Tim,
As far as I know I am not connected with any Medical Alert.
I purchased the bracelet myself and put info in the hollow area.
The info in it is my name, address, phone, dosage, my 2
daughter's home/work phone #s who live in town & my Dr.'s
name and phone. I make it with small letters on the computer.
Since I got it about about 14 years ago -- I have never
been found having a sz. I usually am with friends who
know to call my daughters who live in town when I am not
acting my normal self. About 15 years ago my szs changed
from GM to something like complex partials. My daughters
say my brain is scrambled for a couple days. I have a paper
circulated here in the retirement center and with any group
I am with that they are to call my daughters if I am not
acting my usual self.
My last sz was 2 years ago and before that it was 4 years.
That is why I chose to live in a retirement center-- where
people would know how I am usually-- and can tell when I
am not.
I don't know when I am not my usual self. One time I had
driven about 6 miles to a reducing group. They wanted to
drive me home and I said "I can drive myself". Another of
the girls came up and told me I was not not acting my usual
self and they thought that I would be safer letting them drive
my car. So I said fine. I usually have to be told.
They say I stare, don't smile, don't ask questions and don't
answer questions. I act like I am just not with them.
Millie
> Millie,
> How often has MedicAlert been contacted? You can find out by calling them
> via the phone number on it. Write/copy down the number that ID's you, tell
> them it isn't an emergency but you would like to know how many calls
> they've received since you've been using it. They don't just go back a few
> years, they tell you all or none.
> Tim Baldwin
>
>
>
>
> ____________
> From: "mylmy@bnin.net" <mylmy@bnin.net>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:09:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Transport with sz meds
>
>
> Tim,
>
> My Med alert is on my right wrist so it doesn't get mixed up with
> my watch. With experiences you have had I would make it very
> easy for them to find your dosage when you need your meds and
> not have to search for it.
>
> I found that when they go into my purse-- they leave it a mess.
> It sure doesn't look like it did before they got into it.
>
> Millie
>
>> Millie,
>> My MedicAlerts one around my neck which is usually behind my shirt, on
>> my
>> left wrist my watch is from them and has the same info. on it but the
>> paramedics much always only decide that it's only a watch and never even
>> pay attention toward it to even see the time or the label. of course it
>> they or the police did and called them they'd tell them of all meds. and
>> doses etc.. If in my wallet the first thing they could see is the
>> words "EPILEPSY
>> Medic Alert on neck & watch,
>> Maybe carrying medicine "
>> Medic Alert has been called one time since 1990.
>> Tim Baldwin
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________ _________ _________ __
>> From: "mylmy@bnin.net" <mylmy@bnin.net>
>> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:54:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Transport with sz meds
>>
>>
>> Tim,
>>
>> Do you have your daily dosage somewhere in your billfold, medical
>> alert bracelet or your body so that police know when you need your
>> meds?
>>
>> Millie
>>
>>> Sandy,
>>> On that day I was only using daily containers and took that days meds.
>>> that I needed to take during my time at work.
>>> It's better if you work to use both types of containers, daily and
>>> weekly.
>>> I have a few of each, on Saturdays (today) I divide my weekly supply of
>>> medicines. These are separated by day, in two lines AM & PM. Then I put
>>> these into three weekly pill containers, one of the lines is PM, since
>>> I'm
>>> always home in time to take my nightly dose, it goes into one weekly
>>> container which goes into my Living room where I'm always at during PM
>>> doses. The AM dose is divided between two weekly containers. One is for
>>> the doses taken at home, weekdays off and weekend days, it goes into my
>>> bedroom. The other is for days at work, maybe M,T,Th,F. Wednesday will
>>> be
>>> a day off, so its already been included with those to be put in my
>>> bedroom.
>>> I use Daily containers mostly on weekends in case I go out and possibly
>>> won't get home in time for a PM dose.
>>> Tim Baldwin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ____________ _________ _________ __
>>> From: Sandy <uhura102@yahoo. com>
>>> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:11:52 AM
>>> Subject: [epilepsy] Transport with sz meds
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Tim, Sandy here.. This is an important issue for treated for
>>> seizures or narcolepsy.
>>> What is the difference between the type of container confiscated and
>>> the
>>> weekly pill container you now use to take a days supply of meds to work
>>> in?
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 8/28/09, TIMOTHY BALDWIN <tbb1@prodigy. net> wrote:
>>> ..I had a seizure when in one of the D.C. metro stations, a police
>>> officer
>>> was nearby and responded. While unconscious, the officer quickly
>>> examined
>>> me to find out if it the seizure was related to alcohol or drug abuse.
>>> Lack of smell showed that it probably wasn't alcohol. To decide if
>>> drugs
>>> were related,They pat you down, if any pills are found lose or in any
>>> type
>>> of container, they view them as drugs of abuse. I was transporting my
>>> morning and afternoon doses for that day at work at FDA in Washington,
>>> D.C.. Now, I take each days supply of meds. to work on Monday in a
>>> weekly
>>> pill container.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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