My Surgical Office gave me a card that has my Dr. name and number and explains that I have had surgery that limits the amount of food I can eat and to please make children's menu available.  On the other side it has "Danger! The bearer has had stomach surgery. Nasogastric tubes may perforate the stomach. Call ## for further instructions and information." Ask your office if they have a card like this or can have one created for their patients. Best of Luck,

honestly, if there was a way to do it (where i didn't have to worry about stretching/un-read-ability, i'd be interested in getting like a little "medical alert" tag tattooed on me, like somewhere that the medics would see in the process of getting me hooked up or whatever, but not something obvious/obnoxious.

That thought crossed my mind a while back. checkout the tattoo pics on my blog... http://rnybodyoutthere.blogspot.com/2007/05/tattoo.html

I purchased mine from Lauren's Hope - since I wear a watch everyday I opted for one on the watch.  Here's the link http://www.laurenshope.com/

I also got mine at Lauren's Hope. They are so cute and more like jewelery and not just a regular tag.  Looked at the watch ones too...... might have to go back and get the watch one they were so cute. Michele

Thanks for all the help ladies, I can ALWAYS count on you!!!

I got my Medical ID bracelet from LaurensHope.com. They have a nice variety that are interchangeable. I have a silver and multi color crystal one and a mood bead one. I get loads of compliments on the multi color crystal one where I work. The nurses are surprised to see its medical id. with Lauren's hope site you have 5 lines to add things. Here is what I put on mine: Name, DOB (date of birth),  RNY gastric bypass, date of surgery,  no Blind NGT, no sugar, no Nsaids. I forgot to add my greenfield filter and heart murmer  so I do need that updated.

fwiw, medic alert bracelets that look like jewelry don't always get noticed. there's a reason they were originally designed to stand out and, well, alert, medical professionals.  that said, i don't have one and have no plans to get one.

I ordered mine from Laurens Hope, here is the site:  http://www.laurenshope.com/ You can engrave it to read anything you want.