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Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 5:28:08 AM6/3/12
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I have a couple of pills cases that I like but they are not big enough. The
problem? They are the biggest I can find. They have compartments for
breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. However, due to the size of some of
my supplements, the breakast and bedtime ones are no longer big enough for
me. I have to take evening primrose, 2,000 mg each morning and night. If I
get the 500 mg gel caps they take up less room but the 1,000 mg ones are
considerably cheaper. I take flaxseed oil twice daily. I also take some
other huge gel caps such as D Limonene and CLA. I can't even fit these into
my container and have to remember to take them with each meal. I literally
take a handful of things each morning and night. The bulk of what I am
taking is supplements. And I can't seem to do without them. Each time I
cut back on what I am taking, whatever problem I was taking it for crops up
again. My Drs. do know I am taking all of these things and some are things
I am taking because they told me to.

I don't know if it's the gastroparesis or what but I do tend to be lacking
in some vitamins. And then I have some medical conditions besides diabetes
that seem to be helped with supplements. Like psoriasis and fibroymalgia.

So... What to do? I take so many things that I have to do them up two
weeks at a time. It takes me somewhere between an hour or two to do them
up, depending on whether or not I have to restock my arsenal and how many
interruptions I get. I have one large lidded bin for overstock and a drawer
unit that I use to store the open bottles. This includes my prescription
meds, of which I take 5. Actually the prescription meds take up very little
room in the cases.

My mom has a similar problem for herself and my dad. She has a system that
she thinks works for her but I would disagree. And I know it wouldn't work
for me. She uses little Nyquil containers. I have no clue where she got
these all. I dislike them because the tops are open and that leaves the
pills exposed to air. Plus they easily tip over. Angela is constantly
finding pills on the floor of their house. And they have a maid so no
telling how many she sucks up in the vacuum. She places these cups onto some
old snack trays that we had when we were kids but really never used them.
They are sort of like plastic plates but in a rectangular shape. They're
not very big. She uses one tray for each day. Then she puts little sticky
notes under each of the cups. She keeps these in what used to be my bedroom
but she uses it now for her computer. She has to keep them in there because
my dad has memory issues and he will just keep taking pills because he knows
no better.

So each day she will take his tray and her tray out to the table and put
them by where they eat. From what I have seen this does not work at all
because my dad will just take whatever he sees there. He also keeps spare
pills in his pocket for when he dines out, which is most of the time. Today
he forgot to take his lunch pills and then ran into trouble. I won't get
into the details of that, but it wasn't pretty. Or he will forget and take
his pills more than once. My mom doesn't seem to remember to keep on him
about this and apparently neither do Angela or I, most of the time. So I
don't think this system would work for them.

And I know it wouldn't work for us because I don't really have any spare
space where I can put all of those little containers. Because they are
open, they won't fit in the drawer where I keep my pill organizers. And
because I have cats and we have klutzy people in our home, there is no way I
would ever leave open topped containers of pills just sitting out.

So what to do? I have been looking online and can't seem to see anything
that is bigger than what I already have. At the time I bought them, they
were the biggest I could find. Let me see if I can find a link to the
product that I have. Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Times-Practidose-Medication-Organizer/dp/B000XUI54U

I found it on the maker's website (Apothecary Products) and it is the
biggest they make.

I know I am not the only one having this problems In searching for
something larger, a few other people have had the same complaints.

So... What to do? I thought about using sandwich bags or even snack bags.
Those would be the right size and they are what I use when I have to go out
to eat. I put the pills in there. But... It would be really difficult for
me to fill all of those slippery bags every two weeks. That would be 42
bags at a time!

The other thing I have been thinking of would be to buy some other kind of
container for my dinner meds. I only take a few supplements then, plus my
Metformin. I could then divide the other meds and supps between the
breakfast/lunch and the dinner/bed slots.

Or I could get larger lidded containers for the breakfast and dinner but
that would be expensive and I would also have the problem of filling them.
I tend to fill them while sitting at the computer. My computer desk is very
small and because there are sooo many bottles of pills, many of them wind up
on top of the desk until I am done with them. Plus there would be some
confusing in trying to organize all of those loose containers and making
sure that I took the pills from the right one. Yeah, I could label with a
black marker but still...in the drawer I think they would get flung around
and I have no other place to keep them.

I would like to be able to get all of my pills together. For weeks on end,
I failed to put my Azo Yeast pills in there and then realized that they just
wouldn't fit. Actually I had run out of them and had to wait until payday
to be able to buy more. Same for the Oil of Oregano. I will never do that
again. I feel that our not taking that is why Angela and I got sick
recently. And I also got a yeast infection from not taking the Azo.
Grrrr...

Does anyone know of a similar type of container that would be much larger?
Or am I stuck using one of the other options?


MaryL

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Jun 3, 2012, 7:35:32 AM6/3/12
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"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:jqfana$b0a$1...@dont-email.me...

I have a couple of pills cases that I like but they are not big enough. The
problem? They are the biggest I can find. They have compartments for
breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. However, due to the size of some of
my supplements, the breakast and bedtime ones are no longer big enough for
me.
<snip>
Does anyone know of a similar type of container that would be much larger?
Or am I stuck using one of the other options?

....
Some pharmacies carry 7-day pill containers with *very large* storage. Why
not get them in different colors for breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime
instead of trying to get so many pills in a single container? I don't think
there are any pills that would not fit into those compartments, and it's
likely that they would also be easier to fill than trying to drop so many
pills into so many different compartments.

MaryL


Don Roberto

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Jun 3, 2012, 8:13:27 AM6/3/12
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Here:
Pick one, or two or three:
http://tinyurl.com/7jau5w7

If above link still doesn't carry your size,
get your behind down to the nearest Sears store:
http://tinyurl.com/824tawp


You're welcome!

