Guest guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 I do very similar to you- only thing I only leave the current box (1 day) out on the table. -between my Mother and couple that watch her when I'm at work -I'd have pill soup by the time I got home. My Mother gets into everything (like a 2 year old) and sometimes she outsmarts her sitter. like I've mentioned she is incredibly creative Sharon > > Someone asked me how I take care of our medicine, and never run out. So here > is my method. I hope I have made it not too confusing in reading it. > > > We have a ton of medicine to keep track of. I use two long baking pans, His > and hers. They are full of bottles kept on my closet shelf. I fill our weekly > pill organizers, one of us at a time. As I fill the weekly organizer I put > each bottle aside so that I don't mix them with the ones I haven't opened yet. > By looking at each bottle as I put the pills in the organizer, I can see if > there are seven days worth of pills or a little less. I set it aside in the > refill area, and do not put it with any others. After I'm through I take those > to be refilled to the phone, and call them in to the Pharmacy. After calling > them in I put a sticky note on the group of bottles saying what day they > will be ready. Don takes sixteen pills not counting vitamins. I take nineteen > pills not counting vitamins each day. From the way I figure it that is 570 > pills a month. We never run out of medicine, by this method. Being organized > makes it easier on me. Oh I forgot to say, before the organizer runs out I sit > down and refill them again. Always on Saturday. The few pills we haven't > taken on Saturday, are put in little pill cups that we kept from hospital stays > so that we always start out again on Sunday morning with a week full of > medicine. This gives us time for the refills, and pick up, before the next week. > > Hope this way of doing it can help someone. I would like to hear how others > keep track of their medicines too. > > Love a lot, and don't let yourself become bogged down, that created stress. > Imogene > > > > > > **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family > favorites at AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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