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Permalink Reply by Richard P Cosgrove on November 5, 2009 at 4:50pm

I wear one too. I have an allergy to aspirin so I don't want a EMS shoving a pill in my mouth if I had a heart attack. It says both diabetic and allergic.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shaw on October 9, 2009 at 10:54am

I wore one for the first year of diagnosis. Now I only wear one when I am driving or going somewhere by myself. Kind of a compromise with my wife. It is just a simple one from Wally World (about 8 bucks). I also carry diabetic info and ID in my wallet and my cell phone has an I AM DIABETIC Medical Logo as the wall paper.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Smith on October 9, 2009 at 11:03am

Hey Matthew, I have a card in my wallet but have never wore an ID(34yrs) always broke and I can't stand wearing anything else on me. I was going to get tatted this weekend not just for the ID but because being diabetic is a part who I am and I will celebrate that with a beautiful piece of art.

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Permalink Reply by matthew g wilkie on October 9, 2009 at 12:06pm

nice

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on October 9, 2009 at 12:45pm

Well I've had Diabetes almost 17 years and I've worn a bracelet for about 6 of those years on and off. I never take mine off and they are deinately hard to get off. But I like the security of it.

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on October 9, 2009 at 12:50pm

I like the security of using a pump and doing frequent tests (also, I have good hypo awareness, generally). :)

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Permalink Reply by matthew g wilkie on October 9, 2009 at 12:50pm

i guess i do too but i still hate wearing it

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Permalink Reply by Sarah S. on November 5, 2009 at 5:43am

I've made mine a fashion statement! Check out some of my designs at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sarahinberea including a very guy friendly version here. I try to wear my bracelet every day but often I forget. I've made a lot of bracelet bands to match necklaces and other jewelry that I wear regularly to get me motivated to wear it, though I do fall into the camp of folks who have pumps and thus assume I'm fairly identifiable as a diabetic.

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Permalink Reply by Candice Carr on November 5, 2009 at 8:01pm

When my daughter was little she hated wearing a bracelet. One summer I finally caved, bought the temporary tattoo paper and she just rotated wearing one every day on her wrists. Worked great for the swimming. Now she's in college and carries a card with her dorm listed on it and wears a bracelet but sometimes I wonder if they would notice it since it just looks like a charm bracelet - she has two charms on it - one says type 1 diabetes and then she has a medical symbol charm.

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on November 6, 2009 at 7:01am

I have had one since the age of 8 (dx at age 6) after going to a day out with friends. I still wear the same one my parents bought back in 1975 with a few different chains and some new clasps. I will tell you it did save my life when I was in college and had the flu which turned out to be Hep A. Friends found me in my room when I didn't show up at breakfast, but only one knew I was diabetic. EMS told my parents that if my friends had waited another 30 minutes, I would have been deceased. I for one will never take it off!!

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Permalink Reply by Stacey Volodin on November 17, 2009 at 5:34pm

I would strongly recommend wearing a piece of the jewelry. It may be different for guys, but there are many, many times a girl doesn't carry their wallet, and therefore their medic i.d., with them. Plus, there are tons of new designs available and even charms that can be attached to a watch that still serve the purpose.
The tattoo thing is a pretty bad idea- we are diabetic! Our healing time is prolonged and likelihood of infection much higher than non-diabetics. I went through a piercing phase and my endocrinologist wanted to strangle me and gave me a very lengthy lecture about all of that.

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