Don Roberto

Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:29:54 PM6/3/12
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Don Roberto schreef op 3-6-2012 :
Yep, I'll need one of these large drawercases ;-)
Never could get my Movicolon in a regular pill-case. Nor my insulin-pen
for that matter :-)

Then I have to take 2 pills _during_ meals. I.e. each meal.
Often forget that. Right now Ive developed a 'system' that I first set
an alarm just before I eat the first spoonful. (When I eat, I eat, dont
think of taking pills at the same time + cant put them on the plate as
they are capsules that cant come into touch with sth warm).

Then I sometimes forget to set the alarm..
Thought about setting an alarm to set the alarm...
M.


M.

outsider

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Jun 3, 2012, 1:31:22 PM6/3/12
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On 6/3/2012 11:29 AM, Maya Zuiderweg wrote:

> Yep, I'll need one of these large drawercases ;-)
> Never could get my Movicolon in a regular pill-case. Nor my insulin-pen
> for that matter :-)
>
> Then I have to take 2 pills _during_ meals. I.e. each meal.
> Often forget that. Right now Ive developed a 'system' that I first set
> an alarm just before I eat the first spoonful. (When I eat, I eat, dont
> think of taking pills at the same time + cant put them on the plate as
> they are capsules that cant come into touch with sth warm).
>
> Then I sometimes forget to set the alarm..
> Thought about setting an alarm to set the alarm...
> M.

Why not learn how to set up your computer to provide alarms at
various times of day for various things you need to remember
to do.

MaryL

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Jun 3, 2012, 1:34:39 PM6/3/12
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"outsider" wrote in message news:a31lb8...@mid.individual.net...
.....
I don't know about others on this NG, but that would not work for me because
I could not hear it unless I was in the room where I keep my computer.
However, I usually don't have any trouble remembering to take pills
(fortunately, I don't need any diabetes meds) because I have a habit of
taking medication as soon as I finish eating. I keep my medications in a
cabinet in the kitchen, and I open it as soon as I take my dishes to the
counter.

MaryL

Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 3, 2012, 1:44:19 PM6/3/12
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outsider schreef :
Cant use that. If I could set alarms at specific times I would. But
each day is different. My bg's are unpredictable as well, so the time
of meals cant be at fixed times/alarms.
M.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 3, 2012, 1:47:58 PM6/3/12
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MaryL formuleerde de vraag :
I have to take meds before + during + after meals + before bed.

And on some other moments too, but I would be a lot happier if these
mealtimes werent so hectic wrt meds-taking..

M.
>
> MaryL


MaryL

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Jun 3, 2012, 3:57:50 PM6/3/12
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"Maya Zuiderweg" wrote in message
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Oh, yes, I do have one that I need to take at bedtime. That is the one I
occasionally forget.

MaryL


W. Baker

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Jun 3, 2012, 4:02:13 PM6/3/12
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Maya Zuiderweg <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote:
: Don Roberto schreef op 3-6-2012 :
: >
: > Here:
: > Pick one, or two or three:
: > http://tinyurl.com/7jau5w7
: >
: > If above link still doesn't carry your size,
: > get your behind down to the nearest Sears store:
: > http://tinyurl.com/824tawp
: Yep, I'll need one of these large drawercases ;-)
: Never could get my Movicolon in a regular pill-case. Nor my insulin-pen
: for that matter :-)

: Then I have to take 2 pills _during_ meals. I.e. each meal.
: Often forget that. Right now Ive developed a 'system' that I first set
: an alarm just before I eat the first spoonful. (When I eat, I eat, dont
: think of taking pills at the same time + cant put them on the plate as
: they are capsules that cant come into touch with sth warm).

: Then I sometimes forget to set the alarm..
: Thought about setting an alarm to set the alarm...
: M.


: M.
: >
: >
: > You're welcome!
: >
: > Don Roberto


Pill I take with meals I leave in their bottles on the table, 2 at
breakfast and 3 at dinner. they sit there staring me in the face.

Wendy

Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 4:14:53 PM6/3/12
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"MaryL" <stan...@invalid.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I will look today but I have never seen any bigger than this. According to
what I have seen from their catalog, they seem to make all of the ones I've
ever seen.


Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 4:16:01 PM6/3/12
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"Don Roberto" <anothas...@aol.com> wrote in message
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But those are all smaller. I have owned most of those at some time or
other.


Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 4:17:21 PM6/3/12
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"outsider" <outs...@sometime.individual.net> wrote in message
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That wouldn't work if she wasn't at home and/or near the computer!


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Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 3, 2012, 6:03:24 PM6/3/12
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W. Baker plaatste dit op zijn scherm :
Could work, but for the fact that there are so many bottles on the
table (husband takes many meds as well) + I dont take breakfast and
lunch at any table.
Only dinner.
M.


MaryL

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Jun 3, 2012, 6:12:10 PM6/3/12
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"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:jqggjv$8ch$1...@dont-email.me...
....
Look for the 7-day type, not the type you described where they have
different compartments for each meal. The ones I am thinking of have only
one compartment for each *day* (not each meal), and that's why I suggested
that you get different colors for the different meals. Each compartment is
huge.

MaryL


W. Baker

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Jun 3, 2012, 6:40:52 PM6/3/12
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Maya Zuiderweg <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote:
: W. Baker plaatste dit op zijn scherm :
Well, if you take them at a customary place, put them there.

Wendy

Metspitzer

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Jun 3, 2012, 7:43:23 PM6/3/12
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On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 02:28:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<juli...@frontier.com> wrote:

>I have a couple of pills cases that I like but they are not big enough. The
>problem? They are the biggest I can find. They have compartments for
How about..........just use both of them?

outsider

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Jun 3, 2012, 8:17:50 PM6/3/12
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In this, as with many other discussions, OP isn't seeking "a solution."
She's seeking a very narrowly cast specific solution that doesn't seem
to exist. If it existed, she wouldn't have to ask here.

Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 11:33:36 PM6/3/12
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"Karen" <kquilts+no...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> A bead or embroidery floss box from the craft store might work. They
> both have many compartments. The downside is they usually have one
> lid that opens the entire thing, but it's something to consider.

Yeah. That wouldn't work at all. I need to be able to open just one
compartment at a time.


Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 11:39:58 PM6/3/12
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"MaryL" <stan...@invalid.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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They might be huge but I don't think they're any bigger than what I already
have. In fact I think they are smaller. Let me look... I think I have
one. Yep. The one I have would be waaaay too small. I don't even think
that would be big enough for my dinner meds if I put the 3 gel caps in
there. I'll look to see if I can find any bigger ones so that I can at
least put my dinner meds in there.

I need something that would literally hold a full handful of pills at a
time. That's how many I take.


Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 11:40:20 PM6/3/12
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"Metspitzer" <Kilo...@charter.net> wrote in message
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Yeah. I think that's what I'm going to have to do.


Julie Bove

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Jun 3, 2012, 11:42:19 PM6/3/12
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"outsider" <outs...@sometime.individual.net> wrote in message
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No. I already conceded that I may have to split the breakfast meds between
the breakfast and lunch compartments and the dinner meds between the dinner
and bed. I would then have to buy a couple of day of the week ones that are
larger than the one I have now for my dinner meds. I would of course prefer
to keep them all in one place. I just thought I would ask here in case
there was something I'd missed. I have spent hours searching though.


outsider

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Jun 4, 2012, 1:08:21 AM6/4/12
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So that "no" is really a "yes." The solution you were looking for doesn't
seem to exist and you weren't looking for other solutions, just the one.
No problem, I just wanted to understand completely what you were after.

Julie Bove

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Jun 4, 2012, 1:47:54 AM6/4/12
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outsider wrote:
> So that "no" is really a "yes." The solution you were looking for
> doesn't seem to exist and you weren't looking for other solutions,
> just the one. No problem, I just wanted to understand completely what
> you were after.

I don't know if it exists or not. I haven't found it. That doesn't mean it
doesn't exsist.


MaryL

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Jun 4, 2012, 1:24:09 AM6/4/12
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"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:jqhamf$bqm$1...@dont-email.me...
....
I don't think you have any idea about which size I am talking about, so I
fail to see how you could have "looked." I have one here, so I measured it
for you. *Each* compartment (remember: just 7 compartments because I keep
describing a 7-day container) is 1.75" x 1.25" x 1.25". They are readily
available at many pharmacies.

MaryL


Julie Bove

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Jun 4, 2012, 3:22:20 AM6/4/12
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"MaryL" <stan...@invalid.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I believe I know what it is. I have had one in the past but it wasn't big
enough. I have another one now that I got for free with some supplements.
Given those measurements it wouldn't be nearly big enough. Mine is bigger.
It is 1.75" x 1.5" x 1.5". I just measured. What I have is already bigger
than that.

Even though your container has 7 compartments, I do up my pills for 14 days
at a time. I would not be able to use one of those containers for all of my
breakfast pills for the week. Or all of my bedtime pills for the week. I
might be able to use it for my dinner pills.


Don Roberto

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:34:11 AM6/4/12
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Why would you even want to move your colon?

Don Roberto

Don Roberto

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:35:08 AM6/4/12
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Ever just stare back to see which one of you blinks first?

Don Roberto

Don Roberto

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:35:42 AM6/4/12
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You need on of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GzkUFo92I

Don Roberto
---------------------------------
There are 3 kinds of people:
those who can count & those who can't.

Don Roberto

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:36:45 AM6/4/12
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Yep. She's an expert at that

Don Roberto
---------------------------------
Half of the people in the world are below average.




Don Roberto

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:37:29 AM6/4/12
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Understand Julie completely?
Are you INSANE?

Don Roberto

Don Roberto

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:37:56 AM6/4/12
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Sure it doesn't.
Exist, that is.
Otherwise you would have found it.

Don Roberto

W. Baker

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Jun 4, 2012, 10:50:22 AM6/4/12
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Don Roberto <anothas...@aol.com> wrote:
I wouldn't even try. Their speciality is staring when not havign their
tops removed for myobtaining a pill.

Wendy

outsider

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Jun 4, 2012, 10:58:51 AM6/4/12
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There is theoretical correctness, and the practical one. In addition, there
is time relevance. If it doesn't exist today, it might tomorrow. Such
speculation doesn't solve today's issues.

I've found that if amazon.com and eBay don't have something I am looking
for, chances of it existing and being findable are pretty small.

MaryL

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Jun 4, 2012, 11:10:29 AM6/4/12
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~~~~~~~~~
That's probably too small for all those large pills.

MaryL

Julie Bove

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Jun 4, 2012, 11:27:06 AM6/4/12
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"Don Roberto" <anothas...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Now where did *you* come from? You pop up all of a sudden all full of smart
remarks and not much else.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 4, 2012, 12:46:00 PM6/4/12
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W. Baker drukte met precisie uit :
Sure thing. The pills should fly all by themselves into my mouth ;-)
M.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 4, 2012, 12:55:03 PM6/4/12
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Don Roberto schreef :
Movicolon is a medicine, that comes in sachets. One has to put the
contents of the sachet into a glass of warm water, stir until it looks
clear. Put the glass or cup to your lips, tilt the cup, swallow the now
fluid medicine.
If taken the right dose at the right time ones colon might move to work
the processed food out of ones body.
M.


BessieBee

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Jun 4, 2012, 4:29:19 PM6/4/12
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On 6/4/2012 12:24 AM, MaryL wrote:

> ....
> I don't think you have any idea about which size I am talking about, so
> I fail to see how you could have "looked." I have one here, so I
> measured it for you. *Each* compartment (remember: just 7 compartments
> because I keep describing a 7-day container) is 1.75" x 1.25" x 1.25".
> They are readily available at many pharmacies.
>
> MaryL
>
>
Mary, you're offering practical solutions to someone who is not looking
for a practical solution. Julie seems to only want to be able to
"complain" about not finding the perfect answer when that answer just
doesn't exist.

I think someone could offer to build her a "perfect" pill container,
built to her very specific specifications and she'd find fault with the
finished product.

Just my $.02.

