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I've gone back and forth about whether to wear a medical ID bracelet. Part of me says I shouldn't bother because once a paramedic friend of mine told me one of the first things they do to a person who has passed out is to check their blood sugar. Part of me says I should wear one as an extra measure of caution.

 

I wore a medical ID bracelet throughout my third pregnancy. I don't think I ever took it off -- not in the shower, not for exercise, nothing. I don't remember why I stopped wearing it. Perhaps I lost it. In fact, now that I think about it, I think that's exactly what happened. I had removed the ugly silver chain and replaced it with strands of colorful beads to match whatever I was wearing. Well, the chains and clasps were cheap and ...

 

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My cousin, H, is a regular Blogabetes reader. When I’ve written a particularly good or provocative post I can count on getting an e-mail with the subject line: “Blog” and body that simply says: “LOL” or “You nailed it” or “Are you OK?”. But last week when I wrote about the Merits of Medical Jewelry, my cousin, who works in the health-care field, sent me a much longer e-mail that sparked a debate between us about the very thing I had written about: should the medical jewelry you wear be the standard-looking, sterling silver/gold or can you had a little flair?
 

I quizzed the author of WhiteCoat’s Call Room, a blog from inside the emergency department, for his thoughts on the matter.  

 

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I need to get Olivia a new Medic Alert bracelet. Hers broke a while back and I've jury-rigged it together, but it continues to fall off. I had her leave it at home while she was at camp.
I hear from a lot of people who don't like the bog standard Medic Alert bracelets. They're too plain, too boring, not enough like jewelry. Isn't that the point, though? Shouldn't a Medic Alert stand out so that the paramedics can see it if something happens? That's the whole point of them, no?
I know there are a lot of pretty/cute/funky medical bracelets. There are beaded ones, plastic ones and sports bracelets. I've never had one of those for Olivia. Maybe because she was diagnosed so young and never had a choice in the matter, but she's always had the boring old stainless steel bracelet. She's never put up much of a fuss over it and I've never given her the option of getting anything different. (READ MORE)

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Last Friday, The Other Half and I decided it was time to take advantage of some of the new phones and specials and upgrade our old mobiles to new smartphones. For various reasons, we settled on a pair of LG Ally phones, on the Android operating system. 

 

 

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Every so often, the topic of emergency medical identification comes up on one or another diabetes-related forum. Most of us agree we should wear some form of identification in case -- Deities forbid -- we should get hit by a car, pass out in the middle of the supermarket, or suffer any of a myriad of Edward Gorey-esque mishaps when we are out solo, or with someone who is not familiar with our medical histories.This holds true whether we have have diabetes or not, whether we are caregivers for people with diabetes or other chronic illnesses, and even whether or not we are out with our parents, spouses, or adult children.

 

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Thanks to the Amgen Tour of California contest-and-sale from Road ID, The Other Half sprung early for part of my birthday present -- the nice, sporty Wrist ID Elite. The "interactive" version features a member-controlled (that means I'm the one who puts the information in it and controls what information is in it) personal health record, which the Road ID folk call an "Emergency Response Profile" or ERP. The ERP can be read by (or read to) a first responder or a hospital admissions clerk from either the Road ID members' site or by calling a specific phone number. The name on the front and the unique serial number on the back of the ID tag provide the necessary access identification. (READ MORE)

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It should be abundantly clear to everyone by now that, when it comes diabetes and congestive heart failure, I am definitely "out".  I mean, I write for two different blogs, and talk about it all the time, both online and off.  And that openness has been a hallmark of mine since I was diagnosed.

 

A question that quickly came to light when I started this journey focused on what would happen if I found myself in a situation where I couldn't speak for myself.  How would someone be able to find out that I had type 2 diabetes and CHF, and what to do for me, if I couldn't tell them?

 

The answer is quite simple: medical jewelry and emergency identification cards. 

 

I have two pieces of jewelry that I wear any time that I leave home; a dog tag necklace and a custom made bracelet.

 

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