Mudd Girls Move the World!   So, up until today, Jackie and I haven’t been able to update because we’ve been so busy…due to switching from PC to Mac over Christmas break, creating a website, cleaning our house, getting ready for school, (wait, i didn’t even put my books from last semester away, never mind.) Can you believe school starts on Tuesday? I was shocked at that sad realization! I’m really loving this break, its been fun!! But I am mainly writing in this today while on the plane to New York to update on what has been going on in our lives lately. For one, yes we’re going to New York!!! (oh my gosh) 

You see, last week, Jackie and I received a phone call from the Marketing Manager of MUDD, who enthusiastically asked to speak with Jackie and Mollie Singer. We politely answered, “yes, this is Mollie and Jackie…can we help you?” To our surprise, she exciedly told us that we had been selected as two of the four girls they will be using for the Mudd National Advertising Campaign, “Mudd Girls Move the World.” She went on to say that we would be flown to New York the following Tuesday for the all-day photo shoot and interview on Wednesday. We were very surprised, but thrilled and honored to have been chosen for this recognition and take seriously the opportunity to be role models. We appreciate that Mudd is using four everyday girls to demonstrate that all young girls can and should make a difference in their community, their country, and even the world! We are proud to be associated with Mudd and Iconix Brand Group Inc., for these corporations truly care enough to encourage young girls to become involved and support a cause in which they believe! We can already tell that this trip to New York is going to be so much fun! We can’t wait until tomorrow!! What a wonderful opportunity this is for all of us! We really are blessed! Thank you Mudd!

New York: Day 1, “Safe Travels!” 
The flight to NY was great, when we came down to the baggage claim, there was a nice man waiting to pick us up who was easy to spot because he stood in the middle of the baggage claim area holding up a bright pink sign with our names, “Mollie and Jackie.” We got in the car, and headed for Manhattan! 
Justine, the Marketing Manager of Mudd, had plans for the three of us “out of towners” to meet and get to know each other at a 7:30 dinner, which by the way had amazing guacamole! …can you believe we live in the Southwest and had to go to NYC to get great Guacamole Dip? We had the chance to meet Brittany, another one of the four role models, who is an absolutely beautiful and personable girl, not to mention, amazing. The project Brittany and her and her brother began is alleviating worry and bringing joy to soldiers and their families, this is truly admirable. Brittany and her brother are the two young people who started Cell Phones for Soldiers. Check them out at www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com We are so proud to know her! Over the course of the night, we had a chance to get to know each other, and were amazed at how much the three of us and our families had in common!

New York: Day 2, “The Photo Shoot”
6:30am (3:30am in Las Vegas!!!!!) We were up, getting dressed, eating a light breakfast at 8:15, and by 8:30, we were in a yellow cab on our way to the studio for the Photo Shoot! When we got there, we finally met Samantha, the fourth role model. She’s really a beautiful person, inside and out, who also happens to have a huge heart and spends much of her free time helping children with Cancer. 
We also met Marc, Victoria, Stephanie, Justine, and a group of wonderful professionals, who made up the crew that filmed the MUDD shoot. These talented people helped make our day very very special! Especially world renowned photographer, Marc Baptiste, acclaimed make-up artist, Mally Roncal and her cohort Christine, along with Bradley, a much sought after hair stylist, as well as Kithe, the creative artist who put together all the outfits the girls wore….he gave us our total look, and Matt Piccolo, the writer, producer, and director, who filmed the entire shoot!!!!(www.picsfilms.com)

The one and only Marc Baptiste, (father of twin daughters), Jackie in the middle, and Mollie on the right!

Me, the very talented Christine, and Jackie after the photo shoot! :] 

Matt interviewing Jackie and Mollie after the photo shoot!!!

This picture is the result of a lot of hard work on the part of the entire crew. How nice of them to make all of us look our best Brittany, Me, Jackie, and Samantha!

