I read that quite a few gastric bypass patients wear a medical bracelet, is that true for sleevers too? Is there anything that emergency services would need to know or something we can no longer have medically?

Hi All,

I was looking into a Medical bracelet and this is what my Dr. had said.

A blind nasograstric tube can maybe harm a small pouch in a gastric Bypass, since you have a VSG a NSG tube will pass and maybe stay long enough before it can harm you (you have a 3 line stapling and a prolene suture above the staples, so the tube wont penetrate your sleeve it would stay but wont fit al the tube long). NSAID's can be a NO NO after the surgery, they cause gastric irritation and discomfort, they wont put you in any danger if an emergency would appear, neither the aspirin, you will need to take them for some time to really cause you the trouble, if you have an inflammatory process or some articular pain, a couple of days of ibuprofen wont kill you if you take the measures needed, like taking prilosec before administrating the pill or just taking the pill followed by some ingestion of food.

I still think a bracelet noting I had VSG would be a good idea, just not sure the rest is needed. Like the above poster noted, its personal preference. Just thought I'd share

Hi All,

I was looking into a Medical bracelet and this is what my Dr. had said.

A blind nasograstric tube can maybe harm a small pouch in a gastric Bypass, since you have a VSG a NSG tube will pass and maybe stay long enough before it can harm you (you have a 3 line stapling and a prolene suture above the staples, so the tube wont penetrate your sleeve it would stay but wont fit al the tube long). NSAID's can be a NO NO after the surgery, they cause gastric irritation and discomfort, they wont put you in any danger if an emergency would appear, neither the aspirin, you will need to take them for some time to really cause you the trouble, if you have an inflammatory process or some articular pain, a couple of days of ibuprofen wont kill you if you take the measures needed, like taking prilosec before administrating the pill or just taking the pill followed by some ingestion of food.

I still think a bracelet noting I had VSG would be a good idea, just not sure the rest is needed. Like the above poster noted, its personal preference. Just thought I'd share

What a great post - thank you!