should APCa patients wear medical alert bracelets

[Derf4223]

My thoughts, not sure -- are there emergency meds/procedures that would need to know APCa treatment? Should one's MO be in the loop? Are APCa patients likely to react adversely to common emergency actions?

[mrscruffy]

Don't see a need for it but may e someone else has an idea about this

[CAMPSOUPS]

Maybe someone with more experience with medical alerts will reply.

For myself the drugs I am on should be highlighted, my PC, my comorbidities.

[treedown]

This is a good question. I know on member that uses one and has recommended it in the past. I have a long trip with a lot of remote travel involved and may be time to get one myself. This is all based on how scans and blood tests go in late April but I think I will consider one at this point. Thanks for your post.

[AlvinSD]

I don’t have a MA bracelet. There is no medicine I’m on or allergy I have which would necessitate a bracelet to immediately alert EMS.

I do have all my emergency contact info programmed into my phone and have all my various medicines / doses listed there as well. If I’m unconscious and brought to the ER, more information for the doctors at the ER is always better.

[SpencerBoy11]

I wear the light blue PCa bracelet in hopes that someone will ask me what it is. Then I tell them about PCa and encourage them to get checked or answer any questions. Over the years I have been able to help several guys.

[Derf4223 in reply to SpencerBoy11]

SpencerBoy11 your response puts a whole different angle -- not medical alert but rather to spark conversations with other men. I like that.

[lcfcpolo]

I'm on a blood thinner as well as all of my prostate cancer meds, so (when I remember, brain fog) I wear the blue and white blood thinner band.

[GAdrummer]

A couple of side effects from Keytruda (non-functional adrenal and thyroid glands, ulcerative colitis), a heart valve replacement, and alpha gal allergy are reasons for my husband's MA bracelet. Without immediate action, he goes into shock. The hospitals are 30 minutes away.

[j-o-h-n]

I have all of my meds and illness' tatted on my chest and arms (in alphabetical sequence)..

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[fmenninger in reply to j-o-h-n]

Ha ha….