Mudd Girls Really Do Move the World!!

Jaye, 1/17/08 at 3:10 am
OMG I am so happy for the both of you. That is an amazing thing to be chosen for!!! I love you both! Can’t wait to hear from you!!! :)  

Sweet Blood, 1/18/08, at 3:49 pm
Hello.
I have type I diabetes 25 years ago. I come from Spain. Excuse me for my English.
I invite you to visit and take part in my web. You can to send diabetes news, comment it, vote it, etc. (Do you know DIGG?).
The web: http://diabetesnews.corank.comThank you.
Sweet Blood 

Seonaid, 1/24/08 at 3:55 am
congratulations on mudd mollie! that’s really awesome, I look forward to reading about NYC- I’m sure you’re really busy though! 

Jaye, 2/3/08 at 10:27pm
WOW!! Look at you girls! that is amazing! Me and Chris were just looking at the pictures, and we think you girls look amazing!! I’m so proud of you two!! Love you so muchhh!!!!

Shannon, 3/7/08 at 4:42 pm
HEY!! Congratulations on the campaign! That’s incredible! I hope you had fun with the shoot.

Manda, 3/10/08 t 9:02pm
Hey ,
I’ve had juvenile diabetes for 2 years already and i just wanted to say that you guys are amazing ! Congratulations on everything ! keep up the great work in everything you do.

and so much more to blog about…like getting ct scans, Christmas, New Years, Anniversaries, going to New York on Tuesday….(omg! i’ll write in here about that later) and much more…. but i keep to the title.. Jackie and I just recently switched over to Mac computers.And thanks to iWeb, we created a new website….you should go to www.jackieandmolliesinger.com and check out all the pages, and there’s still much more to add/update on there…but i wanted to let you know about it! :) 

www.jackieandmolliesinger.com

I just wanted to post real quick and say…

*Merry Christmas!!! *

I can finally say, the first semester as Freshmen Transfers at the Honors College at UNLV, for Jackie and I, is officially over as of 5:00 this evening!
We are done with finals!
Each and every one of them!
And walking over to the Rodeo tonight to have a night that isn’t being spent studying, writing, or “homeworking!”
Yay! :]

One final in Guitar,
One final in Music Sight-Singing,
Two finals in Communications, (take-home and in-class)
By 3:45pm on Wednesday afternoon, Jackie and I will be done with our classes for the semester!
Woooohoooo! 
Back to studying….and going to the National Finals Rodeo!!! 
Have a great day everyone!

The Honors Showcase was a blast, 
Saturday night was amazing…more on that later…but we sang the National Anthem at the UNLV Hockey Game!!!
One final down, 4 more to go!
The NFR starts this Thursday!!! (oh my gosh, I’m so excited!)
We sang the National Anthem this morning for a luncheon!
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wow, I don’t even time to elaborate on any of these….you’ll have to keep checking back….
(man, i have a lot of updating with pictures, of course, to do after finals are over…we seriously have no time.)

Tonight we sang the National Anthem for the UNLV Hockey Team!!

It was a great night, we had so much fun! Thank you for the opportunity!

One final in Guitar,
One final in Music Sight-Singing,
Two finals in Communications, (take-home and in-class)
By 3:45pm on Wednesday afternoon, Jackie and I will be done with our classes for the semester!
Woooohoooo! 
Back to studying….and going to the National Finals Rodeo!!! 
Have a great day everyone!

Oh man, once again, I went to class on Tuesday morning. (Obviously) Hatha Yoga was our first class at 7:30am. (too early!) It was a great class, soo relaxing…I love the last ten minutes…we signed in, gathered our stuff, and we only had 10 minutes to get across campus and into the music building, up to the second floor, down the hall and in the class by 8:30…Jackie walks very fast, and I was trying to keep up with her. Normally I can, and even beat her there, but not today.

