Workaround Changed To Match The New Reality

For years it was a simple routine. Monday morning I’d load up my pill box. It took all of five minutes to guaranty that all I needed to do was to look in my pill box to make sure that I was up to date on my daily pill intake.

Now, with my memory and my focus acting up it just doesn’t work. Example, this morning when I took my pre breakfast insulin I noticed that I hadn’t taken it yesterday. I had taken two others pills but my insulin had just slipped out of my world.

Missing my insulin for a day won’t do me any irreparable harm but it surely isn’t good for me. Possible workaround is to have my smart phone give me a mid-morning alert. And indeed, I have set it up. But what happens if I forget both my insulin and to turn on my cell phone?

As Oliver was fond of saying, ‘before you shoot your last arrow best make sure you’ve got a rock in your back pocket!’ So, I’m going to change Edge’s homepage. Starting today it will be my calendar with all of my pill times highlighted. Should solve the problem for now.

Alzheimer’s/Dementia: Confusion Reigns

With MS what I take in is not always what was sent out and vice versa. Az/D takes it to a whole new level! 

It gets confusing and frustrating. Not only for me but for people that I interact with. The other day we were having some yard cleaning done. Both workers were not feeling well. To the point where one was sitting down so as not to fall over. Up to this point in this little drama we all agree about the details.