Oh, see now, five dosage times a day is evil and throws everything off. Well, and small print is not helpful either.
I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JenP - Jan 06, 2007 3:46:58 pm PST #736 of 10001
Jesse - Jan 06, 2007 3:48:01 pm PST #737 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Really, for my poor grandmother the lack of good vision is the problem -- did I tell you people she was accidentally doubling up on one thing and not taking another for a while? Yikes.
JenP - Jan 06, 2007 3:49:45 pm PST #738 of 10001
Aye, aye, aye. That's scary. Don't do that Jesse's grandma!
Zenkitty - Jan 06, 2007 3:51:47 pm PST #739 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks for googling pill boxes, JenP! I never even thought to. I think one of those will indeed work for me. I've been doing what AmyLiz's mom does, and just keeping them in a regular pill bottle.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2007 3:51:47 pm PST #740 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do wish I were there to help more.
Sue - Jan 06, 2007 4:09:42 pm PST #741 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I have the last pill box that Jen linked to. It works when I remember to fill it.
My nutritionist friend says that avoiding nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers) will help with inflamation.
ita, there was a brief article in the Globe and Mail today about how kettleball was the new hot fitness craze. [link]
JenP - Jan 06, 2007 4:12:10 pm PST #742 of 10001
Aw. Does she live near your folks, Jesse?
ETA:
that avoiding nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant
Well, phooey on that (I mean, not phooey on the advice. Phooey on the not being able to eat the yummies). The first two, especially, I would miss a lot. Fortunately inflammation isn't one of my issues. Yet.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2007 4:16:14 pm PST #743 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw. Does she live near your folks, Jesse?
Heh, yeah -- downstairs. Between them and my aunt, they do OK. And she's still basically fine mentally, so it's not like they go around making sure she's got the right pills in the right places -- they assume she does. It's a fine line. As anyone knows, really, when you're trying to help a grownup, much less your mother.
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2007 4:33:31 pm PST #744 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
kettleball was the new hot fitness craze
I am so trendy. Again.
My doctor gave me instructions that certain pills were to be eaten with meals (3x a day) and others 1 hour before bedtime. That's way too much like math, and math that assumes I get three squares. I cheat and have the evening's pills all at once.
JenP - Jan 06, 2007 4:33:40 pm PST #745 of 10001
As anyone knows, really, when you're trying to help a grownup, much less your mother.
Too true. My sisters and I are having interesting conversations with my mother recently (mostly initiated by her), because my mother's sisters are both not doing well, and their families are trying to deal with it, and just... not fun. Fortunately, my mother is dong just peachy herself these days. Pleasetocontinue.