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Epilepsy Bracelet

Mon, 04/20/2009 - 13:31
I want to have an emergency bracelet made but not the ones I see on the internet.  I found a place in the mall that engraves bracelets and necklaces.  What should I have printed on it?  I don't want to have my medication put on it because they are changed so often and I can't afford to shell out the money after every docor's visit just for safety.  Anyone have any advice?  Here is an example:  Epilepsy (on front)  Emergency contact name and phone # on back    Do I need any other information?  I don't want to leave anything out.  No answer is silly.  It all helps.

Comments

Re: Epilepsy Bracelet

Submitted by Bri_Christine on Sat, 2009-06-20 - 08:58
Haha, when we were making my boyfriend's bracelet, we were joking about what to write about not putting anything in his mouth, we came up with a number of funny lines. "Caution: Biter" "If you stick anything in my mouth, chances are you're going to lose it." "Do you value your fingers? If so, don't stick them in my mouth!" There were a few more, but they escape me right now. We ended up going with "No in mouth" because the necklace would only let us use so many characters. I think it's important to stress that nothing should be put in the mouth, many people believe that you should because they think that they could swallow their tongue, which isn't possible.

Re: Epilepsy Bracelet

Submitted by Nerak95 on Sat, 2009-06-20 - 01:29

I would suggest becoming a member of an organization like Medic Alert http://www.medicalert.org/home/Homegradient.aspx You can give them all your current medical information (doctors, meds, emergency contact info, etc).  The nice thing about this program is that you can contact them anytime and update your medical history, including medications. All you have to have imprinted on the bracelet is contact information.  If you go to their website, you'll be able to find out what's printed on their bracelet and have that imprinted on the one you want.

It's a yearly membership renewable every year.

~Karen

I would suggest becoming a member of an organization like Medic Alert http://www.medicalert.org/home/Homegradient.aspx You can give them all your current medical information (doctors, meds, emergency contact info, etc).  The nice thing about this program is that you can contact them anytime and update your medical history, including medications. All you have to have imprinted on the bracelet is contact information.  If you go to their website, you'll be able to find out what's printed on their bracelet and have that imprinted on the one you want.

It's a yearly membership renewable every year.

~Karen

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