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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 KRDiamond on Fri, 2005-07-08 - 10:57

I got mine on eBay!  It's a sterling silver link bracelet with a sterling silver heart-shaped charm for the medical alert ID.  One side of the heart has the embossed medical alert symbol and the other side is engraved with my medical alert info.   I even got complimented on my "charm bracelet" by one of my co-workers!  Here's a similar one by Creative Medical ID (from whom I got mine):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3836&item=5001607920&tc=photo

--Kim

I got mine on eBay!  It's a sterling silver link bracelet with a sterling silver heart-shaped charm for the medical alert ID.  One side of the heart has the embossed medical alert symbol and the other side is engraved with my medical alert info.   I even got complimented on my "charm bracelet" by one of my co-workers!  Here's a similar one by Creative Medical ID (from whom I got mine):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3836&item=5001607920&tc=photo

--Kim

RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by pdonahue on Sat, 2005-07-09 - 11:36
My mom bought me a real nice sterling silver bracelet that has my name and all of the medications I am taking on it and it also has the Medic Alert insignis that is raised for $50.00 I got the form from my primary care doctor, it was in like a pad on the wall. We filled out the info and mailed it with the money and I had my bracelet in two weeks. Its nice not to bis not to small. When I was a kid I made my father have a special made anklet that was 14k and that was expensive but it has since broke and I also found that the medics really look at your wrist first anyway because they take your pulse. I hope I was of some help:)Pam

RE: MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s

Submitted by jawill66nz on Sun, 2005-07-10 - 16:27

In New Zealand I paid $145 NZD for my stirling silver medic alert braclet. but the US site says $35 http://www.medicalert.org/home/HomeCatalog.aspx?Catalog=Standard

They are worth it! I had a seizure in Wellington and no on I knew was around me someone called the ambulance and gave them my number.  I recieved the best care, and that was before I was even conscious!

julz

In New Zealand I paid $145 NZD for my stirling silver medic alert braclet. but the US site says $35 http://www.medicalert.org/home/HomeCatalog.aspx?Catalog=Standard

They are worth it! I had a seizure in Wellington and no on I knew was around me someone called the ambulance and gave them my number.  I recieved the best care, and that was before I was even conscious!

julz

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