Neil
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Nuss bars and airports.
I was just wondering if any of you with your bars in place have been through airport security and what sort of reaction you got.
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Neil
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Oops wrong forum and I don't know how to delete it.
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Skiddy
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Hi Neil. Yeah you are issued a inplant passport. It states you have bars in your chest with a photo. Believe me it squeals when you go through.
My missus stopped us going abroad until they come out. LOL
When I came back from Helios some 10 days after my Nuss, they took me into another room to verify my operation and nearly threw up after I took my
pressure bandage off.
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Teeham
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I have been through airport security in the USA 6 times since surgery, and not once have they gone off. They usually put me in the body scan machine
which wont pick up anything inside your body, but even the regular metal detector wasn't going off. I have also been through countless metal
detectors at court houses and government buildings with nothing going off at all. But im sure other metal detectors vary by make and model and
sensitivity to different metals.
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withPC
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On average I fly about 50 times a year. You don't beep.
Also, don't go thru the nudo-scope. They tell you its safe but it got me worried after TSA agent asked me if I had necklace on. Then week later
another TSA agent at different airport asked me this again. I won't go thru that peep show machine again. Since then I've been asking for personal pat
down. It takes 2 minutes but I don't have to be exposed to more radiation.
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Sinister
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I've flown about 20 times since surgery and the only time it's beeped was for a random check. I've never had to show anyone my card but carry it just
in case. I've also been through the xray machines at the airport no less than 10 times and never once have they stopped me or patted me down. It's a
super low energy, just enough to get through your clothing but not really penetrate your skin. But I see where WithPC had a different experience,
maybe Schaar uses slightly different bars.
I know the card I have says the bars are not magnetic and you can even get an MRI if needed, with the bars in.
" Whatever you have, you must make the most of it. Rest assured that you can
transform yourself, no matter where you started from. The most important body part is
the mind.”
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withPC
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The problem is not with the bar, but with TSA. DHS received scare few months ago that terrorists will implant bombs. And that triggered more
unnecessary actions. Apparently they turned up the x-ray volume to see inside the body. It has never happened to me before (flying for 2.5 years with
bar in).
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BullyBulldog
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i set them off in spain but not in UK or france, must be a different type of detector?
Nussed in the UK (NHS) on May 21st 2010 by Hans Pilegaard at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.
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Skiddy
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Mine went off with the hand scanners at Berlin and UK. I must be unlucky.. Could it be Titanium is different to steel?
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Pectus Dude
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The only time mine has triggered the beeper was when coming back from surgery in Berlin. Otherwise, nada.
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