Full Body Scanner with with knee replacement?
Nov 11, 2010 | 10:09 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Michigan
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Full Body Scanner with with knee replacement?
Any chance I can just do the full body scan and be done with it, and not have to do the agressive pat down with a knee replacement??? i would prefer it to the agressive pat down. As an elderly female senior, I greatly resent the full pat down even before recent changes the last few weeks. If I have a piece of metal in my knee from an operation, why the lift your arms and spread your legs and examine all over. THE METAL IS IN MY KNEE!!. There I vented, I feel better alrealy!!
Nov 11, 2010 | 10:19 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6,445
Any chance I can just do the full body scan and be done with it, and not have to do the agressive pat down with a knee replacement??? i would prefer it to the agressive pat down. As an elderly female senior, I greatly resent the full pat down even before recent changes the last few weeks. If I have a piece of metal in my knee from an operation, why the lift your arms and spread your legs and examine all over. THE METAL IS IN MY KNEE!!. There I vented, I feel better alrealy!!
Nov 12, 2010 | 2:38 am
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: here and there
Programs: EB*G, UA ex1K
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The first problem is the health risk associated with radiation exposure in the body scanners.
The second problem is that the TSA will do the patdown to "resolve" any "anomalies" in the scanning (as in Dave Barry's blurry groin"). Some folks here have reported that they have observed 1/3 - 1/2 of passengers in the scanner get patted down anyhow.
In any case, the OP can look at the sticky about which airports (and which terminals and lanes have the scanners.
Nov 14, 2010 | 7:59 am
#7
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: GRR
Programs: Delta Diamond & Million Miler
Posts: 1,425
Recent experience
I have two fake knees.
I had gotten used to the normal pat-down wanding deal and always budgeted some extra time for it.
Boy have things changed the last few weeks....at my smallish airport I got patted down like never before--very intrusive so much so I figured I'd start asking for a privacy room.
On the way home they had the body scanners (an MMW).....they just waved me through. For the first time in years I made it through security before hubby! I loved it!
I had gotten used to the normal pat-down wanding deal and always budgeted some extra time for it.
Boy have things changed the last few weeks....at my smallish airport I got patted down like never before--very intrusive so much so I figured I'd start asking for a privacy room.
On the way home they had the body scanners (an MMW).....they just waved me through. For the first time in years I made it through security before hubby! I loved it!
Last edited by gretchendz; Nov 14, 2010 at 8:30 am