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IDS Monthly Survey: September 2024
LAST MONTH’S SURVEY QUESTION:
In last month’s edition of Diabetes Bites, we asked what you think is the biggest hassle about traveling with diabetes.
Here’s what you said:
37% Getting through security checkpoints
30% Remembering to pack all those supplies
22% Meals that are impossible to count
11% Keeping insulin from spoiling
0% Maintaining a workout routine
Since security checkpoints are the most common problem, we highly recommend TSA Precheck (or a similar service if you don’t live in the US).
Most pumps (other than the Tandem T:Slim) and CGMs pass through standard x-ray equipment completely undetected, as do non-wearable supplies placed in a carry-on bag. As far as supplies go, we recommend making a complete list – just once – of all the diabetes stuff you need when traveling, and keep it in your favorite carry-on bag so that you can spot check it before leaving home.
2 Responses
There are many organizations now known solely by their initials even though what those letters stand for might be archaic.
For example, my spouse and I are life members of ARRL that is the American Radio Relay League. Now, 110 years since its founding there’s so much more to its mission. So, it’s still known as ARRL with the subhead, “The National Foundation for Amateur Radio.”
You already know the NAACP story. Nobody calls African Americans colored people anymore.
I didn’t realize the change was being considered but logged on to their website and forum a couple of days before and the day of. My first thought: I’m on the wrong page! My second thought: What the heck kind of a name is “Breakthrough T1D”? It doesn’t “roll off the tongue”, it doesn’t communicate what it is. That said, I think they needed to expand the focus from “Juvenile”, but what was wrong with just “Diabetes Research Foundation”? I don’t know what focus groups they held or how they reached the name, but they need to go back to the drawing board!