No. I didn’t test my blood sugar after Yoga, and I notice now that I really should have. I sat down, and then started feeling the low. I reached into my backpack to find my tester bag…thankfully it’s in a bright bag, otherwise, there would have been a major search for it! I tested my blood sugar.

8:24am: 41 mg/dL. All i could think of was oh my goodness…..that’s really low. I took out the bottle of orange juice in my backpack, leaned over and whispered my number to Jackie who took out the bottle of orange juice that she was also carrying, just to be safe, and asked if I had turned my insulin pump down. Yes, it’s 0.1 for an hour. I drank the whole bottle. 10 ounces. And just sat in class trying not to fall asleep because I felt so weak. I can’t tell you what we learned but it had something to do with Chapter 9 in our book.

I tested at 9:18am and my number had come all the way up to 69. Class was out by 9:30 and we sat outside the music building. I called my mom who was driving my Aunt and Uncle to the airport at the time.

When you have a low blood sugar, can people recognize it just from your voice?

Apparently, my mom and aunt could and asked what was wrong. I told them why, and what I had done, and she suggested I test again, (Now I was 51 mg/dL) I drank more juice, since my number had dropped again. By this time, my stomach was full of juice, and I just wanted to sit there and wait for it to come up. Yay for orange juice! (ughh)

Just 20 minutes later, I was 106…and Mom picked me up from school to take me home and get my blood sugars up there. I fell asleep for an hour…and was 97 when I woke up. She took us to lunch, and before our guitar lesson, my number was 215…and i bolused for it then.

What a day. I’m exhausted!

We had a sound check at 3:00 for the Honors Showcase on Thursday night! It went pretty well, we’re act number 11 of 12, and its really exciting! Tonight should be great. Pictures up soon. I’m still trying to update from Washington, D.C. But the last couple of weeks have been non-stop busy between finals coming up, unpacking, rehearsing, rehearsing the National Anthem to record on Friday, and studying. So I will post them, and let you know how our trip was! In one word though, i would say it was overwhelmingly fun. (okay, that’s 2 words). :] I’m writing this in the library, and the cutest guy just sat down in one of the desks next to me. :] lol.

Happy Thursday! :]

Kerri, 11/29/07 at 10:10pm
Hope you’re feeling better now, Mollie. Those sneaky lows are definitely exhausting.
Stay tough! 

Seonaid, 11/29/07 at 9:01pm
mollie, thank you soo much for your comment the other day.. Your attitude always reminds me to look on the bright side of things and even though we do all have “those days” from time to time- at least we’re not alone  And my mom can tell when I’m low from my voice too ! I guess I just sound really out of it? i’m sorry to hear that you had to deal with all those lows though! sometimes after exercise I feel like my sugars are soo much lower because of it for the whole day.

Baddecisionmaker, 11/30/07 at 5:49am
that’s weird/crazy you stayed low after all that… when i was reading i thought for sure after the 2nd bottle of juice you’d get that nasty rebound high (i hate those; they give me headaches and sometimes guilt even though i know i shouldn’t be too hard on myself), but then you were low again!

Albert, 11/30/07 at 10;45pm
“I’m writing this in the library, and the cutest guy just sat down in one of the desks next to me.”

Wouldn’t it have been great if he sat down, took out his lap top and opened up this blog post? That would be like something out of a movie.

Health Watch Center, 12/7/07 at 5:10am
“I’m writing this in the library, and the cutest guy just sat down in one of the desks next to me.”I agree with Albert 

P.S. I came across to you blog from Donna’s blog. 

3 more weeks until the semester is over.
3 days until the Honors Showcase….(yay!)
4 more hours to finish this essay.
ohhh man. that list could keep running….
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it’s okay though, i’ll get all of this done…..i will, i will!

Thank you Kerri, I too, am running out of original thoughts this month for the NaBloPoMo….oh man, here goes. If anyone has any other memes, please email them to me.

