Medic Alert ID for WL?

As long as nothing happens, there is no risk.  That is probably what most of us bank on, myself included.  I don't wear a bracelet, but I do have something with my license that states no blind NG tubes and gives the reason why.  There is a risk involved with blind NG tubes on a patient after bypass surgery.  Our anatomy has been altered from the text book.  As a nurse myself, I would hate to go in for one emergency and have another one possibly occur.  My family knows to tell the medical people and I carry info.  I haven't gone as far as to wear a bracelet, but it isn't a bad idea. With regard to the hospital just knowing, if you aren't taken to the same hospital that you went to for your surgery, the next hospital will have no way of knowing.  I feel it is best to be proactive with regard to our health and not just trust everyone else to do the right thing.  :)

Chances are, to get an airway going, they would not have to put anything down far enough to damage your WLS.

However, I did tape a copy of my Realize Band Registration Card to the back of my driver's license.

It has my surgeon's phone number on it, and identifies me as a Band patient.
I carry a copy of my DL (both sides) and insurance card when I hike or walk outdoors --- so if I were ever found by myself, the emergency personnel would have access to the info.

Honestly, if I were ever in a position where they had to 'hurt my band' to save my life, I would deal with it

To get an airway, no.  To get an airway, they put something in your trachea.  Your trachea has nothing to do with your WLS.

An NG tube, on the other hand, goes into your esophagus and then into your stomach. 

Kelly

I wear a necklace from Medic Alert and through that they would know that I have ITP (I bleed like crazy), had a sleeve so no blind NG tube and that I am allergic to tramadol, amoxicillin, and tape and nutrasweet. Doubt the nutrasweet would be an issue, but the others could. They can also get all of my contact info, doctors, and meds.
If I never need it, so be it. Not a problem for me to have and if it keeps them from wasting time trying to figure out why I have low platelets when other problems are more ugent, then I am happy about that.

I just got one. It reads Gastric Bypass: No blind NG tube, No NSAIDS, No Sugar.

I never thought about wearing one tell one of my good friends was in a motercycle reck and had to air lift her and they couldn't keep a tub down her to help her keep breathing and they didn't know why.I wear one just for a reason like this.The tub wouldn't stay in her and it was about two hours later when they doctors found out why.I would rather be safe then sorry.

everyone is different and some surgeons tell you that you should wear them and some do not tell you that it is really your choice... i wear one...

I have one that just says

My Name
RNY gastric bypass 2010
No blind NG tube/ scope

Whoo boy, absolutely ANYTHING can be a fight on this site.

If having a bracelet makes you feel better, have one- it can't hurt. If you think it's ridiculous, don't have one... but go light on lambasting those who disagree.

Difference of Opinion =/= Fight.

In a 'real' discussion, when people make an argument, it's rational and even necessary to address why that argument is flawed.  It is through such discussion that people learn.

For instance, above I have attacked your opinion.  I have not attacked you.  It is not a Fight.

While everyone has a right to an opinion, everyone else has a right to have an opinion about that opinion.

Here is another example:

"If having a bracelet makes you feel better, have one- it can't hurt."

It most certainly CAN hurt.  As demonstrated above, had I been wearing a bracelet with "No Sugar" and they actually followed it, I could easiy have died.  That would DEFINATELY hurt.  "No Sugar" is not even accurate, it means "No Oral Sugar" and even that is to prevent a little dumping.  Yet, how many examples of reactive hypoglycemia do we read about on these boards, where the immediate fix is... Oral sugar.  I've never heard of anyone dying from either, but I've never heard what would hapen if someone having reactive hypoglycemia didn't have sugar right away, but which is more severe?  Dumping fixes itself in an hour or three, does reactive hypoglycemia fix itself?  I don't think so.

Now, again, I've attacked your opinion, not you.  I'm have no doubt you are a caring and sensitive person, even intellegent.  Doesn't mean you or I can have a flawed opinion.  In fact, how do we find it's flawed if no one can tell us?