Hey guys, Jeff from Chicago here. I hope everyone is feeling well. I have flown many many times. I have never had any issues with security & my Ostomy! But..... Ohare Airport just installed full body scanners, what does that mean for us? I know there are some cards out there that you can hand security that tells that we have certain medical issues. But in todays world, that means nothing! Has anyone gone through these scanners yet & what do we do to alert security prior to flying???
j-pouchman
Mar 09, 2010 2:54 am
Jax
Mar 09, 2010 6:19 am
Hi, there is actually a thread on the site regarding travel and stuff to go with it. If you go the forum home page and find Travel (about 10 down I think) there is a question there on Airport Security. Hope this gives your answer.
JAx
I am also travelling this year to Canada and expect to get the come questions, so I suppose the thing to do is, is just be prepared. Get a Travel Certificate from your stoma nurse and this should help you out.
JAx
I am also travelling this year to Canada and expect to get the come questions, so I suppose the thing to do is, is just be prepared. Get a Travel Certificate from your stoma nurse and this should help you out.
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Hi gang,
I was thinking what a great resource this site has been for me since I found it. It would have been really helpful, but maybe a bit scary, to have found it before my ostomy, but that's water under the bridge. But I got thinking about it, and now I'm questioning why doctors and hospitals don't provide this site's contact info to any patient even considering an ostomy today. And how can we change that so potential ostomates can learn about the road ahead for them by getting on here and asking questions before the docs go chop-chop. How exactly do you get all hospitals to provide their patients specific information, like this website?
I just happened to find this site something like 4 years after my ostomy when I Googled "ostomy forum" or something like that. But I never found it during previous searches.....so I found this site pretty much by pure luck. We need to find a way to make this site available to new or soon-to-be ostomates......as that's when we really need to commiserate with fellow ostomates. Anybody have any thoughts on how we do this?
Thanks,
Bob