GotGarlic
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My aunt, who had Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, diagnosed at age 6, and a kidney transplant, gave me the one I have [emoji813]
I agree... I've been using that same dispenser for a long time..
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SO has these. I fill them for her every two weeks. Part of that process is to then order refills where needed.
I only take meds twice a day so use the simpler seven day sleeves, one for AM and one for PM. I fill those every other week and reorder as needed.
Pill filling is a Saturday morning ritual alternating between her pills and mine.
I also have four alarms set on her phone to remind her to take her pills. That works sometimes.
Every month I get all my meds in what are labeled MOTs. Medicines on Time. There are five rows with seven windows in each row. I get each month's supply on the day before the last day of the month. The pharmacy that is associated and owned by Winthrop fills them each month for me. They also are color coded. Yellow are for morning meds, white for noontime, and dark blue for bedtime. There are also other colors for other times of the day. I only take them three times a day. Every six months when I go in for my biannual checkup, we go over all my meds. I report any side effects I may be having. Sometimes if the side effects are more than I can tolerate, I take myself off the medication.
I was on a list of enough meds to kill a horse. I got so sick of taking them out each day, for four different hours of the day. So I sat down and looked up every med I have on my list. There has been some changes in the list, some added, some deleted. Time for me to look all of them up again. I did find out that the statins seem to be the biggest offender when it comes to memory retention. I even went so far as to print out the page for each med. Time to do it again.
That is going to be my project for today.
Winthrop does all that.....
It's a health center where Addie gets her medical care and medications. I don't know for sure, but I think it's part of the Boston Medical Center.What or who is Winthrop? I'm guessing a pharmacy?
What or who is Winthrop? I'm guessing a pharmacy?
Anyone who takes a lot of medications each day should get something like this. Lay out all your pills for the upcoming week and you can also see when you're getting low and need a refill. Makes life much easier.
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Pill filling is a Saturday morning ritual alternating between her pills and mine.
I have two little glass green cups from a child's play set. They were popular during the 30/40's. I start out putting my morning meds in one, and my noontime ones in the other. When I take my morning ones, I then put my bedtime ones in the one I just emptied. I take 15 different meds. I used to take more than 25.
Oh my goodness - I thought Mom and I took a lot of meds. Are they all prescription meds or a combination of prescription and OTC meds?
They are all prescriptions. I have a separate sheet showing all the meds that I have in the house that are sent to me from Winthrop. Like Bacitracin, Liquid Antacid, Silverdine, etc. That is the sheet I give to the Paramedics if I have to call for the ambulance. There is no way I can tell them all of what I take. All scripts are listed first, then the non scripts.
I am very fortunate in that anything (and I mean Anything) in medical supplies I need, they give me. From meds, dressings, to OTC products or band aids.
Not so sure this is actually petty! We have been getting BA mag since the early '90s. I have seen over the years that the ads have increased and the recipes have decreased in number and quality. You used to look at the recipe index and it generally was spread over two pages. Now it may or may not cover one page! We are up for renewal, which is highly unlikely to happen. Another example of something that used to be great and looked forward to, which is now the pits.
Addie, your state sounds like a wonderful place for the older generation to live. I wish all states cared for the older generation like that.