Medical alert bracelets

 I am wondering if and why RNY patients wear them?  And if I will need one where to obtain it. 

My Dr. and Nutrionist both recommend them.  The shop where I buy vitamins has one for RNY patients.  it reads "Gastric Bypass - No Blind NG Tube".  You can order customizable ones by typing "Medic alert bracelet" into google.

I just ordered one from http://www.laurenshope.com

 Thank u. I will check it out

 How odd my surgeon didn't say anything about needing to ware these bracelets. Should I get one even though my surgeon didn't tell me too? 

Lady_Samantha...I had Dr Kruger and he didnt say anything about it to me either.   I am going to get one just to be on the safe side

 Good plan, I might get one too. What should it say?

 Read the second response here. 

 IMO..I think they are unnecessary. Sure we shouldn't have blind NG placement but if you are that bad off I think it's worth the small risk. If you are in the ER not conscious and they are putting an NG tube in you..you need it.
We shouldn't take NSAIDS as well but that can be listed as an allergy on your chart and they will give you a bracelet in the hospital that says that and no blind NG's.
Deb T.

My surgeon was asked this a lot at info meetings and his answer was always the same. It's not necessary. Most people have in their medical history that they had gastric bypass. He said nobody is going to shove a 5 foot tube down your throat if you're unconscious. They stop when they feel resistance - whether that's 5 inches or 10 inches. They know what they're doing and nobody is going to push the tube harder than it should be and put it through our new pouches.
Some have "No NSaids" on their bracelets but he said being in the hospital after an accident might be just the time we might need an nsaid. Once in a while won't do anything and after an
accident it's the least of our worries. Technically there isn't anything they would do in an ER that they would need to know we're a gastric bypass patient.  Once we're healed up and a ways out
as post ops we're pretty much "normal" and like other people who haven't had wls surgery.
Jen 10 yrs post op RNY