[acb-diabetics] travel tips with diabetes

[Nancy Matulis]

Thanks Barb. My Levemire  I can keep at room temperature for 30 days. Thanks for the excellent reminders. This will be the first time I fly with insulin as I am going to convention!!! I can check this off of my bucket list . 

Nancy Matulis
Community Volunteer
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On Apr 12, 2012, at 8:47 PM, "Barbara Mattson" <barbieann519 at charter.net> wrote:

> For those who may be planning to go to acb's conference/convention, here's some tips drawn from the source cited.
> 
> barb mattson
> 
> Travel Tips
> from Managing Diabetes During the Holidays, 11/25/11,  National Diabetes Education Program
> Check blood sugar more often because a schedule change can affect levels. Pack more diabetes supplies than you expect to need in case of travel delays. Keep snacks, glucose gel, or tablets with you in case your sugar drops. Pack a small cooler with hard to find foods like fresh fruit, raw vegetables, & fat-free or low-fat yogurt. Bring bottles of water, dried fruit, nuts, and seeds measuring portions ahead.
> Carry your medical insurance card, your doctor's name and number, emergency phone numbers, and medical identification that says you have diabetes. Have all syringes, vials of insulin, etc. clearly marked with the pharmaceutical preprinted label that identifies the medications. Keep it in the original pharmacy labeled packaging.
> If you use insulin, pack a glucagon emergency kit. If you're flying & don't want to walk through the metal detector with your insulin pump, tell a security officer that you're wearing it and ask them to visually inspect the pump & do a full-body pat-down. Place all diabetes supplies in carry-on luggage. Keep medications & snacks at your seat. When drawing up your dose of insulin, don't inject air into the bottle because the air on your plane will probably be pressurized).
> Keep insulin cool by packing it in an insulated bag with refrigerated gel packs. (Refridgerate it once at your destination. Only the Gault House suites have refridgerators, and though you may be able to rent a refrigerator, arguing that you have diabetes won't produce one if there are no more available..)
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