# Our recent run for the border (the Northern one)

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-recent-run-for-the-border-the-northern-one/6385
**Category:** Insulin
**Tags:** insulin, canada
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-recent-run-for-the-border-the-northern-one/6385 "2019-02-01T18:12:29Z")
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### Author: ![Irish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/irish/32/57_2.png) [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-recent-run-for-the-border-the-northern-one/6385/12 "2019-02-01T21:49:15Z")

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> [@TravelingOn](#):
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> > I am shocked that they were so nasty about your buying insulin. More than shocked.
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> I wondered if she wasn’t actually Canadian. 😄

Yes, she did present with a really tough exterior. I could imagine how she might feel–especially if she’s had a few pushy Americans. I don’t think she was able to grasp the disparity between costs, and I didn’t feel compelled to enlighten her particularly. I was trying to be a nice American (I can appreciate that those may be rare in her field).

And @travelingon, your comment made me laugh. Everyone else we met (almost to a person) could not have been nicer!

I haven’t quite figured out how to manage the border crossing. I anticipate they might not appreciate the intricacies of this subject and worried that they might confiscate insulin if I answered that I had bought prescription drugs in Canada. [Foreign drug import is now legal: discussion thread](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-import-is-now-legal-discussion-thread/1093)  
@Sam doesn’t think they would. Any other experience there?

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