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<blockquote data-quote="Helen46" data-source="post: 2194645" data-attributes="member: 516974"><p>I travelled a lot with my pump. You need a detailed letter listing all the diabetic related stuff with you. Take the pump off and refuse to have it scanned...they will usually direct you to an individual with more authority and you can talk to them. Walk through scanners are OK. Diabetics with pumps are now fairly common and you ought not have too much of a problem. I have been asked to hand the container with my stuff (I usually took any conceivable item needed for three weeks) to cabin staff by ground staff but when on board the plane the cabin staff asked how often I would need it and when I told them whenever I ate they told me to keep it (10 hour flight= two meals + two snacks!). If you prerequest diabetic meals it also confirms your status. Two "bad" things happened to me: one at Singapore Airport I was asked to disassemble the pump: take the battery and reservoir out so they could "wand" it and see if there were drugs inside. I did this (reluctantly) but then reassembled it while they, and everybody behind me waited, and another time a person sitting next to me in the plane kept tugging at my tubing. Unfortunately she did not speak English so it was also wrought with translation issues. After that I always booked an aisle seat and had my tubing on the aisle side but then you have to watch out for the trolley!</p><p></p><p>Some seem to think that the pressure in the aircraft has an effect on the pressure in your pump and this can interfere with the insulin delivery. I did not ever have a problem but I know someone who thinks this occurs at take off and landing and he suspends his pump during these events. Have a great time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helen46, post: 2194645, member: 516974"] I travelled a lot with my pump. You need a detailed letter listing all the diabetic related stuff with you. Take the pump off and refuse to have it scanned...they will usually direct you to an individual with more authority and you can talk to them. Walk through scanners are OK. Diabetics with pumps are now fairly common and you ought not have too much of a problem. I have been asked to hand the container with my stuff (I usually took any conceivable item needed for three weeks) to cabin staff by ground staff but when on board the plane the cabin staff asked how often I would need it and when I told them whenever I ate they told me to keep it (10 hour flight= two meals + two snacks!). If you prerequest diabetic meals it also confirms your status. Two "bad" things happened to me: one at Singapore Airport I was asked to disassemble the pump: take the battery and reservoir out so they could "wand" it and see if there were drugs inside. I did this (reluctantly) but then reassembled it while they, and everybody behind me waited, and another time a person sitting next to me in the plane kept tugging at my tubing. Unfortunately she did not speak English so it was also wrought with translation issues. After that I always booked an aisle seat and had my tubing on the aisle side but then you have to watch out for the trolley! Some seem to think that the pressure in the aircraft has an effect on the pressure in your pump and this can interfere with the insulin delivery. I did not ever have a problem but I know someone who thinks this occurs at take off and landing and he suspends his pump during these events. Have a great time. [/QUOTE]
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