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<blockquote data-quote="Celsus" data-source="post: 1803211" data-attributes="member: 185674"><p>Trust me, most airports see hundreds if not thousands of passengers with external medical devices every single day.</p><p>Among others they are people with e.g. bone growth stimulators, spinal cord stimulators, neurostimulators, a port, a feeding tube, ostomy or other life-critical medical devices attached to your body much like our insulin pump or even more 'hard wired', and where it is located before the screening process begins. Ideally you should provide the security officer with the TSA/Device notification card or other medical documentation to describe your condition.</p><p></p><p>And also the device companies all provide the same guidance in this area, as does Medtronic with their pumps, which is aligned and in agreement with the security protocols in place for international travel in 'the western world'. Luckily most other places in the world follow these also... So for the screening they say submit the device for X-ray screening if you can safely disconnect. Consult with the manufacturer of the device to determine whether it can pass through the X-ray, metal detector or advanced imaging technology for screening and act accordingly. If you cannot disconnect from the device, it may require additional screening and those in sensitive areas are subject to careful and gentle inspection in separate location in the airport security area.</p><p></p><p>For diabetic and/or pumper newbies I understand some may take this as a challenge, but thought after a short period of getting familiar with your new friend in life, then I thought disconnecting and connecting again the pump was both an easy and rapid routine, much like taking on a pair of new socks every day? Sorry, I don't want to diminish the trouble of being diabetic at all, but just wanted to highlight that IMHO then handling all our technical gadgets, taking multiple injections every day, taking blood tests 5-8 times a day is not really that difficult in itself. I thought that handling your pump was of similar routine or are all the smiling faces in all their colorful pump-adds all fake? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celsus, post: 1803211, member: 185674"] Trust me, most airports see hundreds if not thousands of passengers with external medical devices every single day. Among others they are people with e.g. bone growth stimulators, spinal cord stimulators, neurostimulators, a port, a feeding tube, ostomy or other life-critical medical devices attached to your body much like our insulin pump or even more 'hard wired', and where it is located before the screening process begins. Ideally you should provide the security officer with the TSA/Device notification card or other medical documentation to describe your condition. And also the device companies all provide the same guidance in this area, as does Medtronic with their pumps, which is aligned and in agreement with the security protocols in place for international travel in 'the western world'. Luckily most other places in the world follow these also... So for the screening they say submit the device for X-ray screening if you can safely disconnect. Consult with the manufacturer of the device to determine whether it can pass through the X-ray, metal detector or advanced imaging technology for screening and act accordingly. If you cannot disconnect from the device, it may require additional screening and those in sensitive areas are subject to careful and gentle inspection in separate location in the airport security area. For diabetic and/or pumper newbies I understand some may take this as a challenge, but thought after a short period of getting familiar with your new friend in life, then I thought disconnecting and connecting again the pump was both an easy and rapid routine, much like taking on a pair of new socks every day? Sorry, I don't want to diminish the trouble of being diabetic at all, but just wanted to highlight that IMHO then handling all our technical gadgets, taking multiple injections every day, taking blood tests 5-8 times a day is not really that difficult in itself. I thought that handling your pump was of similar routine or are all the smiling faces in all their colorful pump-adds all fake? :) [/QUOTE]
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