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.

Aye, aye, aye. That's scary. Don't do that Jesse's grandma!

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.

I do wish I were there to help more.

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]

Aw. Does she live near your folks, Jesse?

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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.

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.

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.

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.

avoiding nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers) will help with inflamation.

Yeah. When I eat potatoes, you can watch my face turn pink and my nose swell up. It doesn't happen as badly anymore, because of the aforementioned quercetin. Tomatoes and peppers don't bother me at all, though, and eggplant? Won't eat it; smells funny. Probably just as well.

mmm. potatoes