Medic Alert

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MedicAlert is the only non-profit making, registered charity that provides a life saving i.d. system for individuals with hidden medical conditions and allergies.  These take the form of bracelets or necklets bearing the MedicAlert symbol on the disc and supported by a 24 hour emergency telephone service.  Each member receives an Emblem that is engraved with the wearer's main medical condition or vital details, a personal i.d. number and a 24 hour emergency telephone number that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. 

When I was diagnosed hepc+ I felt strongly that I did not want to inflict this dreadful disease on anyone else (as I may unwittingly have done during the past 30+ years) so my bracelet is engraved with Hep C and Asthma.

n.b.  (added 11th May 2009)

Having got my SVR in February one of the first things I did was to remove my medic alert bracelet..... it disappeared and I never thought any more about it until my youngest daughter returned from Dubai in May and presented me with a long black box.  Inside was my bracelet with the medic alert tag gone.  She had had it replaced with another silver disc - this one had a slain dragon engraved on it on one side and on the other side it said "I was 1 in 12"  What a brilliant present and it kinda put the lid on the whole hep c issue.  Medic Alert had wanted me to return the bracelet for them to dispose of but I think its great that it has been "recycled".