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MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s
Wed, 11/17/2004 - 14:25HI 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 tcameron on Fri, 2013-09-06 - 20:56
Re: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s
Submitted by FrankMed on Mon, 2011-10-24 - 20:52
Have people with medical assistant jobs been informing their patients of these medical identification ID's for patients with epilepsy? I think this is really great because you never know how the patient may react after an episode.
Frank
Have people with medical assistant jobs been informing their patients of these medical identification ID's for patients with epilepsy? I think this is really great because you never know how the patient may react after an episode.
Frank
Re: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s
Submitted by frankgreen356 on Fri, 2011-10-14 - 04:41
While it is understandable that wearing a medical alert bracelet may feel like you are publicly declaring a weakness, at the end of the day you need to take responsibility for your wellbeing. There are cheap and elegant options to wear, you can look on ebay to get some ideas. Then, it is a matter of personal taste; find something that you are comfortable wearing but please by all means wear it.
Hopefully the society will evolve so that we accept each other for what we are and won't need to hide our imperfections.
All the best
Frank
While it is understandable that wearing a medical alert bracelet may feel like you are publicly declaring a weakness, at the end of the day you need to take responsibility for your wellbeing. There are cheap and elegant options to wear, you can look on ebay to get some ideas. Then, it is a matter of personal taste; find something that you are comfortable wearing but please by all means wear it.
Hopefully the society will evolve so that we accept each other for what we are and won't need to hide our imperfections.
All the best
Frank