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Happy2Bhere
Forum Leader
Username: Happy2bhere
Post Number: 3757
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:41 pm: | 
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Ol' Bob
P.S. I would love to see some replies to this post, by golly.
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Bill
Member
Username: Bill_e
Post Number: 62
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 06:02 am: |
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I just returned from a trip to Las Vegas and managed to get scanned and groped. Tip...if you want to be groped, just leave something in your pocket for the scan to pick up.
Actually, it was not that bad - any modesty that I may have had went out the door long ago (wrapped in a hospital gown).
Kidney transplant 11/24/02
cadaveric transplant
Duke Medical Center
Home: Virginia |
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Jack R
Member
Username: Jack_r
Post Number: 194
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 08:10 am: |
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Ol' Bob,
this morning I opended an email titled "Grandma got molested at the airport". Through "Friends" send me your email address and I will forward it to you in return you can send the HSD logo - just don't forward a picture of Janet.
| Cardiac history going back to 1993. Heart Transplant received in Oct. 2004. Interesting first year and have been very physically active ever since. I currently am pro-active with the SE PA. Gift of Life and a member of Johns Hopkins patient administered Heart Transplant Foundation. |
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Frank J.
Forum Leader
Username: Txaggie86
Post Number: 204
Registered: 03-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 08:57 am: |
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The "pat downs" are getting out of hand...
Frank Jones
Liver Transplants at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA April 2005 and April 2006.
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
Robert A. Heinlein |
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Andy
Forum Leader
Username: Andyheart
Post Number: 160
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 02:09 pm: |
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When I come over to the US we now have to apply for
Electronic System for Travel Authorization via the internet, I don't mind the extra security if it makes air travel safe.
I had a heart transplant 5th October 1998 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham UK my web site is
www.txandy.webspace.virginmedia.com |
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Jack R
Member
Username: Jack_r
Post Number: 195
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 02:30 pm: |
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Hey Andy,
the ? is will you like you junk groped?
Jack
| Cardiac history going back to 1993. Heart Transplant received in Oct. 2004. Interesting first year and have been very physically active ever since. I currently am pro-active with the SE PA. Gift of Life and a member of Johns Hopkins patient administered Heart Transplant Foundation. |
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Hostess Rise'
Board Administrator
Username: Rise
Post Number: 15216
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 04:25 pm: |
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Bob- the picture is hilarious. I did not notice the hands at first until i Paused and looked again LOL
Like Frank said, The pat down are getting out of hand LOL
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Happy2Bhere
Forum Leader
Username: Happy2bhere
Post Number: 3758
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 06:24 pm: |
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....if you can believe them:
Q. What has TSA done to protect my privacy?
A. TSA has implemented strict measures to protect passenger privacy, which is ensured through the anonymity of the image. A remotely located officer views the image and does not see the passenger, and the officer assisting the passenger cannot view the image. The image cannot be stored, transmitted or printed, and is deleted immediately once viewed. Additionally, there is a privacy algorithm applied to blur the image.
Ol' Bob
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CiscoKidney07
Forum Leader
Username: Gregg
Post Number: 4267
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 08:42 pm: |
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It will protect my own.......privacy.
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cindy
Member
Username: Cindy
Post Number: 313
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:19 pm: |
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Ol'Bob
It's funny the picture is from the San Diego Tribune. I actually flew out of San Diego on Monday morning......No body scan or Pat down We'll see how it is on the return flight
Cindy
Double Lung Transplant on Feb 9, 2010
at UCSD/Thornton Hospital, San Diego, Ca.
Albuquerque, New Mexico..USA
www.caringbridge.org/visit/cindywalters |
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DAP1122
Forum Leader
Username: Dap1122
Post Number: 2255
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 08:15 am: |
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We flew roundtrip the week after Thanksgiving and did NOT get scanned or patted down. They were scanning random people and patting down very few.
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Hostess Meagan
Forum Leader
Username: Newheart14
Post Number: 1672
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 09:43 am: |
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My son and his family just got back from Disneyworld and they said they breezed through Customs - no problems.
I did see something online about a man with bladder cancer getting rough treatment which was just awful. He asked them to be careful of his urine bag but they were not and he ended up with urine all over himself poor thing.
