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66Mustang
66Mustang Community member Posts: 13,706 Disability Gamechanger
Not made a thread for a while just thought I'd randomly ask what peoples "EDC", as people like to call it today, is.

I never go out without...

Glasses
Phone
Wallet - even though there is rarely anything in it. :blush:
Keys
Also 9 times out of 10 I bring my trusty Swiss army knife if just walking the dog or something but I don't take this if I'm going somewhere busy like hospital or a restaurant.

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  • Ada
    Ada Scope Member Posts: 14,540 Disability Gamechanger
    edited February 7
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    I only take out with me. 
     1/ my dog
      2/ dog poo bags 
      3/  juice encase sugars drop 
      4/  my walker. 
      5/. Personnel alarm 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 50,857 Disability Gamechanger
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    I take my phone unless I'm going local 
    Purse
    Coat
    Handbag unless local. 
    Anxiety unless I can leave that home. 
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,054 Scope online community team
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    It very much depends if I’m going alone or taking the kids out. If it's just me, I tend to take my door keys, car keys and wallet which contains some loyalty cards that I never use, as well as my debit card and my driving license.

    If I'm taking one or all of the kids with me, it might be quicker to type what I don't end up having to bring!
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  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 2,705 Scope online community team
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    My glasses never leave my face except when sleeping and showering basically. I can't see too great without them.

    Keys
    Phone
    I no longer have a wallet! Everything is on my phone now really.
    10+ receipts in my jacket pocket that I always forget to clean out
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    They/Them, however they are no wrong pronouns with me so whatever you feel most comfortable with
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  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community member Posts: 13,706 Disability Gamechanger
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    @Sandy_123 good one about the anxiety, I always take that, wish I could leave it at home as well, or even better take it out and dump it and then not have it at home either.

    @Jimm_Scope I should really use my glasses all the time as well, I can see reading distance fine but I am not too good seeing distances, to the point that without my glasses, if I was ever able to go out without someone with me, I would not be comfortable crossing a road or something.
  • Marydoll5
    Marydoll5 Community member Posts: 290 Pioneering
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    I take my phone, keys, rollator, hooded coat or cardigan and rapilose gel in case my partners blood sugar goes low
  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 11,673 Disability Gamechanger
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    Phone/wallet/
    never take keys as I've lost too many so SM takes them and of course always SM as I cant go out alone
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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community member Posts: 1,603 Pioneering
    edited February 10
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    I always take my wheelchair (for obvious reasons)
    I generally take my wife (same reason as above)
    I sometimes take my phone - but the length of cable limits how far I can go......
    I tend to forget my wallet and keys - the  wife deals with those !
    I always forget my memory
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 4,322 Scope online community team
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    If I do ever leave the house, I'm always armed with;

    Phone. 
    Keys.
    Lighter. 
    Cash card. I don't use a wallet any more, I kept losing them.
    Earbuds/Loops earplugs.  To help with any possible sensory issues.
    Painkillers, just in case.  
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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 2,280 Scope online community team
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    Unless it's a super small trip out, my list would be:
    Phone (with my bank card attached)
    Keys
    Pack of tissues
    Snacks 
    Bottle of water
    And a little bag of medications
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,549 Disability Gamechanger
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    Phone 
    Keys 
    Handbag 
    Tissues 
    Painkillers 
    Purse .
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,912 Disability Gamechanger
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    In my bag I have:
    - Phone
    - Purse
    - Keys
    - Stoma Supplies
    - Medications
    - Tissues
    - Hand Sanitiser
    - A Book
    - Little bag with cosmetic bits in
    - Headphones
    - Bottle of water

    And my bag goes everywhere with me.
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  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Community member Posts: 507 Pioneering
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    Phone, the wallet of which contains bank card, cash, driving licence, bus pass, photos of my parents. Keys, wheelchair, waterproof control cover & a couple of little pots of erythritol sweetener. Crutches, dependent on where I'm going.

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