Argentopal
Posts: 379
Joined: 12/12/2005 From: Central Texas / Hill Country Status: offline
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I have had several different surgeries and I used to be meek and do absolutely everything the great and almighty medical gods told me to, no questions asked. But one day I had the nerve to ask. One rather smart-ass nurse asked me if I wanted a sliver chain to end up inside my stomach after the procedure was over. I said that I thought maybe, if that was really the reason, that some of the impossible to break medical tape would keep the chain where it belonged. The next time I went in I just told the nurse a particular piece of jewlry that would have to be broken to get off was NOT being removed and if she'd get me the tape I would tape it. She said an additional concern in surgery is that if you were to need to have a defribrelator (sp) used any metal touching your body would leave a burn. I told her if I was dead and needed to be "defibrelated" a small burn was going to be the least of my concerns. She shrugged and gave me the tape. I am not a fanatic and I do remove most of the things that do not normaly come off (3 things total) but 1 absolutely never comes off and I have had 2 MRIs a cat scan and 2 major surgeries with tape over it. As for airports, I go through and depending on the setting of the machine sometimes I set it off and sometimes I don't. But then I have a huge piece of steel in an arm, so I have to contend with that as well, and I will simply step aside and ask for a hand scan. I have found if I am patient and respectful, not rushed and cranky, it's not been a problem. Just another idea and option. opal
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