Forum Leader
Heart-Liver Transplant - February 14, 2008
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF
- Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie
- Bumps in the road can sometimes be mountains, so I have learned to climb mountains - Meagan
Meagan's Blog |
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Happy2Bhere
Forum Leader
Username: Happy2bhere
Post Number: 3759
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:06 am: |
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I personally have to admit, as others might, the airways are safer since Homeland Security was placed into service.
This is a completely different world we live in, now, like it or not.
Stay safe and God Bless
Ol' Bob
P.S. I have truly enjoyed your various comments, by golly.
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LadyDi
Forum Leader
Username: Ladydi
Post Number: 2523
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 12:17 pm: |
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I hate flying and try not to unless impossible to avoid.
Guess I won't make it to Hawaii unless they build a bridge.......
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CiscoKidney07
Forum Leader
Username: Gregg
Post Number: 4269
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 12:58 pm: |
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I would say something, but I guess I better not..................LOL!!
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Pugmom
Member
Username: Pugmom
Post Number: 16
Registered: 10-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 04:40 pm: |
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I'm all for safety and security, but, I have an ICD (defibrulator), so I'm not supposed to walk through the metal detectors. This means I am always redirected to the side for a "pat down". "Arms out, palms up...check the bottom of my feet..." Most of my experiences have been Ok. That being said, my husband and I both work in a prison and I feel a little like I'm on the "wrong side" during a "pat down"! LOL
We leave for a cruise in two weeks, so I'm already pre-planning the appropriate clothes and shoes!
Awaiting Heart Tx
Ischemic Cardiomyopath/CHF
Listed 7/6/10
California Pacific Medical Center
"Love doesn't make the world go round.....it's what makes the ride worthwhile!!!!! |
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Stevet
Member
Username: Chonduu
Post Number: 5
Registered: 12-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 06:26 pm: |
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we had to go thru a metal detector on and off the cruise so be planned for that too .. at least on royal carb. 2 years ago jan.
My love for my donor knows no bounds..
The 4 things i love the most , God , my wife, my donor whoever that is , and my dogs crump and finnerian , the best two english bulldogs around |
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Pugmom
Member
Username: Pugmom
Post Number: 17
Registered: 10-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 07:57 pm: |
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We went on a cruise last Jan also. I swear the "pat down" took 10 min! Hubby and all our friends had a good time "heckling" from the side lines! LOL!
Awaiting Heart Tx
Ischemic Cardiomyopath/CHF
Listed 7/6/10
California Pacific Medical Center
"Love doesn't make the world go round.....it's what makes the ride worthwhile!!!!! |
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dennis
Member
Username: Netforce
Post Number: 99
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 04:26 pm: |
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great cartoon !
now if the officer seeing the scan cant see the person that is actually being scanned ...whats the point ? and how do any of know if the images are not filed away on some secret "codeword" hard drive some where?
As far as the pat downs go ....first I didn't know I could get this done for free by a total stranger and secondly if you really want to get someone back tell the TSA agent they were acting "funny" before getting in line .......
Awaiting Bilaterial Lung Tx COPD/Emphzyma UWMC/William S.Middleton Veterns Hospital Madison WI.
Listed 10/2009 |
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Mohan
Forum Leader
Username: Mraghavan
Post Number: 165
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:16 pm: |
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In my most recent airport experience, I managed to set off the alarm twice and was about to be patted down before I realized that the stuff that is holding my new liver in place was the cause.
Fortunately, my transplant clinic had provided me with small laminated card that IDs me as a transplant clinic. I would suggest that others carry it with them, if they have one.
Mohan
Liver Transplant 04/18/2009
University of Colorado Hospital |
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Hostess Meagan
Forum Leader
Username: Newheart14
Post Number: 1683
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 12:43 am: |
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Hi Mohan,
I am curious to know what holds our transplanted livers in place. I know a heart isn't just hanging there and that part of the old heart is left in and the new heart attached.
Thanks!
Meagan
Forum Leader
Heart-Liver Transplant - February 14, 2008
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF
- Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie
- Bumps in the road can sometimes be mountains, so I have learned to climb mountains - Meagan
Meagan's Blog |
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Happy2Bhere
Forum Leader
Username: Happy2bhere
Post Number: 3779
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 10:01 am: |
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I don't know what holds the liver in place but I found this quite interesting:
"The liver is the body's largest internal organ, weighing about 3 pounds in adults. It is located below the diaphragm on the right side of the abdomen."
Ol' Bob
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