--
BessieBee

"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did.
I said I didn't know."
-Samuel Clemens

W. Baker

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Jun 4, 2012, 4:35:39 PM6/4/12
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Maya Zuiderweg <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote:
: >>>
: >>> Pill I take with meals I leave in their bottles on the table, 2 at
: >>> breakfast and 3 at dinner. they sit there staring me in the face.
: >>>
: >>> Wendy
: >
: >> Could work, but for the fact that there are so many bottles on the
: >> table (husband takes many meds as well) + I dont take breakfast and
: >> lunch at any table.
: >> Only dinner.
: >> M.
: > Well, if you take them at a customary place, put them there.
: >
: > Wendy

: Sure thing. The pills should fly all by themselves into my mouth ;-)
: M.

I take pills at 2 locations, the bathroom(on arising and before bed) and
in the dining foyer sfor breakfast and dinner pills. I keep the morning
and night pills on a windosill right next to the bathroom sink. 3 bottles
for the morning and a 7 day pill container, which I fill every 8 days for
the before bed pills. the breakffast anddinner pills taken with meals sit
on a paddle right in front of me. tht much I can remember with those
location hints. I don't expect them to fly into my mouth,. I just
expect that I wll see them and remember to take them as instructed.

Wendy

Julie Bove

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Jun 4, 2012, 5:24:09 PM6/4/12
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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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> On 6/4/2012 12:24 AM, MaryL wrote:
>
>> ....
>> I don't think you have any idea about which size I am talking about, so
>> I fail to see how you could have "looked." I have one here, so I
>> measured it for you. *Each* compartment (remember: just 7 compartments
>> because I keep describing a 7-day container) is 1.75" x 1.25" x 1.25".
>> They are readily available at many pharmacies.
>>
>> MaryL
>>
>>
> Mary, you're offering practical solutions to someone who is not looking
> for a practical solution. Julie seems to only want to be able to
> "complain" about not finding the perfect answer when that answer just
> doesn't exist.
>
How is it practical to tell me to buy something that is smaller than what I
already have? When I am asking for something bigger? Please explain!

> I think someone could offer to build her a "perfect" pill container, built
> to her very specific specifications and she'd find fault with the finished
> product.
>
> Just my $.02.

Which is pretty worthless.


BessieBee

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Jun 4, 2012, 6:08:27 PM6/4/12
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On 6/4/2012 4:24 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> How is it practical to tell me to buy something that is smaller than what I
> already have? When I am asking for something bigger? Please explain!

What you "need" doesn't, apparently, exist at this point in time and
space. Perhaps you should just start saving (or scrounging) small
margarine tubs (or the larger ones if the smaller ones are still too
small) and figure out a way to bind them together into the shape you
want. Each tub would have its own lid. There are some lovely colors
available - I know "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" is a lively yellow.
I'm sure you can come up with some very interesting and eye catching
color combinations.

I'm confident that the margarine/butter/vegetable spread tubs will be of
an adequate size to hold your daily pill requirements.
>
>> I think someone could offer to build her a "perfect" pill container, built
>> to her very specific specifications and she'd find fault with the finished
>> product.
>>
>> Just my $.02.
>
> Which is pretty worthless.

And that would be *your* $.02?

Dennis R

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Jun 4, 2012, 6:28:53 PM6/4/12
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In article <jqjbkt$rrb$1...@dont-email.me>, Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com
says...
Two family members found a set of pill containers: 7 circular containers
with screw on lids that can be stacked onto each other vertically in a
cylinder. Each "day" is about 2 inches across and about 1/2 inch high.
Sorry, don't know where they found them.

Dennis (Type 2)

Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 4, 2012, 6:34:15 PM6/4/12
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Na rijp beraad schreef W. Baker :
Now lemme think.. on arising: the bathroom + the bed = 2 .
Before breakfast: in the kitchen + in the livingroom = 2 more.
Before lunch: in the kitchen or outdoors + in the livingroom or
outdoors = more different places.
Before dinner: in the kitchen + on the couch + at the table + on the
couch (or all outdoors)...
Before bed: kitchen + bathroom + bed.
The locations of the bathroom and kitchen are necessary for the
Movicolon (much warm-hot water needed).
Bed-location is needed, because of being in bed about half of the day
(not counting sleeping time).
Insulinshots are done about everywhere (or should be, if I dont
forget).

Now I write this I think: what a shambles, and I still am alive ;-)

When I read your locations I strike off what I cant use, and that is
much, alas.
However, keeping pills in (big) bottles together for one specific
moment of the day is an option I didnt really think of. For instance I
could put pieces of paper inside of these also, with codes for what I
can not get into the bottles but what I must take. (Insulin,
Movicolon).

Still thinking though about how to _not_ forget the pills for _during_
meals.
These are the ones I tend to forget the most of the time.

As well as the insulinshots, which I take at various times.
Some time ago I posted about (the need for) a smartpen, well thats why.

Maya


Maya Zuiderweg

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BessieBee plaatste dit op zijn scherm :
> On 6/4/2012 4:24 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> How is it practical to tell me to buy something that is smaller than what I
>> already have? When I am asking for something bigger? Please explain!
>
> What you "need" doesn't, apparently, exist at this point in time and space.
> Perhaps you should just start saving (or scrounging) small margarine tubs (or
> the larger ones if the smaller ones are still too small) and figure out a way
> to bind them together into the shape you want. Each tub would have its own
> lid. There are some lovely colors available - I know "I Can't Believe It's
> Not Butter" is a lively yellow. I'm sure you can come up with some very
> interesting and eye catching color combinations.
>
> I'm confident that the margarine/butter/vegetable spread tubs will be of an
> adequate size to hold your daily pill requirements.

Hey, Ive got a margarine tub thats as high, wide and deep as about
toilet-bucket, bright yellow. Hmz. At christmastime I turn it upside
down, put a white sheet over it that should give the impression of snow
+ put a christmas tree on top of it.
Nope wont do.
But any bucket might do ofcourse, toiletbuckets even have lids ;-)

M.