How long have you been blogging?
I originally started Curemoll on Xanga on March 22, 2004. It’s been over 3 years! (woahh)

What inspired you to start a blog?
I was inspired to start blogging because I had seen some blogs on diabetes but wanted to start my own, and write about my thoughts with diabetes, and remember all the times when we travel. I’m really glad that by this year, blogging has really become popular and it’s nice to read other blogs about diabetes and know you’re not the only one. I was inspired to create this blog on Wordpress after I had seen Kerri’s SixUntilMe Blog and thought it looked so much more professional and readable than mine.

Are you trying to make money, or just doing it for fun?
I’m not trying to. I write in this blog to share my experiences of diabetes to other people who are looking for someone to talk to, someone to tell them that we’re all going through this.

What are three things you struggle with online?
Desiging the blog…all this code is hard and takes up too much time for me to make my own layout..anyone want to help? hehe
Second…probably keeping on topic.
Third…writing more…and more often.

What are three things you love about being online?
I love knowing that my blog is reaching people, feeling like I’m involved in a community, and one day, I’ll be able to come back to this and see what life was like years from now. :]

And if you could entice someone else to start a blog, who would it be?
My sister…she is such a good writer!

Leftovers from Thanksgiving…..always amazing.
Blood sugars? not so much.

I know I still haven’t updated from Washington, D.C. and Thanksgiving Day…but give me time! I will get to it. Jackie and I have been so busy, and we havent even posted pictures yet…so you know we’re real busy when that happens…but I’ll let you know when I update it, and give the links and everything, have a great day!!!!!

Soundcheck on Tuesday! :]

Amylia, 11/26/07 at 5:55am
yes! have you sis start a site…I’d love to read her words, or have her do a cameo on your site! That’s be awesome. Glad oyur out there. Enjoy the soundcheck! 

Kerri, 11/27/07 at 8:36pm
Mollie — Did you get my email about the site design? I never heard back from you, but my offer still stands!
– Kerri.

Albert, 11/28/07 at 6:36pm
Hey Mollie,glad things are almost over for you, hope you finished that essay!

did you ever get my e-mail? I sent it last week by a different e-mail address. Let me know if you didn’t receive it and I’ll send it to you again. Thanks!

Albert Chen 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!! 

:]

I was tagged by Chris and Donna. Thank you! I was running out of topics to update on! :] Perfect timing. :]

So, here are the rules:
1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

My 7 Random Facts!
1. I collect my old test strips, waiting for the day I have enough to make a project out of it somehow. We’ll see how that goes. They’re all in a big coffee mug right now. :]

2. I have 2 middle names.

3. Prior to being diagnosed, the only thing i really remember was eating Cocoa Puffs and Apple Jacks. food wise at least, of course I remember a whole more than that, but man, I miss Apple Jacks…just seeing the milk turn pink was amusing.

4. I’ve had the screen name “curemoll” since I got my first email address in grade school.

5. I love the country life, but also love the hustle and bustle of the city, they’re both exciting in their own ways. :]

6. When I was diagnosed with diabetes and was in the hospital for 10 days, I remember receiving a lot of teddy bears, and to this day, have a favorite one that we brought home.

7. I mostly love all types of music, expect rap. Country is my absolute favorite, but I’ll listen to it all. :]

So there are my seven randoms, and so now I’ll tag… Allison atLemonadeLife, Taylor at Curejratac, Amylia at Amylia Grace, Katie atDiabeticDance, Scott at Stick It Diabetes, and Kerri at SixUntilMe.

Donna, 11/22/07 at 1:06 am
Mollie,

Hey, what are your two middle names?

I love country music, too! So does Cara. Country music is so real - almost so real that it makes me cry sometimes. But usually in a good way.

It was nice to learn some new things about you. Thanks for sharing. 

Hey everyone! These past couple of days have been an amazing experience!!! One that we will remember forever! You see, we were both named as 2 of the 5 Most Caring Americans…and we’re still overwhelmed! This is an honor that is impossible to describe. There are no words to express how humbled we are. 

