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Jessica120714

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi,

I'm self testing- nurse says I don't need too.
Am I able to get a note to say I can take my glucose meter on holiday with me? We are travelling to Greece for our honeymoon in July.

Does anyone have any experience similar?

Thanks x
 
Jessica120714 said:
Hi,

I'm self testing- nurse says I don't need too.
Am I able to get a note to say I can take my glucose meter on holiday with me? We are travelling to Greece for our honeymoon in July.

Does anyone have any experience similar?

Thanks x
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I travel a fair bit and have never, ever had any issue with testing kit. There are several existing threads on the forum discussing this if you want further reassurance, just do a search.

Enjoy your honeymoon, and good luck in your new married life. :)
 
No problems normally. I carry my meter, and and medicine with me in hand luggage. I also take duplicates in the hold, and give another spare set to anyone travelling with me.
 
So have airports never questioned anything? Sorry for keep asking- I'm a worrier! X
 
Worse that'll happen is they may ask you to turn the meter on, and show it's a meter, not an empty case full of semtex.
 
Jessica120714 said:
So have airports never questioned anything? Sorry for keep asking- I'm a worrier! X
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No. Why would they?

The lancing device would be the only thing of interest, in my view - holding the lancet. The sharp of the lancet is so tiny, I doubt it shows up on the x-rays they use, and when we think about so many things we travel with, the meter could be an MP3 player, a small hand-held GPS receiver, a laptop mouse,....... so many things. If they asked, I would be very happy to discuss it with them.

Last time I passed through Gatwick I even had a Libre sensor firm;y attached to me. Now, I always, always have a pat-down (no idea why, but I think it may be under-wired bras), so I had a full works. They patted the Libre and just moved on. No equiry. No questions, not even a look at my face to see if I was having a little nervy flutter.

Honestly, many, many people take these through every day. Don't get in a tizzy about it would be my guidance.
 
AndBreathe said:
No. Why would they?

The lancing device would be the only thing of interest, in my view - holding the lancet. The sharp of the lancet is so tiny, I doubt it shows up on the x-rays they use, and when we think about so many things we travel with, the meter could be an MP3 player, a small hand-held GPS receiver, a laptop mouse,....... so many things. If they asked, I would be very happy to discuss it with them.

Last time I passed through Gatwick I even had a Libre sensor firm;y attached to me. Now, I always, always have a pat-down (no idea why, but I think it may be under-wired bras), so I had a full works. They patted the Libre and just moved on. No equiry. No questions, not even a look at my face to see if I was having a little nervy flutter.

Honestly, many, many people take these through every day. Don't get in a tizzy about it would be my guidance.
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i use a multiclix so you never see the needle as it is in a cassett
 
I travelled Gatwick/Dublin last weekend with my Codefree in my handbag.

Nothing happened.
 
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