[Diabetes-talk] Advise about checking your blood sugar andgivinginjections on airlines

[cheryl echevarria]

yes but security is getting tighter, per the FAA and TSA if you need to take 
an injectible medication you need to bring a note from the doctor and inform 
the flight attendants of this, or you can have issues. I am only passing 
along what has been informed by the government.

Don't shoot the messenger.



Cheryl Echevarria
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Milton Ota" <mota at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Advise about checking your blood sugar 
andgivinginjections on airlines


> I've been a diabetic for now over 25 years and been giving myself shots 
> for
> about 10 years now and travelling to convention by air, there is no choice
> but to give yourself an insulin shot while in flight especially on long
> flights from Hawaii to the central and eastern states for convention.
>
> I travel with my wife and I sit usually on the inside seat so when I give
> myself a shot it really doesn't bother the passenger sitting in the seat
> beside me.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:47 PM
> To: diabetes-talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Advise about checking your blood sugar and
> givinginjections on airlines
>
> Because of the safety issues surrounding us these days with the airlines. 
> I
> would recommend check prior to boarding in the ladies room or men rooms do
> not do it on the plane right next to a stranger.
>
> For one thing if for some reason unless you are flying from California to 
> NY
>
> non-stop or overseas do not do it in your regular seat on the plane.  For
> one the person that you sit next may not like the sight of blood, you can
> contaminate someone even if you don't have aids or some other disease. 
> And
> the other, the flight crew wont let you do it, unless you tell them prior 
> to
>
> boarding you are diabetic and then still they may not allow you to take
> insulin thinking it is something else.  If you have to do it, go to the
> bathroom and do it, but that means getting out of your seat and asking the
> flight crew to get your bag down for you and put it back up there.
>
> But do it in the bathroom and not at your seat on the plane.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Independent Travel Consultant
> C10-10646
>
> http://Echevarriatravel.com
> 1-866-580-5574
>
> http://blog.echevarriatravel.com
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> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel 
> CST-1018299-10
>
>
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