Let us explain…

The Caring Institute is a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. that was founded by Val Halamandaris in 1985, which was inspired by a meeting he had with Mother Teresa. The ojective of the Caring Institute is to identify individuals who they feel have gone above an beyond what anyone would ever expect of them, to be of service to others. Some how, they discovered the work the two of us have done with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for the past fourteen years, as we made it our mission to help young diabetics around the world, which included mentoring newly diagnosed diabetics and their families, advocating for medical research, including testifying before Congress, filming a Video Diary for Good Morning America, meeting with the President and Congress, filming PSA’s, writing a booklet entitled the Road to the Cure, speaking at public forms to help raise diabetes awareness, fundraising which is more than $500,000 dollars, and the creation of the Diabetic Angels, which is a Global Outreach and educational program that we founded in 1998.   

We met so many amazing people whose work in the states, as well as, around the world is positively affecting so many lives. As a matter of fact, when we heard of the hardships that some of these recipients have experienced, our challenges are pale in comparison.  For example, in the case of Constantin Asavoaie, after spending ten years in prison for not giving into communism, he now cares for families in need and has helped thousands of people as the director of Prison Fellowship Romania.  Dominic Avellani runs the East Boston Adult Education Center and has provided a wide variety of educations opportunities to over 40,000 immigrants, refugees, and high school dropouts. It is truly inspiring to see him living his dream, thinking positive and helping so many people!   Father Greg Boyle founded “Homeboy Industries” to provide employment for street fighters and felons, while giving them a newfound respect and friendship toward others. As a result of seeing more and more gang activity, Rose Espinoza started “Rosie’s Garage” to tutor high school students in her community. Now, there are over 200 children eager to learn and whose test scores are two grade levels higher!   Karin Walser was inspired to start “Horton’s Kids” after stopping for gas near a large homeless shelter and found small children manning the pumps. Since 1993, Horton’s Kids has provided medical visits, dental care, food and fun outings to children. Go Karin!!! :]   

    Lauren Beeder along with her dachshund named Gary, visits nursing homes in the Los Angeles area, making the patients day brighter by bringing a smiling face. She also founded kidsCANCERvive, raised over $35,000 for cancer research, and hosted support groups for kids with cancer and their families. Davin Singleton has overcome many challenges including dyslexia and other learning disabilities. He is dedicated to help young people build their self-esteem in his workshop, “Dreamers: How to Become Your Dream.”   Jourdan Urbach, a young violin virtuoso, has been “fiddling for philanthropy” since he was seven.  He is the founder of “Children Helping Children” and performs at major benefit concerts, having raised over $1.3 million dollars for medical research.   Emily Wemhoff’s big mission is to make fire safety a priority. She has organized “Project S.A.F.E” and raises funds to provide smoke alarms for local homes.  

Everyone at The Caring Institute made everyone feel so special, and on Thursday evening there was a cocktail party honoring all of the recipients at the Frederick Douglass Museum and Hall of Fame for Caring Americans. 

On Friday, there was a Press Conference that gave all of us the chance to talk a little bit about the work we do, and the opportunity to be interviewed. 

In the afternoon, we had an awesome time at the luncheon held at Union Station, and then we all raced back to the Hotel to get ready for the Caring Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner!

Jackie and I hurried up and got ready because Jourdan Urbach and the two of us had to be downstairs early for a sound check, as we all were performing at the dinner. We would be singing one of our favorite and most inspiring songs “Dreams.” 

When we finished, Jourdan Urbach, a brilliant violinist who has selflessly given of himself, performing at special concerts, and donating the proceeds to his Foundation, “Children Helping Children,” which has raised over 1.5 million dollars had a sound check too. 

