For many Australians, airport security is a minor inconvenience. But for cancer survivors like Sue Watkins, it has become a deeply personal ordeal.
abc.net.au/news/breast-prosthesis-airport-security-cancer/101801052When Sue Watkins heads to the airport, she isn't thinking of the flight, her holiday or her next destination.
When travelling from Perth in October, she was stopped by security who detected her prosthesis and patted her down in public. "So I have to do this all over again. I've now spent the last couple of months plotting how I can avoid it but anyways, I've put on my big girl pants today and I've left [my prosthesis] in," she said.A breast prosthesis is a synthetic breast— or part of a breast — that is worn to replace removed breast tissue.
BCNA director of policy and advocacy Vicki Durston said the organisation had received more than 10 calls from women this year alone about their treatment in airport security screening. "You can imagine the distress of wearing a prosthesis for people that have gone through a cancer diagnosis and a mastectomy can be really triggering."
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