I helped husband fill his pill dispenser yesterday, it's a week's worth. He takes so many pills each day, it's a bit of a nightmare filling up the dispenser - he does it whilst I supervise. All done for another week. The fact that the dispensary often changes suppliers, meaning the tablets are in a different box, under a different proprietary name and sometimes a different shape/colour, makes it all the more confusing for husband....he never thinks to look at the generic name. I did once ask the dispenser why they change suppliers so often - she said it could be due to a number of things - usual supplier not got them in, different supplier cheaper, or even visiting drug co. salesman was very persuasive! (bearing gifts no doubt).
My friend gave me a fabulous desk diary for Christmas (it's one with lots of rude motifs and sayings in it, makes me laugh every time I look at it), as well as putting appointments and payment dates in it, I'm also making a note of shopping spends. It'll help me keep track of my supermarket spends and thus keep my food shopping spending as low as possible. I hope. We're well on track for eating out of the freezer and larder cupboards this month, I need hardly anything in the way of food shopping, although do need some cleaning supplies and toiletries. It's a shame that Wilkos went bust, I used to get household things in there, I really liked that shop.
I went online yesterday to get husband a concessionary bus pass - he wants to start using buses now there's a bus route nearby. As seems to be the norm nowadays, the online application form was far more long-winded and complicated that it needed to be. Or perhaps I'm just getting more confused about techie stuff the older I get! By the time I'm eligible for a bus pass in a couple of years, it'll be even more complicated I expect....perhaps I'll have to get someone else to do it for me then 😂😂😒
Other than that, it was just a normal housework and washing day. I shall be glad when the weather starts warming up so I can put my washing outside, instead of cluttering up the place with it draped on the airers. A couple of times I have put one of the airers out in the car port, but it's been so cold that the clothes don't dry at all out there.
Yes, my husband is on regular meds and I don't think he's ever had the same manufacturer twice! What a good idea the desk diary is, for keeping track of - well, everything! I'm just not that organised, I'd be playing catch-up all the time. I have a wall chart in the kitchen, where I write birthdays, anniversaries, appointments and bin collections (keeping track of which bin goes out when is a major undertaking nowadays!) Roll on spring. I'm longing to hang washing out, too. xx
ReplyDeleteYes filing up day pill dispenser can be a nightmare where the pills come in different packaging. I take quite a few myself.
ReplyDeleteI love my Day Planner...Keeps things easy to see and organize.
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Donna
My meds keep changing too. Thankfully, it's only the two so not too muddling (yet).
ReplyDeleteThe desk diary sounds brilliant. What a great gift! xx
Hi, could you not get hubby's meds on metered dose so they come in ready sorted dosset boxes? Saves having to do yourself and lots if surgeries offer weekly delivery on metered dose. x
ReplyDeleteWe should have stayed in Wales, there everyone over 60 gets free bus travel whether you've retired or not here in England we have to wait until our retirement age unfortunately. Yes it would be lovely to be able to peg out washing again wouldn't it, it's been too damp, even on the windy days for me to bother this Winter. You'll be good with the car port on wet but warm Spring and Summer days.
ReplyDeleteHubby only takes a few pills a day so no need to put out a weeks worth. He did have to colour one in cause it is the same size as one of the other two. Guess we are lucky so far.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.