Alice Faber

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In article <MPG.2a3700ac3...@reader80.eternal-september.org>,
I ordered some like that but a little smaller from LLBean at one point.
They're OK for vacations, but the screw threads are quite finicky.

--
"Isn't embarrassing to quote something you didn't read and then attack
what it didn't say?"--WG, where else but Usenet

MaryL

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"BessieBee" wrote in message news:jqj5r0$o4g$1...@dont-email.me...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yes, I know. I keep thinking I should ignore all her messages because she
*always* has a "it won't work" reaction to every response to all of her
questions. Then, I keep falling back into the trap of taking her questions
seriously. I really need to learn.

MaryL

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Julie Bove

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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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> On 6/4/2012 4:24 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> How is it practical to tell me to buy something that is smaller than what
>> I
>> already have? When I am asking for something bigger? Please explain!
>
> What you "need" doesn't, apparently, exist at this point in time and
> space. Perhaps you should just start saving (or scrounging) small
> margarine tubs (or the larger ones if the smaller ones are still too
> small) and figure out a way to bind them together into the shape you want.
> Each tub would have its own lid. There are some lovely colors available -
> I know "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" is a lively yellow. I'm sure you
> can come up with some very interesting and eye catching color
> combinations.
>
> I'm confident that the margarine/butter/vegetable spread tubs will be of
> an adequate size to hold your daily pill requirements.

Of course they would hold them but that really wouldn't work because I don't
have a place to store 14 of those!
>>
>>> I think someone could offer to build her a "perfect" pill container,
>>> built
>>> to her very specific specifications and she'd find fault with the
>>> finished
>>> product.
>>>
>>> Just my $.02.
>>
>> Which is pretty worthless.
>
> And that would be *your* $.02?

Uh huh.


Julie Bove

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"Dennis R" <ds_r...@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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I had one of those. Also too small.


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Julie Bove

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"RobertPatrick" <r...@nospammingg.com> wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote in
> news:jqfana$b0a$1...@dont-email.me:
> How about some sort of nuts & bolts organizer?
> Like this:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/FISHING-LITTLE-PART-ORGANIZER-STORAGE-BOX-64-
> DRAWERS-NAILS-SCREWS-NEW-/230793557548
>
> or
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/78zrm2q

Thganks! Something like that *might* work if I had a place to put it. I'm
afraid if I left it out, the little cat would knock it over. It would have
to be a much smaller unit than that because I wouldn't need that many
drawers and the drawers would probably have to be smaller.
>
> I realize this example is way expensive, but the photo is exactly what I
> was thinking of.
>
> Or mayble a fishing tackle box. You could put the large pills in the
> upper
> trays areas. Not sure what you'd put in the open area at the bottom.
>
> http://www.basstackledepot.com/basstackle/plano/6103.jpg
>
> A craft box:
> http://www.amazon.com/Essential-12-inch-Plastic-Storage-Semi-
> clear/dp/B006R7TCM2/ref=acc_glance_hi_ai_ps_t_3
>
> or
>
> http://www.amazon.com/SE-pc-Plastic-Storage-
> Container/dp/B0036C0RT8/ref=pd_sim_hg_7
>
> or
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Darice-2025-252-Bead-Container-
> Storage/dp/B001MBAB6O/ref=pd_sbs_hg_4
>
> small URL:
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/d5ovyjh
> RP

Tackle box or bead box wouldn't work because there would be no way to open
just one compartment at a time. And if I dropped it, all the pills would
get mixed.

I just find it hard to believe that such a product doesn't exist. I know
people who take a handful of prescription meds each time.


BessieBee

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On 6/4/2012 7:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> Of course they would hold them but that really wouldn't work because I don't
> have a place to store 14 of those!

So.... let's see... If the containers are "regular" ones found in most
pharmacies, big box stores and online they're too small. If you come up
with something that's the right size then you don't have room to store
it. Do I have that right?

Hmmmm....

Julie Bove

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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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> On 6/4/2012 7:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Of course they would hold them but that really wouldn't work because I
>> don't
>> have a place to store 14 of those!
>
> So.... let's see... If the containers are "regular" ones found in most
> pharmacies, big box stores and online they're too small. If you come up
> with something that's the right size then you don't have room to store it.
> Do I have that right?
>
> Hmmmm....

Did you even look at his link? It's *not* a pill container but an upright
drawer unit. It would not fit flat in my drawer. Oh, it would but if I did
that, then all the pills would fall out. There is nothing about that unit
to keep all of the pills in each drawer. If the cat bumped it, the pills
would go everywhere!


Julie Bove

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"RobertPatrick" <r...@nospammingg.com> wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote in
> news:jqfana$b0a$1...@dont-email.me:
>
>> (snipped)
>
> wow, this site has many kinds of organizers.
> http://www.pillthing.com/content/home
> RP

They do! And they're all too small for my needs. From what I have seen,
all of the containers are made by one manufacturer. I went to their
website. I have the largest thing that they make.


BessieBee

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On 6/4/2012 8:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> I just find it hard to believe that such a product doesn't exist. I know
> people who take a handful of prescription meds each time.

I take a very large handful of meds (prescription only) plus my insulin
twice a day. I don't use any kind of pill organizer. All 'script
bottles are kept in a small travel type bag with handles and a snap
closure. At pill time I take each bottle out and put the pill in my
hand. I usually take them three at a time, sometimes 2 at a time.
After I've dispensed the pill into my hand I put the bottle back into my
little red medicine bag.

I don't use any kind of weekly pill container because I want to see what
I'm taking each time I take it. This method obviously wouldn't work for
everyone, but it works for me. It's fairly error proof AND it doesn't
cost me anything extra. Win win!!
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bj

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RobertPatrick <r...@nospammingg.com> wrote:
>
> wow, this site has many kinds of organizers.
> http://www.pillthing.com/content/home
> RP

Looks like a useful source, thanks.
bj

BessieBee

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Jun 4, 2012, 9:43:52 PM6/4/12
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Mmmm... to what link are you referring? One that has nothing to do with
my comments? Your reply: "I don't have a place to store 14 of those!"
is in response to my post about stringing together margarine tubs. You
don't have room to store 14 margarine tubs.

