Cologal; thank you for your thorough explanation of the stress flying with medical implants is. I can't even imagine the courage of someone who history also includes abuse. I've never been entirely comfortable with doctors touching me in certain places, but to let some blue collar bubba touch me because my implants set off his alarm, or he just feels like it, is more than I can tolerate.

My wife, like Tbugs evidently, is able bodied and mostly has the same stress free "what extra security" flying experience. She's not happy that I get this heart racing with chills thing just anticipating what's going to happen, but it is what it is, and I am who I am.

(I have to add this, I apologize for repeating myself)
Also if, and only if, any aspiring terrorist is going through the backscatter imaging system TSA might, and only might, notice something out of sorts. But if the device is implanted in a body cavity or surgically implanted the terrorist is home free. All 4th Amendment violations and hundreds of millions of tech dollars spent notwithstanding.