Prosthetic Breast Gets Airport Security Up In A Little Old Lady’s Grill …
Shamefully, airport security in Calgary felt it was a good idea to strip search an 82 old woman because she didn’t declare her prosthetic as a liquid item.
I’m so glad I decided not to take my prosthetic with me on a recent trip to Las Vegas … more than likely I would be in jail because I can be quite cantankerous. I certainly have the utmost respect for authority, but man, I would be dropping F-Bombs all over the place if they would have embarrassed me during a body scan.
When are we humans treated as innocent first? Could they not have been courteous and respectful before asking her about the prosthetic?
Yes, there may be crooks, creeps, liars, thieves and all kinds of criminals wandering through the airport (and the streets and hallways of anywhere in the world), but do we have to be treated as if we’ve done something intentionally wrong all the time?
When is it just a mistake?
It’s shameful. It’s Canada.
Here’s a few links to the story:
A new low in the name of security.
Oh No, More Pain
About a month ago, my last remaining boob, which also happens to be the left boob, became very painful. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the pain I was in when I had cancer in my other breast … and I didn’t take this pain lightly, even though I didn’t find a lump.
I tried to make an urgent appointment with my very handsome surgical oncologist, and unfortunately kept getting the run around with the many receptionists at the clinic. None seemed to take it seriously and a few days later, the supervisor called and kept repeating that she was confused about my call: this was quite aggravating as you can imagine.
She gave me an appointment about 6 weeks later and I told her that was outrageous considering my history. She had to speak to the doctor and he said he would see me within the week …
Is it me? Does anyone else find it odd that no one seems to take this seriously? I don’t consider myself a hysterical person either … all I was trying to do is see the same doctor that I have been seeing over the last 2 years for breast cancer and it was nothing but challenging to make the appointment.
When I went to see him, he said that my last remaining breast could be on another person and that what happened to one breast doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll have cancer in the other breast.
That’s a relief … but I still wanted to have an ultra-sound to be sure that there is no cancer in my last remaining boob … I had to beg to have an ultra-sound!
I finally will have the ultra-sound on January 18th and then a follow-up with the doctor in early February: about 2.5 months after I first contacted them about the pain in my breast.
I will never forget that pain … and it’s exactly the same pain and same scenario as it was 2 years ago.
Wish me luck!
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