Has anyone had any trouble getting their insulin and cgms supplies thru security since xmas? I recently had to go thru a private room pat down because the agent had never heard of CGMS. It worked out fine but took al long time. But that was before xmas. Thanks, Linda

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I have never had a problem with my pump. It has never been detected. I
don't travel with supplies. I do take one bottle of insulin and a single
syringe (which I put in the clear plastic bag with the rest of the liquids).
I start a trip with a new sensor and a full reservoir. I can get 4 days out
of a reservoir so if my bags are lost I have a few days to make a plan. I'm
usually alone with my 2 in diapers so I simply do not have the room for
stuff I will most likely not need. If I had a separate CGM I'd put it in
the bin for scanning.

I have stopped packing sensors. If one fails then I go back to the old
fashion way. I take some tape and the charger but that is all. I have
never gotten a new sensor to work away from home so I have pretty much given
up. I do take lots of test strips. In by checked bag I take my pump
supplies.

I have flown after Christmas and I did not notice much difference.

Jennie

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What happened? Did you set off the metal detector or were you selected for some reason for a secondary check or was that just from having insulin?

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I tell them before hand that I am a diabetic because I carry all my diabetic & CGMS supplies as carry on. I also take multiple boxes of apple juice, balance bars, and peanut butter crackers, since I have gastro and cannot always find food that I can eat at the concession stands especially if there is a long delay. Therefore I am always hand wanded, which is not a big deal. The agent that was handwanding me never heard of CGMS so she had me jumping thru hoops. Linda
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Linda I travel a lot and have never ever had a problem except for the Small airports like in Montana. They don't get busy at all and TSA has plenty of time to screen you on their hands. One time an agent there have me a lecture that I needed to claim my medication when coming thru security, but have always just went right on thru with all my diabetes stuff and a bunch of electronics in my laptop bag. Never ever had an issue and I will never ever stop and say HEY TSA I need to show you ALL my stuff I have on me. So I can spend more time with you.....NOT! I'm going thru, I'm a frequent traveler and just wantnyo relax. So I did fly a couple of days after x-mas and didn't see or have any issues with security OR on the plane. Hope that helps.

Todd
Dx 12/1986
MM 722 + CGMS
Dexcom 7+


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No wonder my daughter tease me about my "man purse" aka diabetic bag. It goes everywhere with me and I don't leave home without it! I'm not willing to get myself in trouble away from home and god forbid of I ever need to use my Glucagon Kit on a plane for another diabetic. In other words I would hope that never happens. Your supplies should
Always be kept with you on a plane, I do understand that the extra stuff us a pain but its better to have then not have and its for your health & safety.

Todd
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MM722 + CGMS
Dexcom 7+
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I have never had a problem with my pump. It has never been detected. I
don't travel with supplies. I do take one bottle of insulin and a single
syringe (which I put in the clear plastic bag with the rest of the liquids).
I start a trip with a new sensor and a full reservoir. I can get 4 days out
of a reservoir so if my bags are lost I have a few days to make a plan. I'm
usually alone with my 2 in diapers so I simply do not have the room for
stuff I will most likely not need. If I had a separate CGM I'd put it in
the bin for scanning.



I have stopped packing sensors. If one fails then I go back to the old
fashion way. I take some tape and the charger but that is all. I have
never gotten a new sensor to work away from home so I have pretty much given
up. I do take lots of test strips. In by checked bag I take my pump
supplies.



I have flown after Christmas and I did not notice much difference.



Jennie



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Are you saying you don't say anything and you do not have to be hand wanded just go thru the metal detector? When you put the rest of your stuff in the bins they never ask you anything? Thanks Linda
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Linda I travel a lot and have never ever had a problem except for the Small airports like in Montana. They don't get busy at all and TSA has plenty of time to screen you on their hands. One time an agent there have me a lecture that I needed to claim my medication when coming thru security, but have always just went right on thru with all my diabetes stuff and a bunch of electronics in my laptop bag. Never ever had an issue and I will never ever stop and say HEY TSA I need to show you ALL my stuff I have on me. So I can spend more time with you.....NOT! I'm going thru, I'm a frequent traveler and just wantnyo relax. So I did fly a couple of days after x-mas and didn't see or have any issues with security OR on the plane. Hope that helps.

