medic alert bracelet

Does anyone wear a medic alert bracelet from the surgery? I ordered one after reading somewhere how we cant have a blind NG tube and definitly no NSAIDS I know most of us have extra medical problems, I have had weird things go on with me, so I feel it's a good idea. Got mine free by joining the medic alert association[medicalert.org],only $35, so I'm curious, does anyone else have one? 215/173/125

I never got one, but I've been tempted to make one since I got into the crystal jewelry beading when I was home after surgery and saw these which I thought were gorgeous!! http://laurenshope.com/

I saw that site but they're so expensive, beautiful though. If you could do that you'd have some business going for you!

Hi, yeh it was a cool system, they took all my info like you said, can't hurt right? I had them write- no blind ng tube and no nsaids- once I told them I had gastric they knew what to do. still waiting for it to come, have to look into the cute beads! 215/172/125

I bought a very low cost stainless steel necklace, engraved simply with my name, followed by the words "gastric bypass" and "allergic PCN" because I'm allergic to penicillin. My surgeon's office staff said that's all I would need to put on there. Of course, I took it off a couple of weeks ago for a "dress up" event and keep forgetting to put it back on; this is a good reminder for me. Sheryl

I've been thinking about trying my hand at making some...but where would someone get the part you engrave? Elizabeth

I bought mine on eBay for $12.00 including shipping. It's stainless steel. It's not fancy, but it does the job. I did a search in eBay for medical ID bracelets and they had several including gastric bypass surgery. Mine says: GASTRIC BYPASS NO NG TUBE WITHOUT SCOPE This will do until I decide to spend more money on one I really want. I felt it was necessary to get one right away, though. I still want to put no NSAIDS and no time-release meds on it. Cheryl 240/173/140

I just checked on EBAY too and they have replacement bands as well as new ones that you can get engraved, really resonably priced too, check it out. Wish I did, but I got mine today! 215/172/125