After Jourdan, Jackie and I finished rehearsing, we joined the nominees in a reception hosted by Senator Dole - the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Congressmen Mel Levine, and the founder and executive Director of the Caring Institute, Val Halamandaris.

It was a wonderful opportunity for all of us to meet with the Senator and talk to him. Everyone went so far out of their way to make everyone feel so special. 

 

Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Mollie, Jackie, Grandma, Aunt Mama, and Uncle B 
  

    After the reception, the honorees and guests entered the ballroom for the Caring Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner! As we were seated and to our surprise, Bob Hindle, the past Chair and Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada, and someone who we have known since were were 7 years old, traveled all the way from Montreal, Canada - walked through the door and up to our table and gave us a big hug!  This was such a lovely surprise, we couldn’t  believe somebody would go to that much trouble to be a part of such a special event. We were truly moved by his kindness and consideration. 

During the dinner, Val Halamandaris summarized each of the honorees’ projects and accomplishments, and we were all awarded with the Caring Award. 

 

It was such an honor to be a part of the dinner, let alone have the chance to sing one of our favorite inspirational songs to such an amazing audience!  

It was a surreal experience, and we are so honored to have been a part of it and to have had the chance to meet so many wonderful giving people! :] 

 

To view more photos, click here. :]

On November 16th, the same day we received the Caring Award, we recieved the nicest compliment from the organization that we’ve worked so hard to help.

You can read all about it on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation website.
To get to the article, click here.

Thank you again to all of our friends at JDRF, this is amazing.
-Mollie and Jackie

Help educate TSA Agents,Enough…is Enough! TSA must be better educated about the needs of diabetics.

Going through security yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C., Jackie, my twin sister, was holding my orange juice, since my already big purse was terribly overfilled. As we rushed to get through security I tried to remember to tell them everything, but in the confusion, all of us forgot to take the juice out of her purse and put it in one of those grey bins to go through the security check. The screener saw it and asked to have her purse checked, and then he took it out and asked why the unopened bottle of Orange Juice was there. Seeing the concern on his face I shouted, “I’m a Diabetic. My sister was holding some of my supplies, the rest of it is ALL RIGHT HERE” … I picked up the big bag full of diabetic supplies as proof that I was telling the truth. Then I added, “I need that juice! I’ve been running low this morning!!!” I waited for a response, but Thomas, the “Head” TSA agent just stared at me; I could only hope he understood.

Thomas picked up the bottle of orange juice (the good kind too!) and read the label, it turned out he was looking to see how many ounces it held. “16 ounces….” He said to himself, but loud enough to be certain I heard him. Thomas slowly looked at me and asked for my ticket. He scrutinized my boarding pass and questioned why I needed so many ounces of juice if I was only going from Washington, D.C. to Charlotte, North Carolina…he said most people don’t need so much juice to go such a short distance! I had to wonder what was he basing that uninformed statement on?

In his ignorance and lack of diabetes knowledge and its management, Thomas was making a decision that could potentially be life threatening for me. Thomas believed that he could decide how much juice I would need based upon the distance I was traveling, not on my blood sugar level, the potential for insulin shock, or previous exercise, just to mention a few diabetic hazards that might cause someone to need more juice than normal.

My concern is that too many TSA agents are terribly uninformed, and on a daily basis make critical decisions regarding the health of diabetics and what they do or don’t need to bring on board a plane. I’m sure this is not intentional, but it is extremely frightening. Although there are a few knowledgeable, conscientious and well intentioned TSA Agents, they are far too few, and unfortunately, the majority of agents need to be better educated; Although we as diabetic citizens are equally concerned about terrorism and appreciate the difficulty of their job, we are equally as concerned about the health of all Americans, especially Diabetics who may not be allowed to travel with items they need… (For those of you who believe that you can just get something to drink like juice on a plane, think again. On two occasions, due to turbulence, I was unable to reach my diabetic supplies in the bin above my head, nor would the airline hostesses able to leave their seats to get what I needed. As my blood sugar continued to plummet, my sister remembered she had a few glucose tablets left in her purse. It was not enough to resolve the problem, but luckily for me, the plane was able to land and I was able to get to my juice. Ever since then, I carry what i need literally on me…or we carry it in one of our purses. Diabetic Supplies must be within arms length). 
Maybe it is time for the TSA to add medical personnel to its screening process at every airport in the country. These ongoing encounters diabetics face must be rectified.

