Enhanced pat down

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David_R
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Enhanced pat down

Postby David_R » Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:04 pm

I just saw a story on how they're going to start having "enhanced pat downs" at airports now. Since I'm traveling by plane soon, I'm wondering: With an "enhanced pat down," will they be able to feel something hard in my scrotum (the pump) and think something is suspicious? (I do have in my wallet a diagram card from my implant's producer that explains it. Will this be enough?) :?

dg_moore
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby dg_moore » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:22 pm

I don't think even tRump would instruct TSA agents to squeeze passing scrotums. I doubt this is a concern.
Dave, 80, Maryland - Implant (Titan) 2008 by Dr. Andrew Kramer (failed Sept 2020) - never used due to a stroke that, among other things, ended my sex life.
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LMCatman
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby LMCatman » Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:33 pm

changing planes in Tokyo a few years ago I had an "advanced patdown" from a young Japanese woman (in a white mask and rubber gloves) that was almost "intimate". I was a bit disappointed when she stopped short of a "full body cavity search"......oh well.....
73 Years old. RP Oct 2010, No erections after, Botched Titan implant April, 2013, Successful Titan revision, April , 2014 by Dr. Paul Perito, Miami. Titan failure Feb 2017. Rev. by Dr Perito March 1st, 2017. Titan failure Nov 2020. New Titan January 2021

alibaba
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby alibaba » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:18 pm

I think I can enhance their (TSA) pat down experience. :lol:
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby Lost Sheep » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:17 pm

I sure hope it is not all that intimate. I will be flying only a few days after implantation.
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David_R
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby David_R » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:14 pm

I know (from medical experiences after getting an implant) that the device is visible with a CAT scan or an MRI.

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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby LMCatman » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:52 pm

I've flown many times since my first implant nearly four years ago...... No one ever mentioned anything.....
73 Years old. RP Oct 2010, No erections after, Botched Titan implant April, 2013, Successful Titan revision, April , 2014 by Dr. Paul Perito, Miami. Titan failure Feb 2017. Rev. by Dr Perito March 1st, 2017. Titan failure Nov 2020. New Titan January 2021

cincinnatus1951
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby cincinnatus1951 » Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:01 pm

Gang:
I got my implant in Jan '16. Have flown Houston-la, Houston/NY twice, Ny to Rome and Barcelona to Newark and Newark to Houston. No problems, except Barcelona to NY and once from Orange County to Houston. Barc- Ny was stopped for extra examination with no problems. OC to Houston, was stopped for extra exam. TSA guy asked if I had any metal below the belt, I said "NO". ( I do have a 2 Ga frenum piercing, which I remove for travel) and he did a pat down, and let me go. Wife commented I must be a celebrity now. Don't know if the implant triggered either of these things.
Good Luck
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Age 79, Wife 77 Married 52yrs RPP Dr Brian Miles, Houston Methodist, July 2013. Used VED, pills, MUSE, and trimix with no or mixed results. 18cm Titan, one RTE by Dr Mohit Khera, Baylor, Houston, Jan 2016

charlesr
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Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby charlesr » Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:13 pm

I have one of those cards also, but I never had to use it. I have heard that enhanced patdowns will only be used if someone refuses the scanner. I went through the scanner with no repercussions. I assume TSA agents are being educated in these matters.
Born 1951. Radical Robotic Prostatectomy on October 6, 2013. Bionic with Titan Touch with Bioflex Zero Degree 18cm w/ (1) rte Implant, Infrapubic, on July 13, 2015.

Anonymous 3

Re: Enhanced pat down

Postby Anonymous 3 » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:04 pm

I took two domestic (Canada) flights two weekends ago and passed the scanner test with no issues both times.


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