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Post by Peggy on Feb 6, 2012 12:31:11 GMT -5
I was wondering if any of you with Ds wear medic alert bracelets when i was considering rny it was advised that i did so i am wondering now if its necessary ?
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 6, 2012 12:40:32 GMT -5
Yes, I wear one. My MD husband bought it for me as a X-mas gift. He was worried if in a car crash emergency help should know about my D.S. I have a bracelet, wear the info under my wrist. Medical people will remove all jewelry before doing anything he said.
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Post by Gail R on Feb 6, 2012 12:43:06 GMT -5
I simply carry a couple of easy to find cards in my purse and wallet that explain the DS and list other health considerations. I have a more complete information sheet with contact information, etc. that I have given to my family in case of emergency, one in my glove compartment and one with my passport. I am curious, too, what others do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2012 15:15:03 GMT -5
I was wondering if any of you with Ds wear medic alert bracelets when i was considering rny it was advised that i did so i am wondering now if its necessary ? Nope. There's nothing EMS personnel need to know. I do, however, carry medical information with me at all times and a list of contact info (and the basics of my stuff, like my meds and the fact that I have a DS) in the ICE setting of my cell phone. |
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Post by So Blessed on Feb 6, 2012 15:22:40 GMT -5
I have a sheet of paper in my wallet with my medical history, current meds and emergency contact information. It is prominently marked and with my insurance card.
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Post by sherbearmama on Feb 6, 2012 15:48:41 GMT -5
While it would seem that most medications at the ER that you'd be getting would be intravenous, I still worried that if I ever had some sort of abdominal pain, trauma, etc., that I'd want the doctors who look at the scans to understand what they're viewing when they see my stomach. Many, many doctors haven't even heard of the DS so I'd imagine they might be a bit surprised to see our configuration. So I'm all for wearing a medic alert bracelet/necklace, etc. It's one of the things on my "To Do" list before spring is upon us.
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Post by Joanne on Feb 6, 2012 16:37:38 GMT -5
I don't wear a bracelet, but I do exactly what EN said. I have a card in my wallet that says In Case of Medical Emergency - and lists my surgeon's name and number. I also have a warning in the ICE section of my phone. I also make sure that my son and husband both know to give that card to any medical provider if I'm unable to do so myself.
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Post by pattyl1 on Feb 6, 2012 17:26:11 GMT -5
None of the above. I have a stomach and I can be scoped. I also have a titanium ring on the end of my disconnected limb that will show up very clearly under imaging so they will know I had work done.
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Post by reinventingangela on Feb 7, 2012 20:28:44 GMT -5
In my case, I dont have a hubby or any kids or anyone to tell an ER team anything about my history so I have started putting a bunch of my medical info on a little jump drive (which is an idea I got on the other site...I think from EN!!), so at least its on my keychain and someone could get my info if needed (like if Im unconscious or delusional). My mom would probably just panic if someone contacted her for emergency info.
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 7, 2012 20:52:04 GMT -5
I wear a gold medical bracelet with my name and Duodenal Switch. Emergency people will see it even if I am separated from my purse and emergency papers. They remove all jewelry first, won't miss it.
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Post by sherbearmama on Feb 7, 2012 22:38:09 GMT -5
I wear a gold medical bracelet with my name and Duodenal Switch. Emergency people will see it even if I am separated from my purse and emergency papers. They remove all jewelry first, won't miss it. That's my plan. I know we have a stomach that can be scoped but I have this crazy image of something happening to me where they do an ultrasound or something and find the DS and start wondering what the hell happened to me. This procedure is just too unfamiliar to most doctors. |
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Post by supershae on Feb 8, 2012 19:51:32 GMT -5
My parents bought me one for Christmas and I haven't had anything engraved on it yet. I would rather wear the bracelet when I'm traveling and stuff especially, so that if something happens and I don't have my purse or wallet readily available to read the cards that I have there someone can see the bracelet first.
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Post by Lauren on Feb 9, 2012 1:51:05 GMT -5
Yes, I wear one. My MD husband bought it for me as a X-mas gift. He was worried if in a car crash emergency help should know about my D.S. I have a bracelet, wear the info under my wrist. Medical people will remove all jewelry before doing anything he said. May I ask what your husband had engraved on it? I, too, have considered getting an ID bracelet. |
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Post by dlappin413 on Feb 9, 2012 9:30:29 GMT -5
I had a bracelet pre-surgery that indicated my meds and co-morbidities. It was a charm bracelet with the medic alert charm and another charm that had the info engraved on it. I have been thinking that I need to get a new charm with the new info to replace the old charm. I also have info on my cell phone (ICE) like EN notes, and, the card the doc gave me that explains and pictures the DS in my wallet with my insurance card. I figure those three things should take care of anything that may occur.
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 9, 2012 10:44:25 GMT -5
Engraved on my bracelet: Name, Gastric Sleeve,Duodenal Switch.
I like the charm idea for multiple warnings.
I carry the card from my surgeons office, they can call him for more detailed info, and a picture card of the D.S., and a card from surgeon requesting for child size portions at restaurants. When traveling, I carry a file with all my medical info, and all my doctors names and numbers, med list, allergies... Incase I need to be admitted quickly they would have it all instantly. Now that I have changed PCPs to a hospital based practice, most of my docs are in the hospital, linked by computer, sharing my info, its all printed out on one page, given to me at the end of each visit,from all these doctors. I'll carry this page from now on. I have my blood work and labs done at the hospital now too. My plan was to consolidate all my info in their computer system In case of an emergency, considering how complicated my medical history is now.
If , in an emergency, I needed to go to the emergency room with abdominal pain, my surgeon asked me to try to get up to his hospital, 2 hrs from me. He said my local hospital would look at other reasons first, not the D.S. Any of his on call people would be better determining the condition. Un necessary surgeries have been done to other systems, when the D.S. was the root of the problem.
I asked my surgeon when I could be scoped with an upper GI, because of a family history of esophageal cancer. He said its ok now- I'm 5 months out from my D.S. surgery.
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