Bringing Insulin To The Big House

Might want to learn and fight like hell to get Afrezza. Odds are your Endo knows nothing about it or will give you incorrect info and your insurance will deny it. No needles, just inhale for your prandial insulin needs. Obvious, diabetes affects people differently and not all diabetes drugs work. It's not different with Afrezza. But, if you can lean how to use it properly and add it to your arsenal, it will most likely give you the opportunity to actually eat foods you had to give up.

Do your research. It's been approved for 6 years now.

https://afrezza.com/

Finally, watch these videos by this guy in Australia who was able to torture test it

https://vimeo.com/user42027124

Good luck.

I think we used to take my wife's and my step-son's insulin and checker's into games, but it has been quite a few years since we have been to a game so I don't remember the exact protocol.

Re: a pump.  Both my wife and my step-son are now using the Omnipod and the Dexcom CGM.  My step-son - a former Michigan student who dropped out with a 4.0 GPA - has hooked the two together using an open source app called Loop.  The Dexcom provides the glucose reading, the Omnipod contains a 3 day supply of insulin, and Loop manages delivery.  My step-son set his limits really low and his A1C dropped to 5.2; his endocrinologist said it was the lowest A1C she had ever seen for a Type-1 diabetic.  It is a tubeless system and you don't need to carry anything other than your phone and a small electronic controller that measures 1" x 1" x 1/2".

If I had diabetus, I would smuggle it in my rectum. 
 

In all seriousness I seem to be on a fast track to Type 2 even though I’m not even remotely heavy and I don’t eat a lot of processed food. It seems like it is what it is at this point. I fully expect to have crossed into the pre diabetic A1c when I get my blood test in a few months.

I’d hope they’d let you bring that in 

I thought the heading might be a typo but decided to check anyway. 
 

1). Medical supplies are allowed. Put them in a large ziplock bag. Include your tester, insulin supplies, and candy.  My favorite are reeses unless it’s hot and they might melt.  But candy, unlike a soft drink, can come in measurable units, so you know how many carbs you are taking to make up a low and you don’t over do it. 
 

2). Speak with authority when you show them your supplies all neatly in a clear bag. “I am a type ? Diabetic and these are my medical supplies.  My tester, insulin, and candy for low blood sugar to make sure I don’t pass out”. Speak with authority like you are Luke Skywalker entering the front door of the Empire’s lair.  This actually makes a difference and no one will dare question you.  
 

3).  Since you can’t take a backpack, wear cargo shorts or pants with enough room for your supplies so that you dont have to carry around a plastic bag after you get in. 
 

Also, get a prefilled syringe instead of a vile and regular syringe. Much easier to use on the road or in public places.  Eventually, get a real time pump with CGM like Medtronic. You will lower your A1C significantly and eliminate most lows.  (Unless you don’t have lows and you already have an A1C under 6.5). The inhaled insulin is really only useful for high carb meals or for bringing down a high glucose episode faster, but it does not replace injections and it cannot do what a CGM with pump can do. 

I have brought my Novopen into thousands of games and never had an issue.

Like my teacher used to tell me. If you don’t bring enough for everybody, don’t bring any at all. 

I was diagnosed right before my first year of grad school ten years ago and was very nervous about it, and never had an issue. I had a pack with my lancets, test strips, insulin pen, needles, etc. and I think I got asked about it once. 

When I went in this year with my pump, I mentioned it and the person at the gate was very friendly but I think just confused about why I would feel it necessary to bring it up lol.

You'll be fine. Statistically there are lots of type 1 diabetics at any given event with 100k people.

We are in the same spot with a Dexcom and no pump.  My daughter was diagnosed this summer at 7 with type 1.  

I think you come in with a loaded syringe and if they deny you give him a low right in the neck.  Seriously though I'm sure it will be fine, but for some reason I've heard some stories that lead me to believe there is a lot of misunderstanding about diabetes out there...especially type 1.

Also, it's jacket weather, so you can put stuff in your pockets and they'll never know. They make everyone open their jackets and take off hats, but never check pockets.

Back in my pre pump days I'd just stick a pen in my pocket or I'd throw a vial and a couple of syringes in my tester case and throw that in my pocket. 

Always worth a call ahead but you have every right to bring that with you.  Don't be afraid to insist upon it

I’ve been a Type 1 diabetic since 1999 and have been going to Michigan football and basketball games since 2003. I’ve always been able to bring in my Humalog pens as well as my tester/test strips. Now I have the Dexcom which is amazing for testing my blood sugar. You can definitely bring in what you need. It’s a necessity.  

Kind of a different subject, but Vertex Pharmaceuticals just released data on a T1D patient in its phase 1/2 trial.  
Our daughter (9 at the time) was diagnosed on January 7th 2020.  She currently uses the Dexcom CGM and Tandem pump.  It’s great, but my wife and I keep up hope for a cure in her lifetime.  If you ever feel inclined to donate, the JDRF does an amazing job with its summer camps for T1D children.

anyway, he is a some of the information from the first patient (although this does not say it, I read in another article the the pancreas began to produce insulin again)

’Data from the first person dosed with VX-880, Vertex Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:VRTX) pancreatic islet cell replacement therapy for people with type 1 diabetes, showed a 91% decrease in daily insulin requirements.

The result was seen after a single infusion and at half of the target dose. The patient was also receiving immunosuppressive therapy.

Results also showed that the patient exhibited strong improvement in glucose control.’

To the original poster.

a pump is not fool proof.  Our daughter will have issues from time to time with her site.  She is an active 10 year old, so she will occasionally catch or accidentally pull on the tubing which can remove her site.  it’s still a good idea to keep your supplies nearby just in case.

sorry for being ‘that guy’ but I get fairly passionate about T1D.  It’s Amazing how a parents life can change in a matter of minutes.

I just carry it it my pocket and i have never been asked about it. 

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