Does anyone with MM wear a medic alert tag?  I was shopping the other day and the woman ahead of me passed out and fell head first into her basket of groceries.  I was an EMT for years so I knew basically what to do until the ambulance got there.  She did "come to" before she was transported to the hospital.  But I thought, what would happen if she didn't come to, and she couldn't provide the EMT's with any medical history.  I have Moyamoya with seizure disorders.  My family knows my history if they are with me, (jokingly they say they will roll me under something until I come to) Seriously, In certain medical emergencies, (like MM) time is of the essence. After being a medic and taking care of unconcious patients, medical alert tags helped significantly in some cases providing prompt treatment.  I don't know why it took this incident for me to realize how a medic alert tag could benifit MM patients in case of an emergency.  Am I the only one who just realized this?  Must be something wrong with my brain!  Thanks for any input.

In addition...I have a teal bracelet and pin for my Ovarian cancer, a pink ribbon for my friends breast cancer, do we have any color or symbols for MM?  We should!

Sorry - I found it!

Check this thread out....http://www.moyamoya.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1216748842/16#16

-Shari

I found another alternative to the standard medical alert tags.  These were started for jogger, bikers, etc. in case they had a accident while on the road.  I contacted them and they said anything can be printed on them.  7 lines with up to 24 characters per line.  I found this is a bit more space than most medic alert tags allow.
     STA-MCA By-Pass 00/00/00 is 24 characters counting spaces!
room for 6 more lines of needed info.

     Contact:                                            www.RoadID.com      

I have Medic Alert for my MM. Like what you said, just in case. It is easy to apply and believe it or not, Medic Alert do have MM as one of their listed sydrome. It is better to be careful then sorry.