X-Message-Number: 24308 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:23:55 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Re: Personal Alarm Systems for Cryonicists References: <> > >Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:01:14 +0100 > From: "John de Rivaz" <> >Subject: Re: Personal Alarm Systems for Cryonicists > >This seems an excellent idea, and Ben's is a very interesting article. > Discussing means to call for help such as commercial panic button servcies for the elderly. <snip> > > I have just purchased an item to help my own situation. I of course have live in caregivers, my parents, and as I get older I seem to deteriorate more rapidly than they due to my many afflictions. Diabetes is bad enough but try having it when you're paralyzed and cannot exercise to regulate blood sugar levels and especially to lose weight. Despite eating very little I slowly gain as my metabolism comes under slowing pressure both from age and from starvation syndrome, the effect that occurs when one trys diet only means to weight loss and the body thinks it's starving and so gets more efficient making it a zero sum gain. So, long story short I need more reliable means to get their attention, especially as they aren't spring chickens themselves, when I have an emergency or simply need urgent care. Unfortunately for me urgent care needs left unmanaged quickly turn into emergency care needs. I said I was shortening the story didn't I?, My bad. Ok, here's the ticket. I found these wrist watch, Dick Tracy-esque walkie talkies. We already have wireless intercoms but they are really terrible and located at stationary spots they're not where the caregivers/parents often are when I need to reach them. If I can get them to wera the wrist walkie talkies then I can reach them anywhaere they are, like outside pruning some tree or tilling the garden or up to a mile and a half away, say at a neighbor's. The best part is they aren't expensive, just around $30 each.... a good thing on my budget.. So, I recommend these for anyone in a similar situation either being cared for by a mobile active person or being that mobile active person caring for someone. Of course both of my folks have cell phones but often leave them laying somewhere and aren't in the habit of even taking them with them away from the house, a habit I need to work on as I continue to get more fragile. Here is the model I got shown here at the manufacturer's website http://www.xactcommunication.com/items.asp?item_id=26 But available much more cheaply here at Amazon <dot> com. [if url is cutoff just go to www.amazon.com and search for xact communications X2X or wrist watch walkie talkies] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007KJYY/qid=1088503536/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl23/002-5675685-7864831?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846 However, now that mine have arrived I find they have a newer model available and I'm reminded to always look more before buying, arrrgh! Not only is there a newer model called the X3X but there's also the X33XIF that has privacy sub coding capability. I really wish I'd seen this first. See it for yourself here: http://www.xactcommunication.com/items.asp?item_id=51&sub_category_id=1003&category_id= Look around there because if wearing one on the wrist is not your thing there's what appears to be an around the neck medalion type the M3X but it doesn't have privacy sub coding capability. I hope these can help someone else among us. James -- Membership in order of joining: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Association http://www.transhumanism.org/ MY WEBSITE: http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24308