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Air travel?

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Graeme

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Hi. Quick question about travelling. (maybe a stupid one!) :D

I will be working down in London for the next few months which means weekly flights form Edinburgh (joy! 🙄 )

It just occurred to me. Can I take Lancets on board as part of my hand luggage? I wasn't planning on checking a bag in, although I suppose I could. I know it's not essential for me to test as Type 2, and I am not prescribed strips, however as I will be living out of hotels for the next few months I would like to keep some sort of eye on how I'm doing. I don't want to let myself down now.

Cheers
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you can do this no problem, but to put your mind at ease you can get a letter from your nurse/doctor stating your condition and what you may need to carry with you.............
 
And thanks to another thread on here recently I found out that you also may be allowed an extra bag for your diabetic stuff.

So far I know BMIBaby and Easyjet allow this on presentation of the previously mentioned letter. No need to check in just for your extra D kit.
 
When I've been on internal flights then I've just declared the fact to security that I am diabetic and carrying sharps. They've never even asked to check. What sort of lancets do you have? The Accu Chek softclix/multiclix are in little drums that don't have any sharp bits exposed until you actually prime the fingerpricker, and then it only happens within the fingerpricker, so on their own you wouldn't know what they were.
 
Hi yes, I don't have a letter to carry on board with me. It's the Bayer Microlet lancets if that's any help. I just didn't want to take them and have to ditch them because I can't get through.

As long as I remember my metformin!! 😛
 
Just a couple of further points about letters -
(1) best ask your diabetes nurse or hospital clinic (if you attend one) as they usually don't charge, but GPs usuallly do charge
(2) to save costs and time, make sure you get a generic letter about need to carry sharps, ie not for just one trip, so you can use it time and time again


And take more metformin than you need for your planned trip, in case of delay eg due to weather, volcanic ash, industrial action etc.
 
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