Carrying Syringes on Planes
W. Baker
terrorist attempt on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit? The guy mixed a
powder stapped to his leg with a liquid in a syringe he was carrying.
Althugh it doesn't apply to me, a non-insulin dependent type2, what is
likely to happen to the ability to carry syringes or even insulin pens
onto airplanes once they get new regulations?
Wendy
Julie Bove
"W. Baker" <wba...@panix.com> wrote in message
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This is one reason why I have not been at all tempted to travel, especially
on a plane. It would be hard enough to take all of my meds and supplements
with me. I don't even want to think about the insulin and syringes.
Rav1ng rabbit
> supplies which include much larger syringes than the ones used for
> daily injections, plus the ones used for daily injections in case of
> an emergency.
In the worst case a security official can ask you for a doctor's letter,
but it never happened to me.
OT: I was once stopped at the German border because my car was pulling a
trailer with a glider, so I went to the next checkpoint 20 km further
where they simply waived me through.
Q
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Rav1ng rabbit
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:35:58 +0100, Rav1ng rabbit <rab...@dot.com>
> wrote:
>
>> OT: I was once stopped at the German border because my car was pulling a
>> trailer with a glider, so I went to the next checkpoint 20 km further
>> where they simply waived me through.
>>
>> Q
>
> the first called ahead to stop you.
>
But apparently they were not that smart. We had a great holiday in
Germany with the glider club, all other trailers were simply able to
pass the border and return after three weeks.
Julie Bove
"M�ck��" <I...@OneWithTheGoddesss.org> wrote in message
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> supplies which include much larger syringes than the ones used for
> daily injections, plus the ones used for daily injections in case of
> an emergency.
I didn't say they would. But I have heard that you need to travel with the
original bottles. That takes up a very large plastic tote for me!
Dave Balcom
<blueb...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
}Just guessing here, but based on past experience, I would say that
}millions of people who need syringes will now have to put them in
}checked luggage because of one idiot.
That is a scary thought considering how often airlines lose luggage.
That is why I carry my meds/syringes with me so I know where they are at
all times.
I learned my lesson several years ago when I left my meter, meds and
insulin in a bag inside my truck during a fly-in fishing trip in Canada.
I was able to watch my diet real close and was only in the low 200s when
I got my stuff at the mid-week cabin check but it was enough to make me
very careful in the future. Talk about a helpless feeling -- seeing the
plane take off and realizing your meter and insulin was 50 miles away
with no roads and no telephones.
Later,
Dave
MJH
I travel on business a LOT. You don't really need the original bottles
- I use little plastic baggies marked with each days meds, so I'd look
like a freakin' dealer if anyone thought about it. :-) But I just carry
the paperwork that Walgreen's puts with each bottle, as it has the same
info as on the bottle. Much easier to carry the papers vs. the bottles.
Never had a problem. Now I've had OTHER problems, as I must look like
someone on a watch list. I swear, I get stopped all the time and asked
for my ID. Once in the Tampa airport I swear I got stopped FIVE TIMES
between the curb and the gate. Once in New Orleans they had me against
the wall, PATTING ME DOWN.
But that's nothing compared to the guy I saw go through security with an
artificial limb. I thought TSA was going to sh&t themselves, and they
made him TAKE IT OFF. He looked pretty resigned about it, so it must be
a common experience for him.
MH