Hospital Alert Systems for Lymphodema Arms

I was told that my hospital had changed procedure, and they now refer to the notes and patient instead of relying on arm bands (they did still use red to denot allergies, but instead of 2 a white with your name etc on it and a red for allergy they put your name etc on the red one.

When I had my surgery (mastectomy) they put a pink on on that side and same when I had my port (I guess becasue they can't ask you).

I got 2 free reusable ones form the, and they USA (free to get and free postage) and they should work. They look like the normal hospital ones but they have a reusable press stud.

If you are interested you can get them from http://www.lymphedema.com/alertform.htm I got 2 becasue I thought I was having bilat done first, but it was decided to do cancer side first then prophylactic later, after I finish chemo. Make sure you choose arm though becasue they do leg ones too (thay are green), and if you want 2 (becasue you have had bilateral or to have a spare etc) click yes for bilateral. Mine came trhough quite quickly, only took about a week.

At least this way you can have your own pece of mind that there is a visual deterent there if you ned it, like when in surgery, groggy, med'ed up or asleep etc. It is no big issue to the staff if they use the wrong arm on you, but you on the other hand can suffer extensively and for the rest of your life and this seems to me a small thing to do, for another level of protection.