I've been looking for a medical alert bracelet, stylish but I don't want it to look too fashionable, I don't want it mistaken for just any bracelet. I have been looking on different sites, trying to figure out what to have engraved and I'm stumped on what to put on the front. As an adult do you put that you have diabetes, I might feel like I'm advertising it, or my first name, or just my initals? What did you put on your's?
I don't wear one, but think I'd just have Type 1 Diabetic.
If you use a pump, maybe put that on too so it could be turned off if you were having a bad low.
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I don't wear one, but think I'd just have Type 1 Diabetic.
If you use a pump, maybe put that on too so it could be turned off if you were having a bad low.
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ummm i wasn't aware the average person knew how to turn off a pump....even after having one for three months last year, I can't even remember how to stop it..do medics even get that kind of training? it's good to put that you're on the pump, but i don't think it would make anyone turn off your pump.
i have "insulin dependent diabetes mellitus" and then my record number with the medic alert hotline.
Mine just says Diabetes-Insulin with my initials on the back. Simple, but gets the point across.
"I. Am. Awesome."
[quote user="jennagrant"]
I don't wear one, but think I'd just have Type 1 Diabetic.
If you use a pump, maybe put that on too so it could be turned off if you were having a bad low.
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Pretty sure you can "suspend" your pump but not "turn it off." You can always unscrew the battery cap I guess
Thanks Everyone!! I don't have a pump, so I don't need to worry about that. I keep going back and forth about getting one. I keep wondering if the police/ EMT even check it?
Mine says "Diabetes" on the front with a red medic alert symbol next to it.
And on the back it has:
my name
my doctor's name
the diabetes hotline @ children's hospital
and "MOM:" with her phone number next to it
Just got one for my daughter from this website: http://www.petitebaublesboutique.com I think they mostly do kids but it had great guidelines suggestions for what to put on your bracelet.
For our's the front has the traditional medical alert emblem and her name is engraved then on the back it says type one diabetic and has my phone number on it.
I just got one from Lauren's Hope and I love it. Mine has:
My name
Diabetes Type 1
Insulin Pump
My husband's phone number
My mom's phone number
The website had other suggestions, which was helpful.
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"I. Am. Awesome."
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"Pat. Is. Awesome."
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[quote user="Pat"]
"I. Am. Awesome."
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"Pat. Is. Awesome."
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So true :)
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[quote user="jennagrant"]
I don't wear one, but think I'd just have Type 1 Diabetic.
If you use a pump, maybe put that on too so it could be turned off if you were having a bad low.
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ummm i wasn't aware the average person knew how to turn off a pump....even after having one for three months last year, I can't even remember how to stop it..do medics even get that kind of training? it's good to put that you're on the pump, but i don't think it would make anyone turn off your pump.
i have "insulin dependent diabetes mellitus" and then my record number with the medic alert hotline.
[/quote]I was assuming an EMT would be the main person using a medic alert bracelet to help someone in distress. Not all EMTs may be familiar with pumps, but I'm sure a lot of them are. It would also give them a heads up in case they discover it while giving CPR or other help.
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[quote user="jennagrant"]
I don't wear one, but think I'd just have Type 1 Diabetic.
If you use a pump, maybe put that on too so it could be turned off if you were having a bad low.
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Pretty sure you can "suspend" your pump but not "turn it off." You can always unscrew the battery cap I guess
[/quote]Yeah, I meant suspend. Just wasn't sure if that same term was used for Pings and OmniPods, like it is with Medtronics. I'd be cranky if someone turned my pump completely off and I'd lost my history, basal rates, etc.
Actually I heard a murder case like that years ago on Dateline or some other TV show. The wife was suspected of killing her diabetic husband by giving him a giant bolus via his pump while he slept, but she pulled the batteries out of the pump to erase its memory and cover the evidence. Think between that and other suspicious behavior the wife was convicted of murder.
My brother-in-law is a Fire Fighter in LA County, and has gone on many calls for diabetics. I asked him once if he'd ever been on a call for a diabetic with a pump, and he said "No"! Interesting and encouraging! I like to think they have some training, but in an emergency they could always disconnect it or pull it out. I'd rather have them doing that than messing with the buttons!
Mine has the Red Med Alert symbol on the front and on the back it has
My name
Type 1 Diabetic
Contact:
My Husbands Name
My husbands number
Thank you so much for all your posts!!!
I have my first and last name
Diabetes
Then i have my medication i take.
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My brother-in-law is a Fire Fighter in LA County, and has gone on many calls for diabetics. I asked him once if he'd ever been on a call for a diabetic with a pump, and he said "No"! Interesting and encouraging!
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He's obviously never been to small-town Iowa where I am or he would have had 4 of those calls ;o)
D I A B E T I C
That's what mine says. Bought it at the drug store. I think in an emergency that's all they really need to know.