thank you Bart ^ as with the rules being "liquid" (pun intented), this makes going to the tsa website on a daily basis easier (tho i will do a 2x check the day before i fly just in case). also, thanks for the clarification on shoes but just to ask......

i have custom orthotics (non gel) but if i remove my shoes, i cannot walk without assistance so if i have it correct, i inform the gatekeeper i have a medical condition (as i have always done), go thru and then get swabbed. is that it or is it gonna be the fully secondary and will i still have to remove my shoes after going thru as that will create a problem as it will take me a good 30 minutes to remove and put my shoes back on (and that's with a shoehorn but i don't think that the tsa will proved a sterile shoehorn so that's my dilemma). also, where those of us at sfo can use the puffer, will that (as it's been in the past) eliminate the need for shoe removal as that was a godsend...puff, wtmd with no alarm and done.