RE: Medical Alert Jewlery

[Guest guest]

I'm going to pipe in on this one. My mom and my husband are diabetic and they

both wear a medical tag of some sorts. My mom has a chain clipped inside her bra

(sorry gentlemen) and my husband wears a bracelet and has a key tag. Neither of

them are on insulin, but they've both had medical issues. I'd hate to think how

much worse it would have been w/o the info.

Leah

Leah

Leahs' Place Daycare

Edgewater, MD

[Guest guest]

I'm going to pipe in on this one. My mom and my husband are diabetic and they

both wear a medical tag of some sorts. My mom has a chain clipped inside her bra

(sorry gentlemen) and my husband wears a bracelet and has a key tag. Neither of

them are on insulin, but they've both had medical issues. I'd hate to think how

much worse it would have been w/o the info.

Leah

Leah

Leahs' Place Daycare

Edgewater, MD

[Guest guest]

Sonya,

I am diet controlled (so far) and can experience lows

without much warning & I get REAL stupid so I wear

a bracelet on my wrist and one on my shoe laces -

they aren't expensive and if nothing else, brings

peace of mind that if I step into traffic or

someother 'brain-f*rt' (as my kids would say) that

somebody would at least know what to start with

(after any bleeding/broken bones)

I'm thinkin of adding another one to my other shoe

similar to the ID tags the elementary schools sell

so that there is my name & some contact info --

beth

Medical Alert Jewlery

For those of us that ARE NOT on insulin, how important is it that we

get a bracelet or necklace to show that we are a diabetic?

I picked up an order form at the doctor office the other day & was just

wondering if was neccessary seeing I'm only on Metformin for the

diabetes.

Sonya

[Guest guest]

I strongly recommend one. I'd suggest a stainless steel bracelet rather

than a necklace or gold jewelry. If they ever find you unconscious the

first place they are going to check is your wrist. It's much harder to spot

a medic alert necklace unless they are looking for one. If you're

unconscious no one is going to steal a stainless bracelet where they might

take a gold one. You can be unconscious for reasons other than going low.

You can also be acting pretty strange if you're really really high. I

didn't go with the Medic-Alert firm's bracelet which now requires an annual

fee and they keep the records.

Mine has my name; Diabetes Type II; my home phone number, and instructions

to see a wallet card. I think I got mine from:

http://www.medids.com/DiabeticBracelets.html. In my wallet I have an

emergency card with contact information, all medications and medical info.

On my watch band on the other wrist I have a Lifetag emblem attached to my

stainless steel watch band: http://www.susaneisen.com/lifetag.htm I bought

this before I bought the bracelet. The first one came off after about 6

months. I guess I didn't get the clasp on the watch cleaned well enough.

The second one hasn't come off in 4 years. Of course in addition to

cleaning the clasp with alcohol I also used crazy glue.

Medical Alert Jewlery

For those of us that ARE NOT on insulin, how important is it that we

get a bracelet or necklace to show that we are a diabetic?

I picked up an order form at the doctor office the other day & was just

wondering if was neccessary seeing I'm only on Metformin for the

diabetes.

Sonya

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