August is Medic Alert Awareness Month

2 post in one day.  I know feast or famine, right.  This post is one that I borrowed from a newsletter from work, but the subject is important for all.  

August is Medic Alert Awareness Month

   Imagine a loved one in a life or death emergency and the only thing preventing them from getting the immediate care they need, is their vital medical history.  This and other emergencies  could be averted by each person with a medical condition wearing a medical identification tag.  These tags are a small emblem worn on a bracelet, necklace or even on  clothing bearing a message that the wearer has an important medical condition that might require immediate attention.  To raise awareness to this very important situation, August has been named Medic Alert awareness month. It is dedicated to educating the public and raising awareness towards the use of Medic Alert  bracelets.  Unfortunately, It is usually the people who are in need of the bracelets that are typically well informed about them which means the general public is not as educated about the bracelets and can end tragically.  A MedicAlert bracelet is designed to save a person’s life in an emergency.  

People with the following conditions should wear a Medic Alert bracelet:

Food or drug allergies

Anaphylaxis

Asthma

Cardiac issue

Hypertension 

Epilepsy/seizures

Pacemaker

Diabetes

Stroke risk

Lung Disease

Cancer

Dialysis

Multiple Sclerosis

DNR order

Blood thinners (Coumadin, Warfarin)

Anemia/Blood disorders

Dementia/Alzheimer’s

Autism

Children with special needs

The bracelets are vital for people who have life-threatening or potentially dangerous medical conditions that need immediate medical care. These bracelets become the voice of the patient in the event  they are unable to speak for themselves.  It helps first responders and medical personnel recognize medical conditions, medications, allergies and treatment wishes of the patients.  These life saving items are available at Medicalert.org as well as many other sites and can mean the difference in a life or death situation.  

Can you ever really trust a cheater?

I know that I do not have many readers, but I would still like do more on here; as I lead a very boring life, the few of you that do read here may be treated from time to time to my rambles on various issues.  This is one of those times.  LOL

So the Lycan was watching a show and stopped it to ask me if I thought that a couple can actually come back from one of them cheating.  Short answer, NO.   Long answer,  no I do not as there will always be that small voice in the back of the victim’s (and yes they are a victim) mind wanting to know.  For the ease of explaining here is will use the cheater as male and the victim as female.  I do know that this can go the other way around. 

Example:

She finds out that he has been cheating on her for 6 months now.   They are able to work through it and stay together.   Every now and then when he says that he is going somewhere and will be back in X amount of time, he is late.  That little voice will always be there asking, what is he doing, who is he with, where did he actually go?

Option #1- she never asks and it festers over time until she finally one day blows up.  They have a knock-down-drag-out and one of them leaves.

Option #2- she asks every time and he gets tired of explaining himself all the time.

           Subset A: he leaves because he cannot explain anymore

Subset B: he cheats again because he thinks, “She is accusing me of it, I might as well be doing it.”

Option #3- she never asks and it never blows up.  To me, this is the worst option of all because her life is a sham because she can never be truly happy with that doubt living in her mind.  

Now, I know that there are those of you out there will disagree.  Maybe there are those couples who say that they have worked it out and trust again.  Are they lying?  I cannot argue with them about their feelings, maybe they really have gotten to the place where things are back to the way they were before, but I do not feel that if everyone is honest with themselves that the trust is every really regained.