[Diabetes-Talk] travel and diabetes in public

Sun Feb 3 05:34:23 UTC 2019

Dar,

Someone on the list talked about an insulin-pump like device that sort of like a patch you wear, but Dexcom is strictly a CGM and not an insulin pump at all.

Bridgit

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Oh I thought I would be able to get rid of that silly pin because there was a button on it that would deliver insolin.
I don't know then what I read on the list last week if a patch came off you lost around $100 worth of insulin.
If it just reads the numbers, I will have to think if I want it.
Just stay with the stick.

Original message:
> Dar,

> I just want to clarify that a CGM does not give insulin but just test 
> blood sugars. An insulin pump would deliver insulin, but not A CGM, 
> which Dexcom is a CGM.

> If you take an injection in the bathroom, you really don't have to set 
> anything down, especially with insulin pens these days. Some people 
> are more comfortable taking injections discreetly.

> Bridgit

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> One of the worst places is the bathroom.
> You don't know how clean it is.
> I wish you had known Mike Freeman.
> He would say, Just do you shot and don't worry about it.
> I don't know what shot you are speaking of, where if I can sit in the 
> back of a table then I do my shot there.
> Either in the tummy or the arm.
> This is one of the reasons why I would love to be able to do the dex com.
> Where if it is to much I will have to do the stick thing.
> If you can make sure you drink lots of water.
> That helps out lots.
> In the room for the most time is a fridge.
> That helps.
> Just don't forget the insulin when it is time to leave the room.
> Oh me that wouldn't be good.
> Eating, if you have oatmeal at home, just ask for it out as well.
> They usually give raisons and brown sugar.
> Now good or bad I eat both. Then adjust as the day progresses.
> At noon if you like soup have that or a childs hamburger.
> I don't eat the large ones.
> Leave that for my husband loll.
> Just be you, listen to your body.
> They say eat something every four hours.
> A small snack anything like that.
> I hope this helps.

> Original message:
>> Hi all:
>> I will be traveling a lot for work in the next year.  What are some 
>> things I should know for traveling by plane with diabetes?  Do I have 
>> to have a doctor’s letter or anything, or do TSA agents give you 
>> problems about needles or lancets or your CGM?  Can  a CGM go through 
>> X-ray equipment?  I will be staying in hotels and I need to keep my 
>> insulin cold. If I ask can I get a small fridge?
>> Any other things I should know?
>> How about eating in public and diabetes?  I have to take my insulin 
>> right before eating. Do you just go to the bathroom and do your shot?
>> Sorry I’m just a little paranoid here. Thanks for any advice.
>> :)
>> Amber
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