Vanetta Fenton, an MG patient advocate, explains why keeping MG and medication information on hand can help patients and providers during an emergency.
Transcript
I think that it’s very important that when we are just out and about, even if you’re not going to, like, urgent care or if you’re not going to an actual doctor’s appointment, it’s always important to carry with you someplace on your person what your disease is what drugs you’re on, so that in the event of emergency, you always have that information on hand.
You know, a lot of times when we have emergencies, it’s panic time. We can’t think clearly. We’re trying to just kind of get better.
But if you already have this stuff documented and you’re able to just hand it over to a provider or someone who’s with you, it makes it so much better when you’re in these situations where you need it the most.
