Originally Posted by
spd476
I got a new insulin pump and CGM last year that can go through the body scanners. The scanner picks up two anomalies for them. After the scanner, I tell the TSA about the pump. All they want is for me to touch the area of the anomaly over my clothing and then they ETD swab my hands. They never touched me at all. I suppose the ETD test would pick up that my pump is a bomb, but it was quite the difference from the usual full patdown I would get with my previous pump that couldn't go through the scanners.
That's exactly the way someone with an illness/disability/incision should be treated.