Question:
About Medical Bracelets

I know some Rnyers choose to get a medical bracelets...What about for people with the DS ? is there anything speciffic one would put on the id bracelet ?    — pixiefairy (posted on June 30, 2008)

June 30, 2008
Hi, I'm an RNYer but it seems to me, most of the concerns would be the same in an emergency situation. You don't want them sticking something into your pouch that may puncture it. I wrote "Gastric Bypass, DO NOT insert NG tube". Hope you get more answers. Laura
   — waterlover

June 30, 2008
I also had the RNY..my bracelet reads: On the front: My name, RNY Gastric Bypass, phone number for the hospital that I had my surgery done (ER Number) On the back it reads: my husbands name and phone number and cell phone number, No Blind NG Tube, No NSAIDS and No Sugar, my doctors name and phone number. All of this on one regular medical silver bracelet with the medical logo. I got mine online for around $15.00 I will wear it religiously, as I have had to go to the hospital for dehydration and was terribly weak and they read the instructions and did not give me in the IV's any NSAIDS....I feel VERY safe with this bracelet. I also have a card in my wallet with all the same information.
   — usfour

June 30, 2008
I have seen many of these bracelets. Some people put all kinds of info on them, some just put the fact that they have had WLS/ their surgeon's name and for emergency personnel not to try to do blind NG tubes. Of course if you have diabetes, asthma, allergies, seizures, etc. that's good to have there as well. Having been an ER nurse in the past, these are invaluable. I have bought them as gifts for people in my support group from Lauren's Hope... you can get pretty beads and all kinds of different choices. I bought dog tag type necklaces for my children, really cute and functional for my son as he has kidney stones and is allergic to Bactrim. I discovered the Lauren's Hope bracelets and necklaces when on the Bariatriceating.com website. Good luck, Dawn Vickers, RN, BLC, CLC
   — DawnVic