Medical Alert Bracelet??

Just curious how many of you wear a medical alert bracelet?  Do you feel it is necessary with IBD?

I have one and I wore it for years because of my prednisone use. I have 2 doctors who are adamant that I need to wear it for at least a year after I am off all steroids. I should also have antibiotic allergies on it now, but they are more recent than the bracelet. I don't actually wear the bracelet anymore because it broke and I haven't taken it to be fixed. But I know I should. If I were in any type of accident my body could not produce adrenaline and I would need a cortisone injection but if I were unconscious I couldn't tell the emergency room staff. In my own defense though, I have so many allergies to medications that they would never fit on a bracelet, so what I really need is a service that would keep track of all my current meds and all my allergies.

Like you, I keep a paper in my wallet that has all my records and I keep it updated. Hopefully that will be enough.

I do the same as undone...
A list of Dr.'s and their phone numbers.
A list of med's.
You'd be surprised how little you remember, when you are with little sleep,and a lot of pain.

That reminds me - ICE - emergency responders should know that accronym. In Case of Emergency = ICE - it is a cell phone number that is to be dialed if you are incapacitated as in a car accident or unconsciousness. It is not the same as a medic alert, but it could be more useful in an emergency.

I wear a Medicalert bracelet when I am traveling or going anywhere alone. I have been told by medical personnel that a piece of paper in your wallet is not going to work. They will not look in your wallet that closely. I will wear it until a year after the last time I took prednisone, so that if I am in an accident or taken into emergency they know to give me prednisone there to prevent shock etc. The bracelet says that I have Crohn's and lists prednisone as a medication. It has some abbreviation which means ask the patient about the prednisone dose. It also lists a number to call and I can update all my medications on the phone or online with the service so they will give the medical personnel all the details when they call.

There are all kinds of bracelet and necklace designs, so even though I got the basic version, you can get a really nice one that does the job and looks pretty.