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Reply to "Pat down at the airport"

This reminds me that many years ago but after I got a J Pouch I was sent for an abdominal ultrasound examination.  I specifically told the radiology technician "tell the radiologist I have a J pouch."  Either that message was not communicated or not understood.  A few days later I got the report and it was talking about what sounded like a very large tumor in my abdomen (with measurements) and I became scared and sent it to my gastroenterologist.  He called me up and was laughing.  I asked him why he was laughing and he said, "the radiologist measured your J Pouch and called it a tumor."  He thought it was unbelievable and asked me what the communication was with the radiologist.

It's a good question about what the TSA scanning machines show but I have been through them many times with no problems or questions about metal or pouches.

I did one time get hassled about bringing bottled water in a carry on knapsack.  I told the TSA agent I did so for medical reasons because on longer flights I feared dehydration and DVTs (which can happen with dehydration on longer flights) .  Initially he hassled me but then when he saw my medications bag which was a one gallon ziplock bag filled with prescriptions, he said, "with all those Meds I am tending to believe you do have a medical condition and I am going to let you bring them on board."

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