dear Mari
this is good... you have found some techniques to help you deal with the pillminder difficulties. and i'm glad you got it refilled. i do that also sometimes - refill it when i still have one or two nights to go. i mostly do that so i know beforehand if i need to go pick up a refill.
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Originally Posted by Mari
Last night I filled it when I had two night left.
I used the set of pills as a pattern to replicate on the other 5 nights. I think I can take a picture on my phone of one complete square. That will also help me feel more comfortable about filling in the little squares.
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yours is a very visual process.
i use a sequential one. here is mine:
- make a to do pile in front of me, and close to me, of all the boxes of my daily meds.
- take a box from the to-do pile and "do" that box as follows:
- take the correct number of pills from that box for one day.
- place the med into the first empty slot in the pillminder.
- repeat with each empty slot, until all have this med in it.
- set that box down to my left and at arms length. this is my done pile.
(i place it on the left because i'm right-handed.
that and the distance help me not to confuse this pile with the to-do pile. )
- take another box from the to-do pile and "do" that box as described for the first box.
- i am done when all the boxes are in the done pile.
this allows me to break down what i must focus on.
- determine which meds i take daily. no dosage consideration here.
- determine total daily dosage of a single med.
repetition does the rest. i know when i am done because i have no more med boxes in front of me.
i am not suggesting you use my method. i just thought i'd post it to you in case it were helpful. everyone's thinking is different.
i liked your idea of using a photograph to help you reproduce a pattern, if pattern-matching is the most natural way for you to approach this problem.
again congratulations on getting the pillminder done!!
I am proud of you!
~ waves ~