Rock and Ostomies

Went to a Rock concert tonight and at the gate they were doing a general check for weapons and such by looking at the beltline. When it got to me and I spun around I saw he was eying the slight bulge at my waist so I pulled up my shirt and explained I had an ostomy and he waved me on.

  I hadn't considered that going to a concert would require me to reveal my ostomy. It was not a big deal, but kind of took me by surprise.

  BTW the band was Rush and those guys are awesome

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Yeah, going certain places that can happen via clubs etc... Most just pat my sides and some check my chest to look for a wire thinking I am FBI lol- I know I am not so good of an area when they check your chest-. Anyway, you handled okay. Never did something like that.

i go to concerts and shows, and when it's heavy metal, there's always a pat down, but they have yet to be concerned about my ostomy.



they check the belt line, any loose clothing, even the ankles. i tend to take everything out of my pockets too.

Eat some broccoli then remove the bag and have someone crack a good joke and the projectile you fire could be considered a weapon

I would think the gas alone could be considered a 'deadly weapon'

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Words of Encouragement from Ostomy Advocates I Hollister

a bag of gas or not-gas as the case may be is definitely a weapon in my book

oh wow but they do check as my neice goes to many concrts and yes they had a wine cask but inside it its like a bag you pour wine from that so yeah they do have to check ......At least u had a great time

Mooz, i hope your niece left the cask at the car.

I got checked boarding a plane for Seattle (from Fairbanks, Alaska).  I had to go in the x-ray thing and got pulled over to the side right away after the x-ray was done.  The TSA person said I had something on the left side of my body and they would have to see it.  I told them it was a colostomy and she told me if it was external she had to see it.  I said, "It'd be hard to see if it was internal."  She didn't appreciate my humor.  

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Hehehehehe... so I lifted up my shirt and pulled my slacks down a bit ... and her eyes got very big (no I didn't release any gas from it).  She said, "oh, ok, ok, ok."  Then she waved me on.  I always expect to get checked so I wear elastic waisted slacks, no bra, no socks, slip off and on shoes, and a very large and loose shirt.

lyricalaska, i have yet to be checked by the TSA. this thread was about the pat down before a concert or other similar show.

Sorry to have posted on being patted down at the airport.  However, I've been patted down twice now since my ostomy has become a part of my body.  I was also patted down 3 other times before I had my ostomy.  Why?  No clue, I'm an old lady.  I won't post about such things...I apologize.

maybe some of those pat downs weren't about what would come to light but the patting itself...