For the record, every diabetic’s needs are different and every diabetic’s blood sugar fluctuates. My mom, my sister and I stood our ground, determined to bring on board what I needed to maintain a healthy blood sugar level, and he finally permitted me to travel with the juice…After repeatedly looking me up and down, Thomas, in a somewhat condescending voice said, “Las Vegas?…..16 ounces should be enough to get you there.” For the record Thomas, my blood sugar dropped again and I drank the entire 16 ounces on the first leg of my return trip to Las Vegas.

Chidlia, 3/28/08
Hi Mollie Really nice to see this post. Here in India we’ve started a website for diabetic children and their parents. Who better to critique it and help us out than you. Do visit www. chidia.com and mail us about it. Thank you!

Donna, 11/22/07 at 1:02AM
You did a great job standing your ground and it was a good thing, too, huh? I understand the whole security thing. But when I person is going to Washington DC to receive an award for being a caring person & they get put through the run-around like you were, that’s just wrong.
You’re right; it’s time for some education for these people. You shouldn’t have to worry about harming your health when traveling like this. Hopefully, things will get better. I’m glad you made it through all of it okay 

Cody, 11/22/07 at 3:58 am
Sorry to hear about your trouble with the TSA. I always carry a doctor’s statement with me saying it is medically necessary for me to have food, juice, gel etc with me at times. I show it to TSA before I even go through the medical detector and xray machne and have never had any problem getting through. I have had on flight attendant who actually moved my bag for me after I placed it above me and I was also on crutches at the time and she moved it half way down the airplane and refused to move it back up for me. Thankfully my row mate was a Doctor and understood the necessity for me to have it and when and got it for me and refused to let the flight attendant take it back.

Sarah, 11/22/07 at 8:57 PM
It is actually very easy to avoid this kind of problem. Take a small bottle of juice to the airport and dump it before security if you haven’t needed it. Also carry glucose tabs that they won’t question. Buy more juice, if that is what you want to have available to you on the aircraft, after the security checkpoint.

I agree that we should be able to carry the stuff we want. But it is easier to play by the rules and prevent the TSA agents asking questions in the first place though.

Jayen, 12/8/07 at 12:44 pm
Hi Mollie. I live in the DC area and have a terrible time each time I have to fly out. Once all the TSA workers were yelling across the area to each other about me having too much food/drink along and what should they do with me. Like with you, they said I didn’t need that much for the distance. Of course, about 100 people were witnessing the problem. Actually, I can’t even go stand in line at a restaurant to wait and buy juice & food if I hit a low on the other side of security; ..not to mention the PRICE of food and juice once you go past security ~ ugh. I’m sorry for what you went through ~ that has happened to me here in DC too many times. I would be happy to help you with this effort to educate TSAs. Thank you SO MUCH for writing about it.

bettercell, 12/11/07 at 4:44pm
What a SCHMUCK this Thomas is. Probably a liitle ego that wants to feel important by wearing a TSA uniform.
A just reward for this SCHMUCK would be a diagnosis of T1DM w/recurring bouts of Hypoglycemia. 

We’re leaving for Washington, D.C. tomorrow morning!

I still have to pack, and pack my diabetic supplies!!!!!

I’ll update when we all get home! :]

Since Jackie and I didn’t have classes today, we’ve been packing for Washington, D.C., printing out business cards, getting everything ready, and just organized all the paper work to check in our flight tomorrow…We’re getting really excited now! 
:]