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trystinnI'm planning a trip in May to the Berkshires to visit my folks and spend some time at their 2nd home in Vermont. Would you believe I still haven't been to that new house? Granted, from the pictures, it looks like Mom has created two of the same house, using the same colors and the same style of decor. I guess that's to be expected. I would have shaken things up a bit, but then again, these houses are only a little bit over an hour's drive from each other. I'm not sure I see that point of that, but then I don't have the funds to have a 2nd house so I'm really out of field here.
This will be my first time traveling with Insulin and I've likely overdone it a bit preparing. My doctor's office is prepping paper prescriptions for TSA (aka the Gestapo). I already have the extra vials of Insulin (unopened) and syringes. I've also bought enough sharps to last me until the end of the Summer. Finding alcohol wipes was tougher, with the Johnson & Johnson recall. I'm likely going to avoid J&J going forward, frankly. We have a really good independent, compounding drugstore here, which carries things like diabetic travel packs w/ cooling packs, modest little individual syringe cases that look like pens and an eyeglass-like case for empty syringes and vials. I bought one of everything for maximum flexibility. And, let's be honest, I'd have stood there for hours trying to decide between them otherwise.
And then I bought a new Baggalini purse, tomato red, to store it all while I travel through TSA checkpoints, airports and planes. And a new pair of heavy duty walking shoes, Timberlands, to match the cute little blue Baggalini backpack Mom bought me last month. And I still need to buy socks, because Alicia will strangle me if I take my 100% cotton ones. I need a haircut and likely some color because I wear sunhats all summer and only the ends of my hair lighten up in Summer and that looks like I'm too lazy to have my roots re-touched. And Gods know, if I show up with dark roots (even if they are natural), my mother will drag me to her hairdresser and give me a Mini-Mom Makeover. *gag*
Just call me the Diabetic Diva.
This will be my first time traveling with Insulin and I've likely overdone it a bit preparing. My doctor's office is prepping paper prescriptions for TSA (aka the Gestapo). I already have the extra vials of Insulin (unopened) and syringes. I've also bought enough sharps to last me until the end of the Summer. Finding alcohol wipes was tougher, with the Johnson & Johnson recall. I'm likely going to avoid J&J going forward, frankly. We have a really good independent, compounding drugstore here, which carries things like diabetic travel packs w/ cooling packs, modest little individual syringe cases that look like pens and an eyeglass-like case for empty syringes and vials. I bought one of everything for maximum flexibility. And, let's be honest, I'd have stood there for hours trying to decide between them otherwise.
And then I bought a new Baggalini purse, tomato red, to store it all while I travel through TSA checkpoints, airports and planes. And a new pair of heavy duty walking shoes, Timberlands, to match the cute little blue Baggalini backpack Mom bought me last month. And I still need to buy socks, because Alicia will strangle me if I take my 100% cotton ones. I need a haircut and likely some color because I wear sunhats all summer and only the ends of my hair lighten up in Summer and that looks like I'm too lazy to have my roots re-touched. And Gods know, if I show up with dark roots (even if they are natural), my mother will drag me to her hairdresser and give me a Mini-Mom Makeover. *gag*
Just call me the Diabetic Diva.
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Date: 2011-04-12 11:15 pm (UTC)Hopefully traveling with insulin will go off without a hitch. but, you never know, it IS TSA.
LOL I went through a metal detector once with Stephen in a sling, and it gave them fits. I really didn't want to take him out, and was subjected to a pat down, though it was the older style at least. Because as you know, Stephen is actually a cleverly hidden bomb, all you gotta do is tell him "bum bum" and he explode from the butt ;)
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Date: 2011-04-13 12:04 am (UTC)I've never had any trouble with the meds at the airport, nor the sharps.
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Date: 2011-04-13 12:12 am (UTC)I've had issues with TSA with oral meds, as I was traveling with a traveling container and not the original. Phbblllt. Frankly, I notice everything goes very smoothly once I pop out my US military dependent ID. Certainly, we get better service when traveling with hubby and his active military ID. Upgrades!
Thank you, K. *hugs*
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Date: 2011-04-13 03:06 am (UTC)Can we sneak a visit in?
I'd love to geek JeWitch with you.
(I'm in Poultney by Green Mountain College.)
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Date: 2011-04-13 03:53 am (UTC)I'm afraid I don't know Vermont very well. Their home is in Dorset, a few blocks from the Dorset Inn. We'll likely only drive one car up, so I'm not sure I can really get anywhere. Would Dorset be doable?
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