Todd
Dx 12/1986
MM 722 + CGMS
Dexcom 7+

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:04:36 -0500
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Subject: [diabetescgms] going thru airport

Has anyone had any trouble getting their insulin and cgms supplies thru security since xmas? I recently had to go thru a private room pat down because the agent had never heard of CGMS. It worked out fine but took al long time. But that was before xmas. Thanks, Linda

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NOPE...not a peep! WHY....so I can get myself extra screened and/or take forever to go thru screening?? I travel to much to go thru this 2-3 times a month. Basically, if a TSA agent says something, you just have to say I had no idea. I'm just going thru screening just like everyone else. 1 time I got stopped not long ago in New Orleans and was running late for my flight and I even told the TSA agent that is my name they are calling. Well the X-Ray screener didn't like what he saw in my diabetic bag. So, they went thru my bag and I told the agent that I'm diabetic on a pump as I'm frantically trying to get all my stuff and get my shoes on. Thankfully, by the time he got done checking my bag, I was putting on my last shoe and raced out of there!

So, other then that and my experience in Montana, which I hate to travel there because of the TSA agents have SO MUCH time on there hands to check EVERYTHING and I mean they do check everything! But, the busy airports....never ever a problem. It does take me a bit since I have a LOT of gear to go thru the screeening, but I always get thru. Now, if I ever traveled out of the US and came back on a flight.....that may be a totally different story and I'm not sure if I want to see what that would be like.

Todd
dx 12/1986
MM722 + CGMS
Dexcom 7+

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Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 1:10:34 PM
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Are you saying you don't say anything and
you do not have to be hand wanded just go thru the metal detector? When
you put the rest of your stuff in the bins they
never ask you anything? Thanks Linda
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>To: diabetescgms@ yahoogroups. com
>Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:10
> PM
>Subject: Re: [diabetescgms] going thru
> airport
>
>
>Linda I travel a lot and have never ever had a problem except for the Small
> airports like in Montana. They don't get busy at all and TSA has plenty of
> time to screen you on their hands. One time an agent there have me a lecture
> that I needed to claim my medication when coming thru security, but have
> always just went right on thru with all my diabetes stuff and a bunch of
> electronics in my laptop bag. Never ever had an issue and I will never ever
> stop and say HEY TSA I need to show you ALL my stuff I have on me. So I can
> spend more time with you.....NOT! I'm going thru, I'm a frequent traveler and
> just wantnyo relax. So I did fly a couple of days after x-mas and didn't see
> or have any issues with security OR on the plane. Hope that helps.
>
>
>Todd
>Dx 12/1986
>MM 722 + CGMS
>Dexcom 7+
>
>
________________________________
>
>From: "Bob Kallish" <lkbk14@comcast. net>
>Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:04:36 -0500
>To: diabetes
> cgms<diabetescgms@ yahoogroups. com>
>Subject: [diabetescgms] going thru airport
>
>
>Has anyone had any trouble getting their
> insulin and cgms supplies thru security since xmas? I recently had to go thru
> a private room pat down because the agent had never heard of CGMS. It worked
> out fine but took al long time. But that was before xmas. Thanks,
> Linda

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Which type of CGMS do you have? I am on the Navigator and I keep the receiver in my pocket when I go thru the screener and I set the alarm off. Why am I setting it off and not you? Thanks, Linda
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NOPE...not a peep! WHY....so I can get myself extra screened and/or take forever to go thru screening?? I travel to much to go thru this 2-3 times a month. Basically, if a TSA agent says something, you just have to say I had no idea. I'm just going thru screening just like everyone else. 1 time I got stopped not long ago in New Orleans and was running late for my flight and I even told the TSA agent that is my name they are calling. Well the X-Ray screener didn't like what he saw in my diabetic bag. So, they went thru my bag and I told the agent that I'm diabetic on a pump as I'm frantically trying to get all my stuff and get my shoes on. Thankfully, by the time he got done checking my bag, I was putting on my last shoe and raced out of there!

