Diabetic

[greensladem4@h]

I am flying with VA in April 08,and need to carry needles and insulin on the plane any advice thanks

[disney dave]

ask your consultant or doctor for a covering letter explaining what you are carrying and why you are carrying it in your hand luggage, tell them at check in that you have it , then tell them at customs before your bag goes throught the scanner/x-ray machine.

shouldn't have a problem if you do this, both our DDs are insulin depentant and have been carrying their insulins etc to the states for years. neither have had a major problem with this procedure, DD2 got asked how much insulin she had last year, but before that they have never been stopped or asked.

hope this helps

[disney dave]

ask your consultant or doctor for a covering letter explaining what you are carrying and why you are carrying it in your hand luggage, tell them at check in that you have it , then tell them at customs before your bag goes throught the scanner/x-ray machine.

shouldn't have a problem if you do this, both our DDs are insulin depentant and have been carrying their insulins etc to the states for years. neither have had a major problem with this procedure, DD2 got asked how much insulin she had last year, but before that they have never been stopped or asked.

hope this helps
if you need any more advice or want to chat about it send a PM and either one of the girls or DW will reply, DW is diabetic too, so thats 3 in our house.