Addendum: Ramona/MedicAlert (was Re: Dawn One Week Post-Op)

[Guest guest]

By the way, that info came from a paramedic on

one of the other lists I'm on. Bottom line is

that if it isn't ON YOUR BODY, it won't be seen!

>NOT adequate. In an emergency, your purse will

>probably NOT be searched. Part of the reason is

>that it is far too common for the purse to

>become separated from the patient. Even if they

>DO retrieve the purse, there are far too many

>people who would accuse rescue folks of theft,

>so they are unlikely to even open the purse, let alone search it for a card.

>

>One think you can do is perhaps pin a MedicAlert

>emblem to your bra so it would be found? Wear a

>necklace outside your clothing? Do you do better with some metals than others?

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

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San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?