Airport alarms.

Just to add when I got to my destination i was scanned again and returning too.

Better the Airport staff are extra cautious than someone getting through with a suspect item which could cause untold carnage.

I always tell them about my hip implants and really don’t mind that I am asked to remove my shoes and they wand me as well. After all it’s for everyone’s safety.

We haven't flown since DH had an ICD fitted but he has a card which he should carry at all times, to be shown if he triggers any alarms. All details are on there including consultation who did the operation.

I tell them about my new knees and hips but the alarm isn't usually triggered. These new whole body scans must show the implants very clearly.

When I flew last...ages ago now...all us hip replaced, oldies were queuing to go through the special scan. Made me laugh, all the ancient terrorists and smugglers.

Yes I was the same Lully Dully! I find it funny-although I just smile and comply and thank them for keeping us safe.
I was in Eurostar seems years ago and was walking to reclaim my case when a formation of armed, tough (young looking) soldiers passed either side of me. I thanked them and said I was glad to see them. Some just politely nodded and said “merci” without taking their eyes of searching round. Reassuring and scary all at once!

I have 2 knee replacements and gets stopped and wanded every time. It doesn't help that I have trouble waking and standing still so that doesn't help.Its just part of travelling and I would rather be inconvenienced for a few minutes than blow up!

I broke my fingers once a few days before travelling to see our son and nearly one year old. After the cast was removed, I asked for a velcro-ed splint, as cooler in hot climes and less chance of braining the baby!
It was very scary in transit at Dubai airport. I was physically led away from the family and taken to a small, windowless room. I removed the splint, jt was placed in a tray which was taken away at arm's length for further examination.
No English explanation. No opportunity to tell my husband and children ahead of me in the inspection queue.

The wires in my bra once set off the alarms at the airport when flying home from Denmark. I was flying with my boss for a business trip and felt a bit embarrassed but he was highly amused.

I have a pin and screws in my leg after I broke it. Sometimes it sets off alarms, sometimes it doesn’t. You just have to go with it.

Last time I flew something in my hand luggage set off an alarm at the transit airport in Doha. It turned out to be a crochet hook which I was using to pass the time on the long flight to Australia. It set off a conversation with a female member of staff who wanted to see what I was making and have a look at the pattern etc.

I set the alarms off at Bristol airport because the necklace I was wearing had a heavy metal decoration drop thing. I was frisked as well!
A tin of mints in my pocket set the security alarm off when I was in the Sears Tower. It must be quite a regular occurrence as the security man immediately asked if I had mints in my pocket!
DS has a pin in his leg which used to set off alarms but not so much now.

Being scanned is a routine and necessary part of air travel nowadays. I can’t think why anyone gets upset about it.
Far from moaning about it I am grateful such security exists.

At one airport, I had to take out my trainers and hand it over to them, for a special scan. I guess I have one of those suspicious faces?

They scan trainers because many have those really thick soles perfect for hiding stuff, wearing them or packed.

Personally it wouldnt bother me in the slightest it would prove that they are doing their job

I wear a F.E.S ( Functional electro stimulator for drop foot )

I carry all necessary paperwork with me i am more than happy to explain.

Heathrow, I was wearing a medical backbrace, of course the alarms went off. I explained the reason why but was taken to a side room where they insisted I took it off even though I said I would be in pain. …. On thé other hand I have never been stopped for the asthma syringe I have carried in my bag for the last 20+ years through countless airports though, which I more often than not forget to show.

Has anybody else been through this.

Yes, nearly every time, different airports. My family think it's very funny but it is embarrassing!

tanith

They scan trainers because many have those really thick soles perfect for hiding stuff, wearing them or packed.

DH always has to take his shoes and his belt off.
Good thing his trousers stay up.

DD is a wheelchair user and always taken aside to be ‘frisked’
Usually not too bad but quite intrusive as they feel under her. However, one year in Paris, she said she had been so intimately frisked that she felt quite upset.
However, it’s something we all have to live with now.