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MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Wed, 11/17/2004 - 14:25

HI I am wondering if anybody else has had the same problem as I am having. My Dr. has told me that I need to get some sort of Medical I.D. to wear. because as most of you know that when you have a seizure after you are unable to remember things that are important like where you are and how you got there.My problem is I have looked and look but everything I find is so exspensive. I want to register with the medical alert system which seems like the best way to go because my Dr. would be contacted right away but I can't afford a good bracelet. I don't want something cheep that I will have to replace everytime I turn around, but spending $500.00 is not something I can do.
    
    is there anybody who can recomend a good place to buy a good medical I.D. bracelet or even just the charms?

    thank you for any help.

      cyndi

Comments

RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by kjelling on Tue, 2005-06-28 - 03:35

I just found these online a couple weeks ago and think they look pretty neat. 

http://idonme.com/medical4.htm

 

I was going to get one for my daughter, but ended up getting this one instead.  She wears her charm bracelet all the time and it really stands out.

http://www.italiancharmshop.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?A=CasaLIF005

 

Kathy

I just found these online a couple weeks ago and think they look pretty neat. 

http://idonme.com/medical4.htm

 

I was going to get one for my daughter, but ended up getting this one instead.  She wears her charm bracelet all the time and it really stands out.

http://www.italiancharmshop.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?A=CasaLIF005

 

Kathy

RE: RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by basilwalker on Tue, 2005-06-28 - 13:57
someone earlier mentioned being sensive to metals. meditalert offers one where the metal part is on the outside of a nylon band, like the ones used on sport watches. i'll be getting one of those myself, i imagion now living in a hot climate i'm not going to be happy with something metal always on my skin.also, if your on disability or low income, medicalert will waive the anual fee wich includes the basic bracelet/necklace, that's what i did.-basil

Re: RE: RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by rocknroll on Tue, 2007-06-19 - 02:24
rocknroll BASIL........I JUST TYPED OUT MY PROBLEM, AFTER READING THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS FORUM AND NOT THE SECOND. THEN I READ THE SECOND PAGE.........DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE BRAIN DAMAGE OR A BUG DUH MOMENT. YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. SSI AND MEDIC ALERT BRACELETS. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION YOU POSTED 2 YEARS AGO. DON'T KNOW IF YOU CHECK THIS SITE NOW, BUT IF YOU DO, GIVE YOURELF A GREAT BIG HUG FROM ME! JAN

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