I have know for some time that even though TSA can see a Dexcom on their scanner , they always on a pat down. “ I think they just get off doing it.” I also know thru many time that MRI and fluoroscopic exam don’t effect TX’s
My problem is that I also have lymphedema and where thigh high support stockings, going thru Scanners show a high density in my legs . This gets TSA hot and bothered… they don’t want a pat down , they want a
I have been traveling a lot lately. My dexcom 7 and mobi pump do not set off the detector when I do tsa pre check. And it’s worth the risk to me because I don’t need to get a chemical test or a pat down. I’ve taken at least 25 flights since I’ve been using pre check. It’s really nice to not deal with that anymore.
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That’s great news!
My Tslim X2 warranty is expired and I’m mostly waiting to see if I can hold out for a pump with a lower closed loop target… but the small size of the Mobi and the chance to walk through TSA without hassle are very tempting!
Does anybody have experience with TSA Cares? Is there any benefit to using their services as a type 1 diabetic?
The electronics inside will probably set off metal detectors even if the case is non- metallic. This is true for phones so I’m sure that would be true for Mobi. My X2 sets of the alarm at our courthouse entrance. They know me. I hold the pump away from my body and they hand scan me.
In my experience, the mobi does not set off metal detectors. (My X2 did)
WOW.The metal in the electronics must be much less massive than in the X2.
Yes, I have used it before when I was on a pump. Back in the pump days, I always had trouble with the security process. Multiple times I have had to argue with the agents about I could not take off my pump or cgm. I gladly had my hands swabbed for gunpowder and wanded or a pat down (gladly meaning not really). I about lost it when they dumped out my carefully packed backpack and questioned my insulin. I did contact TSA with a complaint about this. I received a prompt apology. They suggested the cares program that I used the rest of the time on the pump. Once while on the pump one agent was arguing that I could go through the whole body scanner. I showed the handbook from Medtronic saying this was not advised. Just about then, here came the TSA cares agent calling my name and he whisked me through security easily. The child in me wanted to turn around and stick out my tongue at the other agent, but the adult in me held me back. You can laugh now. I have gone back to MDI now. We just got back from a cruise, had TSA precheck and had no trouble whatsoever going through security. I did not use the TSA cares. My husband and I enjoy traveling and this change has definitely made a difference in my anxiety level, turning from dread to a smile.
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Thank you, that’s very helpful! I can’t use TSA precheck, because I’m not a US citizen, but it looks like TSA cares is open to everyone.
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Keep in mind the summary of this thread is on body devices and diabetes supplies in your carry on won’t cause you a problem with the TSA these days unless you run into someone who isn’t up to date on their training. Chances are much greater a TSA agent assigned to Cares won’t be a problem, other than that the existing exemptions for medical items already cover everything.
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Tandem states that you can go through magnetometer metal detectors with the mobi. But not the body scanners or x ray.
So works out great for tsa precheck.
However I’ve been in the body scanners with no issue and it doesn’t show up on the scan, but the g7 still does
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Yea. We all know how DANGEROUS peanut butter is.
I think it’s great they find guns and bombs. But can’t they just leave our medical supplies alone.
I wear lymphedema thigh high support stocks. Tell them I do and still get a Pat down every time.
I’ve never done that with G6 or G7 or, for that matter, Omnipod (Eros and Dash). All my supplies are in my backpack - all of the aforementioned. They go down the conveyor through the X-ray (or whatever it is) out the other side and they just work.
I do have TSA-pre so I don’t go through the US body scanners; I always go through the US metal detector being very careful not to touch the sides. No problems there.
The Mexican metal detectors, however, have gone off a couple of times. No big problem; I just point out the pump, the CGM and the 12" titanium bar that supplements my right collar bone.
The Taiwanese body scanners never caused a problem (I think they’ve given up on those now) and, IRC, when I ended up having to go through one in the US (hey, UniTed lost my TSA-pre) I guess they just had a good giggle about how much stuff I had attached to me.
Bottom line; you’re going on holiday, why make it worse?