but the TSA has to prove to the world that they don't profile people...so
there you get stuck in the extra line.  I have the same problem...except I'm
female, short and fat with metal joints (lol)

Karen

Same here, even in Australia. C'est la vie.

Ari

My titanium hip is causing me delays in the security checks at airports. It
sets off the alarm during the 'walk through' and there's nothing I can do to
prevent the 'pat search' and 'complete wand scan' that is required after
that. I'm 63 years old with salt and pepper hair and a small white beard -
certainly, that's not what they are looking for. I'm thinking of wearing my
wedding ring and keeping my keys in my pocket, since it won't matter - I get
singled out anyway!

i don't know where you live.  however, i have a friend in california who has
a total shoulder and a knee replacement.  she travels a lot, out of the
country.  i can't remember what it is called, but she told me she has a
medical card that she shows whenever she flies that lets them know she has
these metal protheses inside her body and it speeds up the process a lot.
it sounded to me like it is a picture id that is scanable.  the process of
getting one of these cards sounded a little tedious to me, but it might be
worth it for you to investigate getting this card, if you travel a lot.  i'd
suggest either asking your doctor/surgeon about it or calling your airport
or the FAA or the passport bureau about it.  sorry, i don't know any more
details than that.  hope that helps.

kate

kate

And Kate replied:

My hips have never sounded an alarm at an airport or courthouse.

But they sure raise hell at a couple of state prisons I visit
6 or 7 times a year.  Out comes a medical card from the surgeon
and a letter from the rheumy, plus the wand for a body scan. <g>

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When I fly, which isn't very often, I always have to be stopped and checked
and scanned because of the metal in my knee replacement joint.  Nanny