So, other then that and my experience in Montana, which I hate to travel there because of the TSA agents have SO MUCH time on there hands to check EVERYTHING and I mean they do check everything! But, the busy airports....never ever a problem. It does take me a bit since I have a LOT of gear to go thru the screeening, but I always get thru. Now, if I ever traveled out of the US and came back on a flight.....that may be a totally different story and I'm not sure if I want to see what that would be like.

Todd
dx 12/1986
MM722 + CGMS
Dexcom 7+

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Are you saying you don't say anything and you do not have to be hand wanded just go thru the metal detector? When you put the rest of your stuff in the bins they never ask you anything? Thanks Linda
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To: diabetescgms@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [diabetescgms] going thru airport

Linda I travel a lot and have never ever had a problem except for the Small airports like in Montana. They don't get busy at all and TSA has plenty of time to screen you on their hands. One time an agent there have me a lecture that I needed to claim my medication when coming thru security, but have always just went right on thru with all my diabetes stuff and a bunch of electronics in my laptop bag. Never ever had an issue and I will never ever stop and say HEY TSA I need to show you ALL my stuff I have on me. So I can spend more time with you.....NOT! I'm going thru, I'm a frequent traveler and just wantnyo relax. So I did fly a couple of days after x-mas and didn't see or have any issues with security OR on the plane. Hope that helps.

Todd
Dx 12/1986
MM 722 + CGMS
Dexcom 7+

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:04:36 -0500
To: diabetes cgms<diabetescgms@ yahoogroups. com>
Subject: [diabetescgms] going thru airport

Has anyone had any trouble getting their insulin and cgms supplies thru security since xmas? I recently had to go thru a private room pat down because the agent had never heard of CGMS. It worked out fine but took al long time. But that was before xmas. Thanks, Linda

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I find if I get water under the MM system my skin gets irritated. Then the thing will get sore even if not infected. I never use the IV 3000 for this reason. I like the sustem closed and usually wear it longer than 10 days. I change the tape every 6-7 days and clean around the area with alcohol pads. For me this works. Others could do it differently.
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>I find if I get water under the MM system my skin
>gets irritated. Then the thing will get sore even if not infected. I never use
>the IV 3000 for this reason. I like the sustem closed and usually wear it
>longer than 10 days. I change the tape every 6-7 days and clean around the
>area with alcohol pads. For me this works. Others could do it
>differently.
>Maureen Helinski
>

Water and sweat collecting under the dressing also irritates my skin. Even the most waterproof dressing doesn't keep the sweat out, unfortunately, because it's coming from underneath the tape. This is why I will now only use Hypafix in the warm weather. Sweat and water evaporate and my skin stays dry. No itching or irritation. Another problem with moisture staying underneath the dressing is that it can loosen the little piece of built in adhesive and the sensor can slip out of your skin. Since I like to use each one as long as possible that was a big problem for me during my first summer. I'd carefully remove the dressing and then the sensor would just slide out of my skin anyway. Using a strip of Hypafix over the plastic sensor hub helped a lot. It works better for me than paper tape or anything else. When I apply Hypafix over the whole thing, it's easy to peel off the strip I use over the sensor. (it doesn't peel off the other strip of
Hypafix - I just meant that the big piece of Hypafix will peel off of the little strip while leaving it in place over the sensor). When I apply Opsite Flexifix over it, that will always stick to the Hypafix strip over the sensor and it's nearly impossible to get off without pulling the sensor out. I just cut around it, leaving some of the original Flexifix stuck to the Hypafix and then tape all over it again when I reattach the transmitter.

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Appreciate all of the thoughts/feeback on CGMS length of use. (I knew about the 14 day battery charge deal but did not know about the 7 day timer deal.)

I fret about infection... fortunately it is a very rare issue. Do you do anything "special" (other than alcohol prep to the site) to help stay ahead of the potential for infection w/ leaving the CGMS in for so long? I tend to put just a titch of Bacitracin where the sensor probe meet the adhesive/sensor base area- not sure if that's a good idea or not.... but it makes me feel better.... I realize this is a CGMS site- that makes for pumpers too- wondering length of time for leaving infusion sets in as well.

Thank you kindly for your feedback.

