When I first started on insulin pump therapy last year, I was given an overload of information in the space of a day and a half. At the time, I was still trying to get my head around the strange new device that was attached to me. I took all of the information packets away with me and tucked them into my diabetes file at home. However it wasn’t until I embarked on my first flight with an insulin pump earlier this year, that I began to consider some of that information in more depth.
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Paul Stefanetti
Hi frank.
Your pump is a very sensitive device.
You should not go through security metal detector or wand under any circumstances.
A pat down is required each time through security.
I do 2 flights/week so 4 visits through security.
I have the latestest medtronic pump
Frank
Hi Paul, not all pumps are okay go past walk through. I have been told by both my diabetes team and AMSL that the Animas Vibe is fine for a walk through. Obviously no pump should go through the x ray scanner.