Occasionally I’ve forgotten to take a dose of some pill or other. Luckily there haven’t seemed to have been any ill effects from this. However, tonight, as I was preparing to go upstairs to bed, I went to take my cholesterol pill as usual before retiring. Instead, I chugged down tomorrow night’s complement of two diabetes pills. They are kept in similar pillboxes next to each other and while I looked at it, and saw the diabetes pills in it, they didn’t register. As I was replying to another ljer’s comment somewhere, I suddenly realised that I’d taken the wrong pills. I went and took the cholesterol pill, but it was too late for the other two.
I am aware of the danger of this: my blood sugar could get dangerously low. I have eaten a sweet Caribbean bread, toasted, with jam. I think this should be OK but I am going to stay awake for a while, just in case.
I need to label one of the two pill boxes so that this does not happen again. I suppose it’s carelessness on my part; I’ve been taking pills morning and night for 13 years now. However, this is the first time I’ve taken the wrong pills at the wrong time. What a pain! I have work tomorrow, and dinner tomorrow night with the neighbouring vicar and his partner. Thursday evening is my Lodge evening. I so do not need this danger and aggravation right at the moment.
I hate pills. I effing hate having to live my life taking pills.
You could try colour coding – using different coloured labels or bottles. Were the tablets farily similar in shape and colour?
Are you able to do extra monitoring of your blood sugar just in case?
I am going to put a label on the cholesterol bottles of some sort.
I have a blood testing kit. I suppose I should go and take it now. But I think that the extra sugar will probably do the trick.
I use these pill boxes that have a chamber for each day – one box for morning and one for evening. I fill them once a week. This way it is easy to slug them down and you can check to make sure you don’t forget.
Yes–my dad had one of those and it worked well for him. My latest post describes my systen which has (up to now) worked well. Will take pics tomorrow morning and post them so that my description is understandable.
I fill mine on Sunday evening after I take the night pill and it makes me sad every time I have to fill ’em up.