airport scanners
lavenderlady
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has anyone been through a scanner at any airport since having an artificial joint ( in my case a wrist repalcment being done in a few weeks ( I hope) what happens ?????
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Hi
My THR didn`t do anything to scanners. I was a bit disappointed!! I think it is a bit hit and miss as to whether anything bleeps etc..
NB0 -
:shock:
Have they stuck anything metal in? If they haven't you'd be ok I should think....
If they have dont you get anything to show the airport staff?? Like something from the doc :shock:
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Toni xx0 -
Hi
Like toni said if you have no metal you should be ok.
Otherwise just mention it to the airport staff before you enter the scan.
I was in my wheelchair as i cant walk very well or far and have a prosthetic leg.(which is metal inside) I told the staff and they didnt take me through the scanner instead they pushed me round it then scanned me with a hand held device and frisked me (gently so not to hurt)
I do sometimes set the alarms off in shops for some reason and thats only entering can be quite embarassing, dont know why that happens, i am not bar coded
juliepf x0 -
Think it depends on the actual airport and how sensitively is it programmed.....
My dad says sometimes he beeps as he has TKR & THR but he doesnt beep all the time...he always tells them its his gammy leg/hip...!
Elainex0 -
Going out at Manchester I didnt walk through but they scanned me with the wand that was ok, when I was in Majorca I walked through and it went off I told the lady that I had a Hip Replacement and she just waved me through.
You can get a ortho card, I think maybe you have to buy it, when I asked the joint nurse at the hospital she had never heard about it but I found the link for it on the NHS website.
Denise0 -
I always cause a bleep at Heathrow then they wand me just to check ...Our worst times are always our best lessons.0
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