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Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 12:06PM My memory is not the best these days. I joke and tell people my hard drive is full so I have to delete things before I can save anything new.
It really feels that way. I used to remember everything. Phone numbers, dates, addresses, passwords, if I left the iron on or not. But one thing I never forget is to take my medicine.
Every morning I take 13 pills and 2 at night. I never forget to take them because I stick to my routine and know that taking my pills happens after I have brushed my teeth and before I brush my hair (if I have hair).
Forgetting to take my pills is nothing I worry about.
So why am I writing a post praising pill organizers? Well, those 15 pills I take each day come from 13 different bottles and in the morning I don't have a lot of time to fool around with open and closing every one!
When I first met with the nurse from Cardiac Rehab she gave me two pill organizers to use a soon as I told her my medications.
Seemed silly to me but I thought what the heck, I'll give it a try.
I save so much time and can see pretty quickly what pills need to be refilled and when. I have one for my morning pills and one for the evening. It saves me so much time.
This may seem totally silly to you but it honestly blew me away how much of a pain in the butt opening all of those bottles was every day. Not to mention if I dropped a pill and then in trying to pick up said pill I drop more. They are sneaky little pills I tell ya!
Anyhow, the Ninja tip for the week is, if you have more than one pill you take at the same time everyday, try a pill organizer. It really makes things easier.
Reader Comments (7)
Hmmm.... never thought of that. I'm up to six every day, but two are vitamins and one is over the counter. Still, having them organized in one place might save some time. Thanks
Love! my pill boxes!
I started back when I just had one pill as there were mornings when I wondered, "Did I take it?"
Every Saturday, I do the refills.
You were taking 13 pills every day without a pill organizer?!
When I had to start taking ONE pill each day I started using one!! LOL!
(mostly because I would forget whether or not I took it otherwise)
So true! I take just four pills a day, and usually just go bottle to bottle. Over the weekend I had some spare time and filled my old and unused organizer (it's for seven days, AM and PM, but since I take them just once a day, it lasts two weeks). Makes me wonder why I don't use it all the time.
A dollar at the local Dollar Tree well spent!
I 100% endorse this. I've whined about my pills many times, but using the organizers means I only have to THINK about the danged things once a week.
My boyfriend actually took this one step further. In Canada, you can et your meds put into blister packs so they're organized right from the pharmacy! Makes things way easier for him!
i use one too, just for my levothyroxine. and I'm young. with only one pill. organizers are wonderful :)