Re: Im so angry/pill boxes

[Guest guest]

Hi all reading the post I saw someone talking about liquid naproxin we use

both liquid and pill forms of naproxin the pharmacy cuts the pills for

us.its a lot easier when we travel.

good luck.

--- contessa123992000@... wrote:

> My daughters pediatric rheumy just called and recommended a small

> watch with an alarm on it, so that it will beep when she needs to

> take her meds. what a great idea. Im gonna go get one before her

> next visit, maybe i should get a couple, since 8 year olds tend to

> loose things.

>

> thanks for the shoulder, im not as angry as i was last night

>

>

>

> > > I understand your anger, and so should the dad. But I don't know

> > how you can

> > > get him to remember the meds. Maybe you can start having your

> > daughter be

> > > responsible for them. Obviously, this is easier if she is taking

> > pills

> > > rather than liquid meds. Each morning put that days pills in a

> pill

> > case of

> > > some kind and start teaching her to get them at the right time.

> > Then, when

> > > she goes to her dad's she'll be in the habit of remembering. You

> > can write

> > > out for her what to take and when and make a checklist that she

> > marks when

> > > she has taken them. Maybe someone else will have a better idea.

> > >

> > > Liz

> > > Im so angry

> > >

> > >

> > > > I picked up my daughter last night from her Daddy weekend, it

> was

> > > > 7:00 p.m. I asked her how her weekend went and she said it was

> > > > fine. Amy, my daughter, is 8 years old and has had systemic JRA

> > > > since she was 5. I asked her if Daddy had given her her

> > medications

> > > > and she said " no, he forgot " . So, she missed three doses of

> > > > Naprosyn, her folic acid and her vitamins.

> > > >

> > > > I want to actually physically hurt this man, Im so angry. I

> > called

> > > > her rheumy this morning to ask if they can stress the importance

> > of

> > > > her meds. I yelled at him last night, threatened to change his

> > > > visits to supervised only.

> > > >

> > > > I went through a period of denial, i think all of us do, but she

> > will

> > > > be 9 next month and we have been doing this for four years now.

> > His

> > > > response was that everyone has forgotten to give meds.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > For links to websites about arthritis and JRA, visit:

> > > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/8414/Links.html

> > > >

> > > >