Posted 5/23/2022 3:40 PM (GMT 0)
I just returned from a 2-week trip to Italy. I have TSA-Pre and always just go through just the metal detector which doesn’t find my AMS800 artificial urinary sphincter. When I was transiting through Frankfurt, due to the gate assignment and some kind of mixup at immigration, they had me leave the secured area and I had to got through security again. They had no metal detector, only the full body scanner, something I’ve never dealt with. My scan set off the alarm and the monitor, which they showed me, was lit up where the AMS is installed. I showed them my med alert bracelet but due to either their lack of interest in it or a language issue, I got a full, top of the clothes pat down/feel up as they attempted to discover what I might be hiding. Satisfied that I wasn’t a threat, they sent me on my way.