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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: RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by 38benny on Mon, 2005-05-02 - 07:25

I found two of mine at pharmacies in the local grocery story for $10  they have lasted me over 10 years so far. One is a key chain that says Medic alert "EPILEPSY" and I can put all the medical information on including medicine dr info etc.. on the back - the other is a bracelet  that has epilepsy engraved on the back of it already.  I wear the key chain around my neck with my VNS magnet and since its solid metal they stick together like glue...I wear them together with a fashion key chain from old navy. Very lightweight and unobtrusive.

JoAnne

I found two of mine at pharmacies in the local grocery story for $10  they have lasted me over 10 years so far. One is a key chain that says Medic alert "EPILEPSY" and I can put all the medical information on including medicine dr info etc.. on the back - the other is a bracelet  that has epilepsy engraved on the back of it already.  I wear the key chain around my neck with my VNS magnet and since its solid metal they stick together like glue...I wear them together with a fashion key chain from old navy. Very lightweight and unobtrusive.

JoAnne

RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by valhdz on Mon, 2005-05-02 - 10:25
Like Nike says , Just do it.... Don't worry about how cheap or expensive , it's your life that's more important. Im a runner and have id tags incase of an accident or if i have an event while running or driving... Go to Active.com or runner's world.com. , you can purchase necklace , braclets in all shapes and sizes to write down your info. and meds and dr.'s contact.

RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by kda949 on Wed, 2005-06-01 - 12:04

I ordered an adorable medical ID for my daughter yesterday for $30 from http://www.petitebaublesboutique.com/

I found them from a link at http://www.oneida-medical-jewelry.com/

which had great kid's ID bracelets for the cheapest I could find. I may order the ones to attach to their shoes at some point. You could also attach it to a backpack (they are little plastic disks with all the info on them).

 

Another thought that is really inexpensive is a pet tag like you get at PetsMart?

I ordered an adorable medical ID for my daughter yesterday for $30 from http://www.petitebaublesboutique.com/

I found them from a link at http://www.oneida-medical-jewelry.com/

which had great kid's ID bracelets for the cheapest I could find. I may order the ones to attach to their shoes at some point. You could also attach it to a backpack (they are little plastic disks with all the info on them).

 

Another thought that is really inexpensive is a pet tag like you get at PetsMart?

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