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thankana
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Number of posts : 334
Age : 53
Location : Adelaide
Registration date : 2010-06-04
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Wed 29 Sep 2010, 10:26 pm | |
| OMG!!! I will set off the machines at the airport!..lol! I had my gallbladder out in April and I forgot to tell them that I wld have staples from that operation!.....oh no!!!! | |
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Raingold
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Number of posts : 439
Age : 66
Location : Southern Tablelands, NSW, Australia
Registration date : 2009-12-30
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Tue 31 Aug 2010, 2:29 am | |
| This thread got the better of me so I emailed my nurse and asked to clarify.
So I don't get in trouble for copying and pasting her email, the idea of it is... The staples are Titanium. This is because they don’t cause a foreign response in the body.
The only bit I WILL quote is this:
She said: "I rang the rep today and he said that they shouldn’t show up on the MRI. "
Has anyone else asked their surgeon/nurse?
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mamacoops
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Number of posts : 205
Age : 53
Location : South Wales UK
Registration date : 2010-07-22
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Tue 31 Aug 2010, 1:24 am | |
| Great reminder Gail....I also had the airport question...lol... glad we are ok to go through! lol | |
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kazlikesgreen
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Number of posts : 1024
Age : 42
Location : Perth
Registration date : 2010-05-13
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Mon 30 Aug 2010, 2:05 pm | |
| I have staples inside me?! WHAT THE?!
haha kidding
I didn't set any detectors off coming home.... | |
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kaysa9
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Number of posts : 84
Location : Norway
Registration date : 2010-04-25
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 4:50 pm | |
| - EmilyG wrote:
- Hmm.. can someone ask their surgeon about the MRI?
I have asked mine and he said it is no problem with MRI as my staples are made of Titan and does not react badly with magnets. I don't know if everyones staples are titan, so I guess it is worth checking. Kaysa | |
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sssss
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Number of posts : 2844
Age : 62
Location : perth
Registration date : 2010-03-12
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 4:20 pm | |
| Thanks Gail...due for surgery in a month and would never have thought to mention the staples...
S | |
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Raingold
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Number of posts : 439
Age : 66
Location : Southern Tablelands, NSW, Australia
Registration date : 2009-12-30
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 8:20 am | |
| I had an MRI done last week. I had no problems. I didn't even think about it! | |
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J
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Number of posts : 761
Age : 39
Location : Melbourne
Registration date : 2010-08-04
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 6:01 am | |
| Im probably the only one thatd enjoy going through the airport scanner and setting it off.. lol
my sense of humour is warped :P | |
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janelou29
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Number of posts : 464
Age : 58
Location : Australia
Registration date : 2010-05-31
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 2:24 am | |
| My husband has about 4 stents in his heart, and no he does not go off at the airport.
They are very small staples, not like the ones you get from Officeworks!!!
Janelou x | |
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melbell
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Number of posts : 633
Age : 48
Location : deceptionbay brisbane
Registration date : 2010-01-23
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 1:57 am | |
| i think we all ask the airport question lol but having a plate in my ankle i didnt have to ask that question again, | |
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melpaulned
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Number of posts : 1034
Age : 53
Location : Sutherland Shire Sydney
Registration date : 2010-06-22
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sun 29 Aug 2010, 12:09 am | |
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chrisbychic
Top Poster
Number of posts : 7036
Age : 67
Location : Adelaide, Australia
Registration date : 2008-06-02
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 10:55 pm | |
| Good reminder, Gail!
And the airport question was one I actually asked before the op - and no, I haven't set them off either, so the doc was right! | |
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Janette
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Number of posts : 4341
Age : 70
Location : Gundagai, NSW
Registration date : 2009-09-13
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 10:25 pm | |
| LOL no........I have flown at least half a dozen since I have been sleeved and not set off any bells and whistles.....  | |
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Elster71
Newbie
Number of posts : 128
Age : 52
Location : Adelaide
Registration date : 2010-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 10:00 pm | |
| Does this mean I'm going to go 'beep beep' at the security gates at the airport? | |
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Janette
Top Poster
Number of posts : 4341
Age : 70
Location : Gundagai, NSW
Registration date : 2009-09-13
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 8:35 pm | |
| Staples are titanium. Thanks for the info Gail, never thought much of it either and I have just had a hospital admission.  | |
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Emily
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Number of posts : 1180
Location : Earth
Registration date : 2010-04-12
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 6:17 pm | |
| Hmm.. can someone ask their surgeon about the MRI? | |
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cartay
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Number of posts : 433
Age : 42
Location : North Qld, Australia
Registration date : 2010-05-22
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 1:28 pm | |
| OMG, I can't believe how clueless I am sometimes ... I had a friend ask me just today if I had staples inside, and I casually said that I thought they disolved. D'oh!! Good to know for future reference! | |
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mapmar
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Number of posts : 2342
Age : 54
Location : Perth, Western Australia
Registration date : 2009-09-09
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 12:41 pm | |
| Thanks Gail.... a good reminder if/when we need to have an MRI..... that would be a be whoopsie.... will have to check whether we are able to have them done! | |
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Carrie
Top Poster
Number of posts : 2601
Age : 64
Location : Sydney NSW
Registration date : 2009-09-17
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 12:17 pm | |
| Wow... I've been into hospital 3 times since my sleeve op, and just realised I've lied on my admission forms each time! Luckily I was in the capable hands of Dr Martin who obviously knows all about them, but I'll be more careful next time. Thanks Gail :-)
- Carrie xx | |
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Libby
Top Poster
Number of posts : 1975
Age : 52
Location : Adelaide, Australia
Registration date : 2009-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 11:07 am | |
| Well there you go! You learn something new everyday. Thanks  | |
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Diamonds
Banned
Number of posts : 939
Age : 42
Location : Brisbane, Australia
Registration date : 2010-04-09
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 10:25 am | |
| Shiat!!
I did not know this.....
THANK-YOU Aunty Gail....
xo | |
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Elster71
Newbie
Number of posts : 128
Age : 52
Location : Adelaide
Registration date : 2010-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 10:06 am | |
| Thanks Gail - good to know!
Cheers :-)
Ellie | |
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Tempest
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Number of posts : 3694
Age : 65
Location : Adelaide
Registration date : 2009-08-09
| | Subject: Remember you have STAPLES Sat 28 Aug 2010, 10:00 am | |
| Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know that just before the surgery I have just had the anesthesiologist asked me if I had any internal devises.
Nope I said, believing that it was true. So she asked about a band and we talked about what I had had done.
It is really really important that we remember that we have STAPLES inside us.
When we are asked the question Do you have any prosthetic, the staples are classified as prosthetics. They can do very bad things to some machines if the staff are not aware that we have them. I didn't give them a second thought, but apparently it is very very very important that we remember and tell them when asked.
That's all folks !!
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