Medical Bracelet

That is a very good point - I've never had a seriously bad hypo or gone DKA either, yet I have one... if I didn't, I'd probably still pick up a medic alert thing or something.

My current SOS necklace was given to me as a present by my parents. They also got me my original one when I much younger but I think that was one that went funny because it was only plated and not solid silver like the one I own now. I got a sports bracelet between those necklaces... very easily fell apart though for me.

It's good that we all use something. I think I do have a card in my wallet that I tend to completely forget about!

I agree that it would be a good thing to have something, but it's unlikely I will be getting anything.....

I used to have a card that said I was diabetic and was stuck in behind my train card.....

I have worn a Medi-Tag bracelet (stainless steel) for many years and it has proved beneficial on many occasions. I have little or no warning these days so, even though I usually have glucose with me, sometimes I don't get to drink it. To admit that such devices are worthwhile but still say that you almost certainly won't get one brings complacency to a new level in my view. None of us knows what will happen to us in the next five minutes. We might never have had a disabling hypo, we might never have suffered lypodystrophy through repeated needle use, many other things may never have affected us, yet! The number of times in my life I have heard people say that there is no need for safety procedures or preventative measures because nothing has ever happened, only to have it happen some time later makes me shudder. Such simple, inexpensive measures could mean the difference between life and death!
If you don't care about yourselves, think of your loved ones and how they would feel going through the rest of their lives feeling that you might still be there if only you had worn a bracelet.
Of course, a bracelet won't help if you get run over by a bus!

Roger

If there is ever a time in my life when I can't feel my hypos coming regardless of all efforts to get the symptoms back then I would feel I had to wear something......

Any hypo I have has a pattern.......thery are always within an hour of my next meal through increased activity or being out slightly with my previous dose, and the effects of alcohol.....that's it, no unexpected hypos, but maybe more importantly, no fast onset ones, they are slow, giving more time to react to it.......

So knowing this I can't justify a peice of jewellery just yet, but others should of they want....

I don't think the use of medical bracelets or other jewellery to identify someone as diabetic with an emergency contact and medication details is just for if/when bad hypos occur.

If, as one of the comments above says, you do get run over by a bus, it's really important that you're identified as having diabetes as soon as possible, by anyone who treats you. That's why your doctor or nurse should be giving every diabetic patient an insulin passport (by the end of the year I think) - there have been some serious mistakes and deaths in hospitals caused by the wrong use of insulin.