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NewMan
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Username: Reganreed

Post Number: 9
Registered: 01-2012
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 07:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Do yall wear a medical I'd? I am at a new job and don't really want to go through my past (alcohol cirrhosis). People have asked about my bracelet and I avoid the question. I'm thinking about taking it off. Thoughts?
Liver tx - 3/14/11
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Hostess Rise'
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Username: Rise

Post Number: 17452
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 08:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi New Man

Thank you so much for reminding me. I have a pretty medical ID bracelet and I have been meaning to put it back on. The other day I almost fell outside my home and I did not have my medical ID bracelet on. My husband was not home and if I really did fall, nobody would know my history. I believe the reason why I fell was I did not have my sunglasses on and I was blinded by the light for a second and missed and tripped over a stone. Thankfully, all of my balance exercises have payed off.

I would wear it! No need to disclose all information. People are nosy and if you change the subject, they will eventually get the hint. It is your life and be proud of yourself.
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mikesimon
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Username: Mikesimon

Post Number: 60
Registered: 08-2007
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wear a gold chain with a gold medical ID tag on it. It is very discrete and contains the necessary information on it. No one has ever asked me about it.

Mike
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Starzl Transplantation Institute 6/16/2000
Frank J.
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Username: Txaggie86

Post Number: 289
Registered: 03-2009
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 12:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wear one, it just says my name, "Liver Transplant", "Immunosuppressed" and the name and number of the transplant center on the underside.
People generally don't ask about them since they are becoming more and more common.
Frank Jones
Liver Transplants at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA April 2005 and April 2006.
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Sarah
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Username: Sarahbear

Post Number: 195
Registered: 06-2009
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 01:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wear a road id (www.roadid.com) . It's a sport band with a section you engrave in case off accident while running or cycling. Nobody asks about it. I think they probably think it's a watch turned around backwards.
Sarah
1st Kidney Transplant @ Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville
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Rita
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Username: Rita

Post Number: 913
Registered: 06-2003
Posted on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 10:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

If people ask you why you are wearing it, just simply say because i do. if they ask if you are sick say, no more or less than anyone else. or you can say do you like it, well thank you. people ask many questions that are really inappropriate to ask for adult.
Rita
Kidney Transplant 9/95
New York Hospital, NY
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Swedish Mouse
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Username: Swedish_mouse

Post Number: 7
Registered: 06-2012
Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 05:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Is this an American thing? Do we have them in the UK? I'd like something that identifies me as a transplant patient so I don't have to keep telling the same old boring story.
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Terri
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Username: Terri

Post Number: 273
Registered: 09-2007
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 - 04:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I guess I am the odd one, I could care less who knows about my transplant. That being said, I dont have a bracelet...should get one, I know! Assuming I did and someone asked about it, I would just come out and casually say, I had a liver transplant.

I started a new job in January; I didnt tell them about my transplant at but then got really bad sick a month later and was admitted so told them then but they were really cool about it...came back a little over a week later with a doctor's note and that was that.
Terri Lynne - 20 Year Liver Transplant Survivor
"Whatever doesn't kill me had better start running!"
health journey
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Username: Health_journey

Post Number: 64
Registered: 04-2011
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 - 06:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wear a bracelet and no one has ever asked about it. I was just wondering how long we should wear it. Is this a forever thing...

I also have no problem telling anyone I had a liver transplant if it comes up. I had cirrhosis but never drank or took drugs. Mine came from a fatty liver called .. NASH,,,..non alcohol steato hepatitis... therefore cirrhosis does not automatically mean heavy drinking. If someone thinks that about me I really don't care anyway. I am just grateful that I am better.
Liver Transplant 10/25/2009
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Terri
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Username: Terri

Post Number: 274
Registered: 09-2007
Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 11:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Health Journey, as long as you're on meds...which will most likely be the rest of your life.
Terri Lynne - 20 Year Liver Transplant Survivor
"Whatever doesn't kill me had better start running!"
Hilary
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Username: Cowgirlhilary301

Post Number: 60
Registered: 05-2009
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wear a necklace, I picked it over a bracelet in part because it is more comfortable for me and in part because it is more discrete. The ID tag thing is low enough I can put it underneath my top. I don't think I have ever been asked about it. Some people at work know I have had a transplant, others don't. It's up to you how much you tell to whom.

My understanding is that we should wear them forever, because we have had a transplant forever. I'm not sure what they would do differently in an emergency situation because I have had a transplant, but apparently they need to know it. Also if you have any medication allergies or other medical conditions, those can be added.
~Hilary~
2-time liver recipient 07.20.1996 and 03.01.2001 Dallas, TX
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Hilary
Member
Username: Cowgirlhilary301

Post Number: 61
Registered: 05-2009
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wear a necklace, I picked it over a bracelet in part because it is more comfortable for me and in part because it is more discrete. The ID tag thing is low enough I can put it underneath my top. I don't think I have ever been asked about it. Some people at work know I have had a transplant, others don't. It's up to you how much you tell to whom.

My understanding is that we should wear them forever, because we have had a transplant forever. I'm not sure what they would do differently in an emergency situation because I have had a transplant, but apparently they need to know it. Also if you have any medication allergies or other medical conditions, those can be added.
~Hilary~
2-time liver recipient 07.20.1996 and 03.01.2001 Dallas, TX
Transplant Games Athlete, Tennis/Swimming
Team Maryland

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