pump) vertical so the air sits at the top, and push the air down into the tubing, forcing the air to displace the leftover tube insulin into you.

     Hopefully it will be enough to hold you over until you can actually get some more insulin. But this should soften the blow of an extended length of time away from your supplies.