Routine is a good thing?

[Todd1963]

Greetings Warriors,

I have been sitting on the sofa for about an hour now thinking how grand it is that I have been on the same treatment regiment for almost ten years. Each day I wake up and without thinking, reach to my nightstand and take four Zytiga, a 5 mg prednisone and my blood pressure medicine. Today was a day like every other day except that I do not consciously remember taking my medicine.” Oh Man!!

. The dog just farted. It’s so bad I swear I can taste it.”

I digress.

when I was working, my commute was about 30 miles, but it was always quiet country Road to speed limit traffic on the freeway. There were times I would arrive at work and not even be aware of the drive. I was on auto pilot. I have been on this medication so long that typically my mornings are just like that. Auto Pilot.

Until today,

I don’t remember taking my meds so I walked into the bedroom and looked at my nightstand. I don’t remember not talking them.

I remember slicing a pink navel orange for my wife and thinking “ man this looks good I need to take my meds so I can have one”

I made my wife a fruit smoothie, moved her car close to the garage so it would be warmed up because it is raining like a big dog, packed her lunch, kissed her goodbye, and went out back for a morning soak in the hot tub. … I remember everything except those frigging pills. Looks like I am skipping my meds today.

I refuse to get pill sorter. Nope…!!! No way.

[GoBucks]

Welcome to my world. How many times should I check and see if I locked the doors? Did I close the garage? When I took Zytiga I left the bottle on the bathroom sink. Took the pills and turned the bottle upside down. Easy solution! Just have to remember to turn over the bottle. 😱

[Tall_Allen]

I am lost without my pill sorter.

[LowT in reply to Tall_Allen]

Sam here!

[Izzygirl1 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Pill sorter and pad on the night stand with list and times!!!! 👍🏼

[Gearhead in reply to Tall_Allen]

Memo to Todd1963: Get a pill sorter.

[skiingfiend]

I've had this problem.

I use a small shallow dish and load my pills before bed.

In the morning if there are pills in the dish I take them otherwise I'm done.

This is the most effective, low effort and low tech solution for me.

It also works if you have to take pills at different times during the day since you just keep taking pills out of the dish until your done.

[Derf4223]

I put my Abiraterone next to my toothbrush.

[Peealot]

That is an entertaining note. We can all benefit from levity.

I read somewhere (probably on this site) a recommendation to every day/night flip the Zytiga bottle upside down after taking your dose and this has helped me to ensure I don’t skip a treatment

[ctflatlander]

Todd, Join the pill sorter club. I have one upstairs for zytiga, one dual sorter downstairs for morning supplements and one in the evening for tamsolusin. I used to turn bottle upside down but this is foolproof.

[treedown]

I put my zytiga in a shot glass next to my bed every night and a glass of water. I also have reminders on my phone that I manually complete when I am taking my pills. As I take my Zytiga when I get up it's a no brainer. The Prednisone an hr later with food has always been the harder one. The phone reminder is the only thing that helps me keep it straight. The pull sorter seems like a good idea but never thought of it until now as I only take my meds and 2 supplements.

[turkeyjoe1]

We have the same problem with our dog. Clears a room. Pizza never tastes good anymore. Still love that dog. I gave into the pill sorter just to keep them air tight.

[bigiron]

This sounds like a country song! Love it

[j-o-h-n]

Next time ask your wife........ they remember everything....... including the color tie you wore at your good friend Harold's wedding in 1987. Your real problem is, who the hell is Harold?

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[dhccpa]

Good to know your sense of smell remains acute! We underestimate how important it is!

[Don_1213]

Same issue.. I have a few drugs I take with my orange juice at breakfast.. I've learned to make a ritual of taking them as SOON as I pour the orange juice, otherwise in 5 minutes I'll be sitting there wondering if I remembered to take them.

And of course there is the fun of mixing up AM meds with PM meds late at night.. I end up turning the bottles over so I remember NOT to take them again in the morning.