The link to which you inaccurately refer was posted by RobertPatrick at
7:50PM today. It's to a nuts & bolts organizer found in a lot of homes.
Mounted as it's meant to be used, in an appropriate area and at an
appropriate height, I think it would make an ideal pill holder for
someone taking a lot of pills, many of which, according to you, are too
large to fit into a "regular" pill container.

I really don't expect you to find RobertPatrick's suggestion to be
useable for you. That would bring this inane discussion to a screeching
halt, wouldn't it?

Julie Bove

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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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That either. I don't buy margarine in small tubs. Maybe you eat that stuff
in your house. We don't. We can only buy a few kinds. There are two that
I can eat and I think two that Angela can eat. We can't both eat the same
kind. 14 of those tubs would not fit in my drawer. Plus then I would
constantly be shifting the tubs and looking for the right one.
>
> The link to which you inaccurately refer was posted by RobertPatrick at
> 7:50PM today. It's to a nuts & bolts organizer found in a lot of homes.
> Mounted as it's meant to be used, in an appropriate area and at an
> appropriate height, I think it would make an ideal pill holder for someone
> taking a lot of pills, many of which, according to you, are too large to
> fit into a "regular" pill container.

Mounted where? I have no wall to mount it to! This house has a totally
open design. The exterior walls are already full of things like shelves and
windows and doors. I used to have one. I used it for my beads. It was
never mounted to anything and it would have served no purpose to be mounted.
>
> I really don't expect you to find RobertPatrick's suggestion to be useable
> for you. That would bring this inane discussion to a screeching halt,
> wouldn't it?

I really don't care what you think.


Julie Bove

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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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> On 6/4/2012 8:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I just find it hard to believe that such a product doesn't exist. I know
>> people who take a handful of prescription meds each time.
>
> I take a very large handful of meds (prescription only) plus my insulin
> twice a day. I don't use any kind of pill organizer. All 'script bottles
> are kept in a small travel type bag with handles and a snap closure. At
> pill time I take each bottle out and put the pill in my hand. I usually
> take them three at a time, sometimes 2 at a time. After I've dispensed the
> pill into my hand I put the bottle back into my little red medicine bag.

Well if you want to take the time to open hundreds of bottles and take out
one pill each day then fine! I don't have the time to do that. I take
quite a few pills at one time. Doesn't take me a long time to swallow them.
Does take me a long time to get the tops off and get the pills out.
>
> I don't use any kind of weekly pill container because I want to see what
> I'm taking each time I take it. This method obviously wouldn't work for
> everyone, but it works for me. It's fairly error proof AND it doesn't
> cost me anything extra. Win win!!

I see what I am taking each time. Why would I not see them?


W. Baker

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BessieBee <Bess...@dreadfulbitch.com> wrote:
How about one of those little chest of drawers used to keep assorted types
of screws etc in ? Many drawers in a chest format.

Wendy

BessieBee

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On 6/4/2012 8:51 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "BessieBee"<Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
> news:jqjn6j$p43$1...@dont-email.me...
>> On 6/4/2012 8:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I just find it hard to believe that such a product doesn't exist. I know
>>> people who take a handful of prescription meds each time.
>>
>> I take a very large handful of meds (prescription only) plus my insulin
>> twice a day. I don't use any kind of pill organizer. All 'script bottles
>> are kept in a small travel type bag with handles and a snap closure. At
>> pill time I take each bottle out and put the pill in my hand. I usually
>> take them three at a time, sometimes 2 at a time. After I've dispensed the
>> pill into my hand I put the bottle back into my little red medicine bag.
>
> Well if you want to take the time to open hundreds of bottles and take out
> one pill each day then fine! I don't have the time to do that. I take
> quite a few pills at one time. Doesn't take me a long time to swallow them.
> Does take me a long time to get the tops off and get the pills out.

I don't know how big you must think my hands are, but I don't open
anywhere near "hundreds of bottles" when I take my meds - even if you
combine the total I take in the morning and evening. It doesn't take me
long to open and take my meds, but even if it did take a long time I'd
still make the time to do it. I always make time to do those things
that are important to me and my family. Taking the meds that preserve
my health and life are right at the top of my daily "must do" list. (I
don't use the childproof caps on my 'script bottles.)

>>
>> I don't use any kind of weekly pill container because I want to see what
>> I'm taking each time I take it. This method obviously wouldn't work for
>> everyone, but it works for me. It's fairly error proof AND it doesn't
>> cost me anything extra. Win win!!
>
> I see what I am taking each time. Why would I not see them?

I guess I didn't express that plainly enough. I want to be able to see
the label on each bottle. It's a daily or twice daily reminder of what
I'm taking and the correct dosage. I find that info reassuring and
never felt truly comfortable taking a handful of drugs from a pill
container. That's ME. YMMV.

outsider

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On 6/4/2012 8:35 PM, Karen wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:14:06 -0500, in alt.support.diabetes, BessieBee
> <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/4/2012 7:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Of course they would hold them but that really wouldn't work because I don't
>>> have a place to store 14 of those!
>>
>> So.... let's see... If the containers are "regular" ones found in most
>> pharmacies, big box stores and online they're too small. If you come up
>> with something that's the right size then you don't have room to store
>> it. Do I have that right?
>>
>> Hmmmm....
>
> There's no right answer here.

"Mission Impossible" script writers might recognize clones of some of
their plots here.

Julie Bove

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"W. Baker" <wba...@panix.com> wrote in message
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That has been suggested several times but the problem there is that it won't
fit in my drawer. Well it would but if I lay it flat, all the pills will
fall out. I have no place to set it upright. And even if I did, I have a
feeling that the little cat would knock it over. I have no place to mount
it on the wall either. This house has very little flat wall space. I had to
get rid of most of my pictures when we moved in here because there was no
place to put them.


