Diabetes Self-Management

Pumps on a Plane

I am traveling to the United States soon and will be asked to go through full-body scanning equipment at airports. I use an insulin pump and have been advised by the pump company not to wear my pump through the scanner. The last time I flew, the airport security staff

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