hi I have a ? I bin tell that I need to get a Emerg Alert Medical Alert Emergency ID Necklace after

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Um I wasn't told that I had to have one, but it's a good idea to have something on you that states that you've had bariatric surgery just in case you're ever in an accident or something like that. I have one on order because I'm paranoid.

thanx you so very much

Ok, I missed something.  How did you have two vsgs?!?

I was told this for the lapband (not that I ever did it.....) Because if you were ever unconscious and then needed to put a tube down into your stomach they could perferate your stomach if the band was inflated. FWIW

thanx you so very much

I looked into it and talked to some EMTs and decided I didn't need it. Because of the shape of our stomachs, the whole "No blind NG tubes" that they put on there for RnYers is not a big deal for us (we have a sleeve, not a pouch) and it's not necessarily going to do them any good either. My EMT friends tell me that if you have to be intubated in the field blindly to save your life, they'll do it no matter what your emergency bracelet says.

The other things that RnYers put on theirs don't apply to us either -- like No NSAIDs. 

The point of an emergency medical alert bracelet is to tell the medical personnel things you can't if you are unable to. So I thought about it and couldn't come up with anything. I do have a Road ID that I use when I go biking or running and don't have my purse on me. I have my name and emergency contact info on there and, since I have one anyway, I did put "partial gastrectomy" on there too.

It's because of potential perforation of the stomache should a nasogastric tube need to be inserted. 

I have to wear a medic alert bracelet, anyway, so I just had Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy added to it. 

I got one for the simple reason my wife needed one do to some serious allergies and they had a deal buy one get one 1/2 off. Mine just says VGS, no blind NG Tubes. No allergies.  Doesn't hurt to have it.