Julie Bove

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"BessieBee" <Bess...@DreadfulBitch.com> wrote in message
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I can tell what most of my pills are by looking at them and I've been taking
them long enough now to know the doses. The only ones that look similar are
some of the herbs that are brownish capsules.


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GysdeJongh

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RobertPatrick wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote in
> news:jqfana$b0a$1...@dont-email.me:
>
>> (snipped)
>
> wow, this site has many kinds of organizers.
> http://www.pillthing.com/content/home


Thx RobertPatrick,
this is really awesome :)

I use these :

<http://www.bestbelt.com/product/toolbelts/5530-toolbelt.html>

<http://www.toolbelts.com/>

Gys

GysdeJongh

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Jun 5, 2012, 7:13:46 AM6/5/12
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MaryL wrote:

> Yes, I know. I keep thinking I should ignore all her messages because she
> always has a "it won't work" reaction to every response to all of her
> questions. Then, I keep falling back into the trap of taking her
> questions
> seriously. I really need to learn.

she is a bit lonesome and ill. Living with her daughter, who has a few
issues of her self, and her cat. Her husband seems away for work most of the
time.

So Imo your doing just fine MaryL. Julie wants to talk to people essential
about anything no matter what and accepting a solution will end the
discussion.

Your support is great
Gys

MaryL

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"GysdeJongh" wrote in message
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, thanks. That explains a lot and helps to know. I could tell from her
messages that she has a lot of health issues, but you have given additional
information. I do look on this NG as a source of support for people who
need it. I have been very fortunate, and I do not want to add to pain of
others.

MaryL

Don Roberto

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On 6/4/2012 5:22 PM, frag wrote:
> Don Roberto<anothas...@aol.com> wrote in
> news:jqidh2$jqg$2...@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 6/3/2012 9:29 AM, Maya Zuiderweg wrote:
>>> Don Roberto schreef op 3-6-2012 :
>>>> Here:
>>>> Pick one, or two or three:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/7jau5w7
>>>>
>>>> If above link still doesn't carry your size,
>>>> get your behind down to the nearest Sears store:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/824tawp
>>> Yep, I'll need one of these large drawercases ;-)
>>> Never could get my Movicolon in a regular pill-case.
>>
>>
>> Why would you even want to move your colon?
>>
>> Don Roberto
>
> Why do you want to move your fingers across the keyboard? Get lost.


Why would I want to be anywhere near you?

Don Roberto

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Maya Zuiderweg

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GysdeJongh was zeer hard aan het denken :
Hey, thats great!
I already wear workers, so..
M.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Julie Bove had uiteengezet :
Julie, most people dont know how it is to have a little cat.
Mine are older now, but they still are the champions of disorder,
knocking everything over, chasing each other makes them go purrfectly
wild.
One cat, that died 2 years ago, came from the cat-shelter (or
asylum??), was really as wild as cats can ever be. When he was little
even worse!

Lotsa people in Holland keep plants on their windowsill, we did and do
too.
He was like a whirlwind, knocked all the plants from the sills, kinda
skated over tables, so nothing on a table was safe anymore.
We did not have a solution for that (we wanted to _keep_ the cat), only
putting things back on tables again.
As for the windowsillplants: we are quite stubborn, kept buying new
cheap plants with _heavy_ pots to hold them.

I know of one cat-owner, who cant have a christmas tree. She now
fastens nets to the ceiling and puts christmasttree-branches +
decorations in it.
What we all do for our cats...:-)
Maya


Julie Bove

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"GysdeJongh" <JonghSevenHundredElevenAtPlanet.nl> wrote in message
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> MaryL wrote:
>
>> Yes, I know. I keep thinking I should ignore all her messages because
>> she
>> always has a "it won't work" reaction to every response to all of her
>> questions. Then, I keep falling back into the trap of taking her
>> questions
>> seriously. I really need to learn.
>
> she is a bit lonesome and ill. Living with her daughter, who has a few
> issues of her self, and her cat. Her husband seems away for work most of
> the time.

What? I am not lonesome and I have two cats. My husband isn't *away*, He
lives in another state and *we* chose not to go with him. No, I will not
expound on that.
>
> So Imo your doing just fine MaryL. Julie wants to talk to people essential
> about anything no matter what and accepting a solution will end the
> discussion.

Wrong! I was asking if someone knew of something larger. Apparently they
do not.


Julie Bove

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"MaryL" <stan...@invalid.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Doesn't explain anything except that Gys likes to make things up.


Julie Bove

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"Maya Zuiderweg" <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote in
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We did not put up a tree this past year and had to get rid of almost all of
our plants. I did keep the cactus garden and one other plant but they are
up high. She still gets into the one though. Thankfully not the cactus.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Julie Bove plaatste dit op zijn scherm :
Our christmas tree has decorations of plastic and paper. We buy it in a
heavy pot with earth in it.
We fasten it with strings to whatever what we can find we can attach it
to.

Just to think that years ago we still had _real_ candles in the tree..
We _did_ put a fire-extinguisher in the room, close to the tree.

Oh yeah, my plants-of-now-on-the-sills are all cactusses.

M.


Julie Bove

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"Don Roberto" <anothas...@aol.com> wrote in message
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That's old and I never did find an appropriate one. At some point there was
one made specifically for Metformin. But it was over $30.

Who are you really?


Don Roberto

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Jun 6, 2012, 10:20:21 PM6/6/12
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That's because they all go into hiding when *you* look for them.

Don Roberto

Julie Bove

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"Don Roberto" <anothas...@aol.com> wrote in message
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No. And I don't know why you are bringing this up again. There are
countless pill cutters out there. AFAIK there is only one that is truly
made for the large Metformin. It's no longer being made. I have a pill
cutter that will work if I am super careful to smash the pill into it to
hold it straight.

The problem I was having at the time that I originally posted this was that
the Metformin I had at the time were super brittle. When I tried to split
them, they did not split evenly. Part of the pill would just shatter no
matter what I tried to cut it with. I was not always getting the full half
dose of the pill because it either wasn't splitting evenly and/or there was
a lot of it that went to powder.

