Nope. I dislike necklaces and can’t wear a bracelet easily at work. My smartwatch shows my CGM though…
And I have plenty of D tech applied to various bits of my body. That’ll do.
Believe it or not, a med assistant at one of my doctor’s offices thought my pump was a pager! That was a few days ago! Nobody wears pagers that I’m aware of, in this day and age. If they do, I’m sure not aware of it. Back in the 80’s when I ran a business, we used pagers. Long before cell phones.
Omg. I had a co worker think my bg monitor was a pager. I hope they know better now
I was at an event and a speaker came running up to me, so excited pointing to my arm. I know I get excited (odd how excited you can be when you see someone with a Dex or pump!) and I thought she was wearing one too or knew someone else who did. She started to talk with me about it and it turned out I was wrong, and so was she, she didn’t know it was an insulin pump (OmniPod) she thought I was on Neulasta because her sister was and she had been to the doctor that day with her.
I’m pretty sure doctors still use pagers when they are on-call.
Everyone else…not so much.
@Jen Yes, it sure does and it could be, but I don’t know who makes Neulasta. I’ve recently seen their television commercials. It’s amazing how close in appearance they are. There are so many television commercials about all kinds of medications, yet I’ve never seen one for OmniPods (or other insulin pumps for that matter). After that encounter, I’ve wondered how many people think I am using Neulasta.
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Mine is a closed loop… So unless I’m unconscious long term, things will stay nice for at least a while.
It sure does at that! Thanks for the article too 
It was an interesting read.
I don’t wear a medical Id tag, but I do have a tattoo on my wrist that would be checked that says that I’m diabetic. I kept breaking, losing, and forgetting my id tag, so I had the idea for the tattoo instead. I love it!! Anyone else hear have one?
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I wear a medical alert watch. It looks like a normal watch with a leather band, but has the medical alert symbol on the face of the watch. I’ve seen people glace at it, but no one has ever asked me anything.
My mom (who was also a diabetic) was adamant that I get one when I was diagnosed; she wore a necklace for years, then switched to a bracelet. I never wore one when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or Graves disease (go figure). Thought didn’t cross my mind I guess.
I’ve worn a dog tag for years. Never had to use it and I’m skeptical it would help, but I’m used to wearing it now. I also use the ‘emergency info’ on my iPhone,
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Thanks Jen. See…learn something new every day. After my Graves diagnosis, Mom wanted to get me one, that was around the same time she was diagnosed with her diabetes.
I was 13 years old a freshman in high school, so you can image the stress of being diagnosed with a chronic illness…I surely didn’t want to wear anything that advertised I was sick.
Mom was more prepared for her diagnosis–you could say she was waiting for it—the oldest child of diabetics? Yeah, just a matter of time.
So true Jen. As I got older, and the complications from Graves I began to understand my medical issues.
I think at the time I really didn’t understand what Graves was or the dangers of thyroid problems—especially since my doctors (specialists included) kept saying they hadn’t seen a person so young with it.
I could understand my Mom’s and my grandparents diabetes and even help them with it.
Now I don’t go anywhere without my medical ID watch, and definitely have no problem wearing it–listing diabetes, RA, thyroid, high blood pressure, multiple meds. I don’t list the heart problem (mitral regurgitation) due to thyroid but the meds will let the doctors know.
I’m with you–better safe than sorry.
I have a medic alert tattoo. Bracelets would get caught on things, and the words would wear off. I am looking forward to the day when I go back to my Tat Artist to have the words “I used to have” added to my tat.
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I wear one for running races, otherwise haven’t done so since middle school.
What do you mean by ‘social costs’? Do people treat you differently? No one notices by ID, it is on a chain with another item.
An ID always creates a risk that others will notice it, and since most people believe fantastically negative things about diabetics, your reputation is likely to suffer. During the 13 years I wore an ID others noticed it twice, once causing no social problems at all, because the person kept it to herself, and once causing devastating problems, since the individual spread the news all over the university and suddenly the chief topic of conversation was the fact that I was going to be dead soon because I had eaten too much sugar. Interestingly, the fellow who spread that story died at 55 of a heart attack, while I’ve outlived him.
Wow that is so sad 
I talk about my diabetes with anyone who asks. Have never felt ostracized Most people I meet are just interested.
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As of yet, no issues while driving. My low are are always late night. With my Dexcom and alarm on my iPhone I’m warned before it gets to low.
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Good god, it sounds as if you are gloating over someone’s death.