 Poster: A snowHead
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martone, excellent.  As I said somewhere earlier in this thread, because diabetics learn to think ahead, and plan ahead, they often do better than the folk who just dash out there unthinking, having done zero exercise for half a century, then wonder why they don't feel so well. Glad it went well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmm. We flew from Chambery to southampton today and - apropos some of the posts above - were asked for the first time in 37 years of flying with insulin and syringes, for a doctors certificate. We didn't have one. It caused a hold up - not serious because we were checking in, on a Thursday, for a half empty flight with plenty of time to spare. Fortunately the OH remembered he had a copy of a prescription for insulin in his bag, and that did the trick - but there was a fair bit of faffing.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pam w, Yeah... I always keep a prescription handy.
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We'll get a doctors note before we fly back - it's just never cropped up before.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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that's proper jobsworth stuff, i've hauled product samples through loads of times and never had any hassle (always declared i had em and what they were, and always waived through after a quick inspection)
a well aimed headbutt would do the trick but alas would be a bit counter-productive 
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I once had Swiss customs go through my toiletry bag, pull out a handful of used insulin pen needles and ask me if I really needed them. I was gonna quip that I was planning on taping them to my fingers but resisted and just said 'no... you can take them'. He looked a little nonplussed and then gave me them back. Why bloody ask in the first place then??? 
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a well aimed headbutt would do the trick
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 the girl was very sweet, and took quite a bit of trouble to ensure we could get through OK without the doctors certificate saying he was diabetic. She apologised for the delay when she gave us the boarding passes, and then when the same girl was checking boarding passes at the gate (small airport.... maybe it was also she who served our coffee....) she wished us a good flight with a nice smile and every appearance of being a friendly, helpful, customer-facing employee.
I have to confess that head-butting hadn't crossed my mind, and if that's the first reaction of many passengers it's astonishing that so many people at airports are as polite as they are.
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That is interesting. I have a Doctors note somewhere and prescriptions but I have got out of the way of carrying them as we have never been asked for them. Guess i better add that back on the list of things to stress about before flying.
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The OH has now got a letter from the GP - whether he'll ever remember to have it handy when flying, and whether he'll ever be asked again is anybody's guess.
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FAQ
). Hakuna Matata and peace out