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>
> >From: Signe Myhren <jechante17@...>
>
> >
> >After reading a few responses, I have a question for all you fellow MM CGMS-ers:
> >How long do you keep a sensor in before recharging? Do you recharge after 6 days, or after 7 days? I have always recharged after 6 days, if I felt that a sensor was performing well and I wanted to use it a bit longer (10 days is my maximum; my endo. says any longer and you are inviting a risk of infection.)
> >
> >
> >The one I have in right now is one of the best I have ever worn. It is always showing within 2 points of my finger stick blood glucose reading! Today is Day 4. Should I try recharging on Day 8, or stick with recharging at the very beginning of Day 7?
> >
>
> I recharge after the 6th or 7th day depending on when I first attached the transmitter. My current sensor was inserted late at night last Tuesday. I had attached the transmitter but didn't start it until the following morning. I will remove the transmitter to charge it after I get home tonight. By the time I'm ready for bed, it will have been long enough after dinner for me to turn it on and calibrate. I'll do two calibrations fairly close together so I can go to sleep. If I insert a sensor in the morning, which I hate doing, I'll usually recharge the transmitter the night before, on day 6 so I don't have to deal with it the next day when I'm already in a rush trying to get ready for work. If it's a weekend I'll still do it the night before so I can sleep late the next morning without worrying about the transmitter timing out.
>
> If you wait until the end of day 7 you'll start to get Weak Signal messages that will not resolve. My transmitter is over 1 1/2 years old and I never see issues with bad tracking on the 7th day. The transmitter battery will actually work up to 14 days but for some reason MM put that 7 day timer in.
> --
> Liz
> Type 1 dx 4/1987
> Minimed 722 + CGMS
>

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>
> I fret about infection... fortunately it is a very rare issue. Do you do
> anything "special" (other than alcohol prep to the site) to help stay ahead of
> the potential for infection w/ leaving the CGMS in for so long? I tend to put
> just a titch of Bacitracin where the sensor probe meet the adhesive/sensor base
> area- not sure if that's a good idea or not.... but it makes me feel better....
> I realize this is a CGMS site- that makes for pumpers too- wondering length of
> time for leaving infusion sets in as well.

I generally don't do anything other than an alcohol swab before insertion. After 7 days I may sometimes clean up the area where the transmitter was before I reattach it. Sometimes the edges of the transmitter will bite into my skin and leave red marks or even cut into the skin. I put some triple antibiotic ointment on it if that happens. I will sometimes put ointment on the sensor site when I finally remove it but I rarely remember. It's never been a problem and so far no infections.

I change my infusion set every 3 days. Those always look worse than my sensor sites that have been in a lot longer. MY sensor sites heal up much faster, too. I can always tell where my last bunch of sets had been but the sensor spots fade in just a couple of days usually.

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Liz
Type 1 dx 4/1987
Minimed 722 + CGMS

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I don't even use alcohol and have never had an infection.

Allison

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Elizabeth Blake <poodlebone@yahoo.com>wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: nelson55304 <Kelly.Nelson@spps.org <Kelly.Nelson%40spps.org>>
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> > I fret about infection... fortunately it is a very rare issue. Do you do
> > anything "special" (other than alcohol prep to the site) to help stay
> ahead of
> > the potential for infection w/ leaving the CGMS in for so long? I tend to
> put
> > just a titch of Bacitracin where the sensor probe meet the
> adhesive/sensor base
> > area- not sure if that's a good idea or not.... but it makes me feel
> better....
> > I realize this is a CGMS site- that makes for pumpers too- wondering
> length of
> > time for leaving infusion sets in as well.
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> I generally don't do anything other than an alcohol swab before insertion.
> After 7 days I may sometimes clean up the area where the transmitter was
> before I reattach it. Sometimes the edges of the transmitter will bite into
> my skin and leave red marks or even cut into the skin. I put some triple
> antibiotic ointment on it if that happens. I will sometimes put ointment on
> the sensor site when I finally remove it but I rarely remember. It's never
> been a problem and so far no infections.
>
> I change my infusion set every 3 days. Those always look worse than my
> sensor sites that have been in a lot longer. MY sensor sites heal up much
> faster, too. I can alw