Just wondering if anyone has used a handwritten letter detailing what meds they need to carry with them for airport security?
Today my lovely GP insisted she just write me a letter so I didn't have to pay for a typewritten one. I explained that I wasn't sure whether this would suffice but she assured me it would be ok.
Just wondering if anyone has used a handwritten letter detailing what meds they need to carry with them for airport security?
Today my lovely GP insisted she just write me a letter so I didn't have to pay for a typewritten one. I explained that I wasn't sure whether this would suffice but she assured me it would be ok.
I've flown 8 times since diagnoses last year. Only problems I've had have been in France. Once I showed them the letter they stopped searching my bag.
I would always take one just incase you get a real jobsworth!
My GP don't charge but my hospital said if the GP does charge, they will issue one for free.
Never even thought about taking a letter in my 2.5yrs I've been taking insulin abroad. i just treat it like any other liquid or gel, haven't been challenged on about 50 flights in that period.
Mexico looked a bit "funny" at me for insulin & stuff. US, NZ, France, Spain all seem pretty unperturbed by it all. Sometimes you get a youngster on security who'll try and insist on my pump going through x-ray, but their colleagues soon put 'em right.