The realisation you're getting old

[mistyoptic]

....you have so many pills that you have one of those boxes for them that is divided into days of the week in case you forget any.

Reminded me of this, from What’s Up Doc:

Judge Maxwell:
You see this yellow pill?
Bailiff:
Yes sir.
Judge Maxwell:
You know what it's for?
Bailiff:
What, Judge?
Judge Maxwell:
To remind me to take this BLUE pill!
Bailiff:
What's the blue one for, Judge?
Judge Maxwell:
I don't know. They're afraid to tell me.

 

[Alex321]

Or two boxes.

One by the side of the bed for morning tabs and one in the kitchen for evening tabs.

😁

My wife has one with three compartments for each day. One for when she gets up, one for lunchtime, one for evening. Eachj with more than one tablet.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

My wife has one with three compartments for each day. One for when she gets up, one for lunchtime, one for evening. Eachj with more than one tablet.

I'm down to 7 tabs a day now. So not too bad.

 

[oldwheels]

My wife had up to 14 tabs per day and could not be trusted to take them herself at the correct times. On one occasion when I had a carer for 4 hours once a week she ( the carer )dropped the container and everything got mixed up. Fortunately when she phoned me I knew the appearance of all the pills and could tell her which ones to give at midday as I was off cycling about 20 miles away.
Nightmare sorting the order and when she was in a care home for a weeks respite for me they just opened a packet and took a random pill out. This meant lots of packets part used so they all had to be opened and numbers checked. I set up a spreadsheet which was a big help.
Parkinson’s is a terrible condition and not just making people a bit shaky. It destroys brain cells and no two cases are the same.

 

[Gwylan]

My wife had up to 14 tabs per day and could not be trusted to take them herself at the correct times. On one occasion when I had a carer for 4 hours once a week she ( the carer )dropped the container and everything got mixed up. Fortunately when she phoned me I knew the appearance of all the pills and could tell her which ones to give at midday as I was off cycling about 20 miles away.
Nightmare sorting the order and when she was in a care home for a weeks respite for me they just opened a packet and took a random pill out. This meant lots of packets part used so they all had to be opened and numbers checked. I set up a spreadsheet which was a big help.
Parkinson’s is a terrible condition and not just making people a bit shaky. It destroys brain cells and no two cases are the same.

Difficult when you are slightly brighter than the people that people believe are capable of caring for you.
My, medium term nightmare

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm thinking about getting someone to vacuum and dust my flat every two weeks or so.🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm seriously fearing below zero temperatures. Last year was bad getting from my flat to my car, as being off a bus route we don't get gritted, apart from the main road directly outside my flat, which is almost impossible to cross on foot, even though it has a zebra crossing. We now have a house build going on at the moment around here. The roads from my flat to car get covered in dumper truck clay/soil, then a road sweeper that sprays water to supposedly wash and sweep it away follows. Tonight those roads were still very wet, hours after the workmen had gone home. If they hadn't 'washed' the clay/soil away those roads would be dry. Imagine if it was to freeze tonight! Ok, it hasn't done, but the house build is expected to go on for around 9 months. When that road sweeper/washer pumps out many gallons of water, when it reaches below freezing in late December, January and February how can I move from A to B?!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Constantly checking the next day's weather and temperatures to see how safe it'll be to walk and drive a car out there.

I'm thinking about packing a travel bag/holdall with clothes, phone charger, contact lens stuff etc and keeping it behind my front door, in case I fall/trip/slip and break something. Then the hopefully arrive in less than 5 hours ambulance can stop off at my flat to pick it up on the way to the hospital.

 

[captain nemo1701]

A work colleague who is a year older recently called me a dinosaur for using cash for my bus fare. Now, I realise that todays digital yoof probably haven't even seen coins let alone use them, but I'm just waiting for the day when the digital system crashes, maybe due to a humongous EM pulse (I've seen 007 Goldeneye) and all those shiny new iphones won't work so this dinosaur will be first on the bus with his bits of old metal and plastic paper (recently wowed some French friends by casually stuffing a £20 note in my beer on holiday...now don't try it with euros kids).

 

[Ming the Merciless]

all those shiny new iphones won't work so this dinosaur will be first on the bus with his bits of old metal and plastic paper

Except the bus engine electronics / electrics will fried and your bus won’t be going anywhere.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

sisters kids are buying houses , i remember them in nappies !

My Son has 2 kids of his own, eldest is 10 in February.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Or two boxes.

One by the side of the bed for morning tabs and one in the kitchen for evening tabs.

😁

We've both got tablet boxes, they make life a lot easier, I can fill the boxes on a Sunday and the correct pills are there ready to take no messing about, my Good Lady is on 20 tablets a day and I'm on three a day

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When you think pulling wheelies is cool again.

 

[BoldonLad]

sisters kids are buying houses , i remember them in nappies !

Our grandchildren are buying houses!, and, getting married.

There is a danger we could be great grand parents shortly

 

[captain nemo1701]

Except the bus engine electronics / electrics will fried and your bus won’t be going anywhere.

I live on a high part of Bristol so take the brakes off & we can coast downhill...should be good enough to get to Morrisons. On the other hand, getting back will be Shank's Pony.