My pills are no longer hard like that. Either they changed the manufacturer
or the base of the pill.


Bjørn Steensrud

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Jun 6, 2012, 2:09:12 PM6/6/12
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BessieBee wrote:

>
> I don't use any kind of weekly pill container because I want to see what
> I'm taking each time I take it. This method obviously wouldn't work for
> everyone, but it works for me. It's fairly error proof AND it doesn't
> cost me anything extra. Win win!!

Godd for you! I did it the same way until I found that I had trouble
remembering whether I had taken the morning/evening meds (3 prescription
meds). I fill my own weekly container and know well what each pill looks
like, the dosage and what it's for. (Should I forget, just check the bottles
when I fill the container.)

This way I can always check - "did I remember to take the meds?"
Dropped by the hospital today to leave a message with the policlinic:
"Do I still have to take Persantin (time-release capsules 2 daily) or is the
aspirin endocapsules enough?" Still waiting for a call or SMS.

Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 7, 2012, 11:19:24 AM6/7/12
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Julie Bove had uiteengezet :
Ive been looking a long time for a pillcutter for large pills.
3 weeks ago husband came home with new scissors.
2 weeks ago I had family over for dinner, pizzatime!
Dumb pizzarestaurant didnt cut the pizza's, so for fun I tried the new
scissors, worked fine.
What can be done to pizza's with scissors can also be done to large
pills..:-)
M.


Julie Bove

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Jun 7, 2012, 5:07:04 PM6/7/12
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"Maya Zuiderweg" <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote in
message news:UfudnZe_vc3hW03S...@giganews.com...
I don't think scissors could have been used on these. They were so hard
that a sharp knife wouldn't work. The knife would go in partway and get
stuck.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 7, 2012, 5:24:54 PM6/7/12
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Julie Bove was zeer hard aan het denken :
Sharp knife didnt work with my large pills either. I tried about
everything. Happy now that the scissors do work, before that my husband
had to break them with his hands, and even that didnt work very well.
M.


Julie Bove

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Jun 7, 2012, 6:09:07 PM6/7/12
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"Maya Zuiderweg" <$no_spam#ma_dot_zuiderweg_@_me_dot_com#maps_on$> wrote in
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These were so tough I couldn't break them with my hands.


Don Roberto

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Jun 8, 2012, 10:34:57 AM6/8/12
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No? But that's what *they* told me!
Lying pill splitters...
WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?

And I don't know why you are bringing this up again.

I thought it was part of a series you do on pills related stuff.

Don Roberto
--------------------
Eternity is a very long time,
especially towards the end.
--Stephen Hawking

Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 8, 2012, 12:15:57 PM6/8/12
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Julie Bove bracht volgend idée uit :
Me neither.
M.


Ozlover

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Jun 8, 2012, 3:18:54 PM6/8/12
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Wimps! Circular saw, problem solved! :-)

--
Frank Slootweg

Ozlover

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Jun 8, 2012, 3:42:19 PM6/8/12
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Julie Bove <juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
> "RobertPatrick" <r...@nospammingg.com> wrote in message
> news:4fcd57c2$0$1308$c3e8da3$de69...@news.astraweb.com...
[...]
> > How about some sort of nuts & bolts organizer?
> > Like this:
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/FISHING-LITTLE-PART-ORGANIZER-STORAGE-BOX-64-
> > DRAWERS-NAILS-SCREWS-NEW-/230793557548
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://preview.tinyurl.com/78zrm2q
>
> Thganks! Something like that *might* work if I had a place to put it. I'm
> afraid if I left it out, the little cat would knock it over. It would have
> to be a much smaller unit than that because I wouldn't need that many
> drawers and the drawers would probably have to be smaller.
> >
> > I realize this example is way expensive, but the photo is exactly what I
> > was thinking of.
> >
> > Or mayble a fishing tackle box. You could put the large pills in the
> > upper
> > trays areas. Not sure what you'd put in the open area at the bottom.
> >
> > http://www.basstackledepot.com/basstackle/plano/6103.jpg
> >
> > A craft box:
> > http://www.amazon.com/Essential-12-inch-Plastic-Storage-Semi-
> > clear/dp/B006R7TCM2/ref=acc_glance_hi_ai_ps_t_3
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/SE-pc-Plastic-Storage-
> > Container/dp/B0036C0RT8/ref=pd_sim_hg_7
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/Darice-2025-252-Bead-Container-
> > Storage/dp/B001MBAB6O/ref=pd_sbs_hg_4
> >
> > small URL:
> > http://preview.tinyurl.com/d5ovyjh
> > RP
>
> Tackle box or bead box wouldn't work because there would be no way to open
> just one compartment at a time. And if I dropped it, all the pills would
> get mixed.
>
> I just find it hard to believe that such a product doesn't exist. I know
> people who take a handful of prescription meds each time.

Stores which sell travel accessioires often have sets of little
plastic containers, each which their own lid. They come in different
sizes, so for each pill you select the right size. Glue the botto of the
containers to some kind of board. Done.

I.e. you *make* what you need, out of readily available components,
material.

And no, the pills won't fall out, the cat can't mess things up and it
*will* fit in whatever place you have set aside for it. (If not, you're
asking for the impossible, i.e. not for something which *does* not
exist, but for something which *can* not exist.)

--
Frank Slootweg

Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 8, 2012, 3:56:33 PM6/8/12
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Ozlover schreef :
Scissors are much easier.

M.


Maya Zuiderweg

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Jun 8, 2012, 4:03:05 PM6/8/12
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Op 8-6-2012, heeft Ozlover verondersteld :
Purrrfect. Glue everything to the tables. "If not" get rid of the
catzz.

LOL

M.


Metspitzer

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Jun 8, 2012, 4:08:18 PM6/8/12
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My niece can snap scored pills in half with her fingers. I have to
use scissors.

Julie Bove

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Jun 8, 2012, 5:33:47 PM6/8/12
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"Ozlover" <th...@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message
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Thanks! I hadn't thought of that.


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