Spryte Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 DS and I both have medical alert jewelry. Mine (metal bracelet) stays on 24/7, but DS and DH think that DS should take his off to shower and sleep. I tend to think that DS should wear his 24/7 also. DS has 2 items: a sports band (fabric with a medic alert tag on the outside) - I can see taking this off to shower, I guess. And dog tags - which DH is afraid will choke him if he sleeps in them. The issue is: DS forgets to put them back on, and I often have to remind him. Sometimes I forget, too. :( What do your DC do? Wear 24/7? What about in the pool? Shower? Sleeping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 My ds has a regular one that stays on 24/7. He has a USB one that I put on him, but he can't shower with it. Both are bracelets. Mine hasn't been off in 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Our son wears his bracelet when he leaves the house. Put on shoes, bracelet, and grab medicine bag. At home, it's fine for him to have it off. When he's away from the house, it stays on 24/7. He has a metal one that he'd shower with it on. The sports band one is more around town. I wouldn't worry about choking on dog tags. My father wore his with his penicillin allergy in the army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 DS hasn't taken off his dogtag MedicAlert since he put it on years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Both my youngest and I wear one all the time. The only time they come off is for an mri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Sorry double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 24/7 we use to have my dd take her sports band on and off for showers and stuff...but the latch got loose and eventually it just fell off...so now its 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I'm not sure how he would choke on them, in the military we wore our dog tags 24/7. I vote for keeping it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thanks for the input! I'm going to shorten the chain on the dog tags & tell him to keep it on. The sports band he can make his own choice. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Mine wore hers 24/7 and so did I. Way too easy to forget it when leaving the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Unexpected Party Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I never wore an alert bracelet when I was an adult, particularly once I started using a pump. When my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes last spring we had her wear an ID bracelet all the time. I stopped using my pump shortly after and so I began wearing a bracelet as well. Partly for practical reasons, partly to model wearing one for her. She has to have her bracelet on whenever we are out of the house. She has two. One is a silicon bracelet, similar to the Livestrong type bracelets and she uses that most often, so I don't have to worry about it coming on and off for showers/sleep. I don't find myself having to remind her more often than I find reasonable to do so; putting it on is part of her "packing her kit to go out" routine. Clearly if you don't have a kit to pack up before you leave the house every single time you go somewhere this won't help, though... My alert bracelet is not waterproof, so it has to come off. I got it in a style I love and it is part of my daily outfit. It is quite comfortable, but I notice when I'm not wearing it, which helps get it on my wrist before we go out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimom Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 My older daughter wears her Road ID bracelet 24/7, swimming, showering, always. Youngest DD still only wears hers when she leaves the house. She has a watch that she wears 24/7, except during swim meets, but she still doesn't want to wear the ID, so at this point she just puts it on her ankle when she leaves the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 My daughter wears her bracelet 24/7 with the exception of when she is doing Jiu Jitsu at karate. I"m afraid it's going to break so I hold it til her class is over, then it goes right back on her wrist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda S in TX Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Dh has a metal one and he wears it 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 24/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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