Actually, it really doesn't. But I finally flew with my ProTime 3 this past week to a convention in Atlantic City NJ and it was much much easier than I anticipated.
Ordinarily I would not have taken my testing machine. However, last Tuesday my PCP's nurse practitioner gave me a shot of steroids (Decadron) because of a bad upper respiratory infection. Told me it would affect my INR. When I tested the next day, it was 5.3 (I'm usually 3.3-3.7). So I adjusted my dose by 10% and packed the ProTime 3 in my overnight bag. I was taking my TravelPro rollerboard & hooked the overnight bag to it. I flew Thursday morning early and didn't really want to wait to retest until I got home Sunday night.
The ProTime 3 is bigger than the INRatio or Coaguchek, but it was no problem, even in my small overnight bag. I took 3 cuvettes & tenderletts (for "insurance"). No problems going through security on either leg.
I retested Saturday and was 4.7.
I might have been high anyway, since it had been 10 days since I had tested, rather than 1 week.
But it gave me a lot of piece of mind taking my machine. Only problem I had was trying to get hot water out of the bathroom faucet before the test. Water wasn't hot enough, so I really "milked" my finger -- so much I broke a couple of blood vessels there. Was rather pretty Saturday; it's fading today (Monday).
Lesson: If you have to travel with your machine, don't worry -- just do it. I packed soft things around my machine and put the overnight bag under the seat in front of me. Testing materials never became heated in transit.
Ordinarily I would not have taken my testing machine. However, last Tuesday my PCP's nurse practitioner gave me a shot of steroids (Decadron) because of a bad upper respiratory infection. Told me it would affect my INR. When I tested the next day, it was 5.3 (I'm usually 3.3-3.7). So I adjusted my dose by 10% and packed the ProTime 3 in my overnight bag. I was taking my TravelPro rollerboard & hooked the overnight bag to it. I flew Thursday morning early and didn't really want to wait to retest until I got home Sunday night.
The ProTime 3 is bigger than the INRatio or Coaguchek, but it was no problem, even in my small overnight bag. I took 3 cuvettes & tenderletts (for "insurance"). No problems going through security on either leg.
I retested Saturday and was 4.7.
I might have been high anyway, since it had been 10 days since I had tested, rather than 1 week.
But it gave me a lot of piece of mind taking my machine. Only problem I had was trying to get hot water out of the bathroom faucet before the test. Water wasn't hot enough, so I really "milked" my finger -- so much I broke a couple of blood vessels there. Was rather pretty Saturday; it's fading today (Monday).
Lesson: If you have to travel with your machine, don't worry -- just do it. I packed soft things around my machine and put the overnight bag under the seat in front of me. Testing materials never became heated in transit.