Archermom 0 Posted February 28, 2006 Hi everybody! Has anybody of all you bandsters out there received an LapBand Passport after surgery? Or any kind of paperwork for an implanted devise? Just wondering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StrawartS 2 Posted February 28, 2006 I got a little card to carry in my wallet with a picture of the device. It's good if you get into an accident so ER docs don't go around endoscoping you without knowing about the band. Supposedly it gets you discounted meals at restaurants, but I'm not too crazy about announcing my surgery to everybody on the planet just to save a few bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim_8 2 Posted February 28, 2006 Yes, I received one. I thought I might have needed it when I went out of the country and had to go through security in the airport (metal detector)... but no probs at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragonwillow 0 Posted February 28, 2006 I don't have one...but as for annoucing to the whole world. I tell EVERYONE. LOL I keep saying I"m going to stop, but I don't. I feel like a walking lapband advertisment sometimes. Everyone knows but my mother in law that is LOL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StrawartS 2 Posted February 28, 2006 Oh, the airport. Let me tell you about the airport. I've never set off the walk-through detector, but during my personal TSA molestation, the wand beeped over my port site. And don't even think about saying LapBand, because your personal feel-up artist is not interested in learning about your new-fangled surgical procedure. Just say yes when they ask if you have an implanted device. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewSho 20 Posted February 28, 2006 Exactly - Strawarts - it's the dang super-sensitive hand wand that does it. I can walk thru the X-ray metal detector all day but if they hand wand me.... The band beeps immediately. ( *sigh*) As if going thru airport security isn't already a fun procedure nowadays... Happy Band Journeys to all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tricia K. 0 Posted February 28, 2006 Ok, that's odd...while my husband and I were in Vegas this past October, my purse was stolen (with my ID inside), which required me to go through that "extra" security at the airport on our trip home. The wand didn't go off at all and I know for a fact that I have a port. I wonder why it goes off for some and not others. Not that I'm itching to tell the TSA agent that I have an implanted device, mind you. :eek: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
princess_n_thep 2 Posted February 28, 2006 Sometimes it will go off on me, sometimes it won't.... I think my port is as finicky as the band is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boo 3 Posted February 28, 2006 What kind of metal is in the port?? Does anyone know? I am severely allergic to nickel. And I would be very embarrassed to have to announce that I had an "implanted device" in such a busy public place as the airport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StrawartS 2 Posted February 28, 2006 My doctor's office was very surprised that I beeped with the wand. And it's not that embarassing to tell the TSA about it - I only had to bring it up when I was selected for extra screening. Embarassing is when they stick the wand practically all the way in your special place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magic 0 Posted February 28, 2006 So the band would always ring in the airport detector? I just got my band a week ago.... Does it always ring? or only sometimes???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StrawartS 2 Posted February 28, 2006 It seems that for those of us who have responded, the band ONLY goes off when you are selected for the additional personal screening with the wand. It has NOT gone off for me with the walk-through detector. Try not to look suspicious and you'll be fine :confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
"Just" Paul 1 Posted February 28, 2006 The back of the port is Titanium, so the needle for fills does not pierce all the way through the port. That is the only metal in the band. it is a small amount, and only the wand would likely detect it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarleyNana 10 Posted February 28, 2006 I went to the Inamed site and printed my own card, saved $5.00 at Golden Corral. "Stomach Stapling" was listed on the receipt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tricia K. 0 Posted February 28, 2006 It seems that for those of us who have responded, the band ONLY goes off when you are selected for the additional personal screening with the wand. It has NOT gone off for me with the walk-through detector. Try not to look suspicious and you'll be fine :confused::confused: Correction - - the band did not set off the wand while I went through extra security at Las Vegas McCarren International Airport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
