My Problem

[jeanjeannie50]

This ditty came to me this morning:

I have a little problem, it really is a pain.

You see I drop a tablet and it's never found again!

I keep a handy pill-box on a table near my bed.

The bed it hides the tablets, they'll find them when I'm dead.

Why was she hiding pills here, they'll utter in surprise.

They're going to find so many there they'll really raise their eyes.

But I'll be up in heaven and will not give a jot,

I'll just gaze down at them all and maybe laugh a lot.

Do you have this problem too and have you found a cure?

To stop me dropping tablets upon my bedroom floor.

Jean

[George22]

That’s me too,so funny .a lovely little ditto

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to George22]

Doesn't it drive you mad, especially if you're running low on that particular pill.

[Hidden]

Love this jeanjeannie50 and 100% identify with the problem. 👍😃

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. I will never buy a bed again without wheels on. This one has trendy chrome type feet and I had the choice of either type. You live and learn!

[Hidden in reply to jeanjeannie50]

You do!! 🤣

[saulger in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Jean, you can buy small blocks with wheels to place under the feet of beds, tables, fridges, etc to help move them:ebay.com/itm/324295754328?m...

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to saulger]

Thank you, will have a look.

[Hidden]

Think we can probably all relate to that Jean 😂

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Hidden]

I just feel that I do it a bit too often. Have to take thyroid meds as soon as I wake up and then heart one's an hour later.

[sotolol in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Goodness I love you .

[Jalia]

Great one Jean! Would apply to my husband perfectly !

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Jalia]

Thank you. I feel sorry for your husband, but at least he probably has the strength to move the bed and find what he's dropped.

[Jalia in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Not so much strength now due to Parkinsons but we manage with torches as the bed has legs. Its amazing what you find .....😅

[BobD Volunteer]

Bloody marvelous Jean.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to BobD]

Thank you Bob.

[Buffafly]

I take mine in the kitchen, try not to drop in case greedy cat mistakes for crunchy 😟

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Buffafly]

Oh yes, would be problem with a cat, they're so inquisitive. I have to take my thyroid one the minute I wake up, then heart ones an hour later (still in bed then). It drives me crazy and always seems to happen when I'm running short of that particular tablet.

[Buffafly in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Tricky, anyway thanks for 😂

[Strongheart143 in reply to Buffafly]

I drop them too. I keep hoping the mice will eat them and disappear .

[Buffafly in reply to Strongheart143]

😹

[dedeottie in reply to Buffafly]

Same here but greedy dogs. If I want them to take a tablet they force their mouths shut but If I drop one they both rush to hoover it up as if it were a lump of steak. So far No disasters but now I am super careful. X

[Buffafly in reply to dedeottie]

😺

[jeanjeannie50]

Thank you John. I have to take a tablet the minute I wake up, then another an hour later, it needs that spacing between them. Then I have to wait another hour before I can have my breakfast.

[Jay10]

Brilliant 🙂🙂

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Jay10]

Thank you Jay.

[Tyson4ever]

Ace !

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Tyson4ever]

Thank you tyson4ever.

[Hylda2]

I put mine in the bathroom In a handy little pot

If they’re still there in the morning

I’ll know that I’ve forgot 🙄

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Hylda2]

And do you ever drop them once they're in your hand? Or do you put the little pot to your mouth?

[Hylda2 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Frequently!

[Coco51]

😃Great ditty. My problem is dropping them on the kitchen floor and panicking that the dog might eat them before I find them!

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Coco51]

Thank you. Not having any pets now, I hadn't thought about the prospect of them eating the tablets before you could pick them up off the floor.

[belindalore]

Do you keep them in a pill box? One of those that is a seven day box. I put my pills in a small plastic glass and "drink" them from the glass. Then drink my water to swallow them. Works for me. So far haven't lost any. I do lose them if I try to take one or two straight from the bottle they are in. My partner has shakey hands and I often find some of his on the floor. And we have 3 inside cats. Luckily most medicines don't smell too good so they don't seem to want to mess with the pills on the floor. Maybe it's something in the human make up. Once we start getting older we start dropping our pills. I have that under control with the way I do it. But what about all the other stuff I drop? 😲😂😂

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to belindalore]

I have mine in a seven day pillbox by my bed, which just contains my heart ones. My Warfarin ones which I take mid breakfast are kept in front of my PC. You've made me think that perhaps when taking them out of the pillbox perhaps I should immediately place them into one of those small plastic medicine cups. I will give it a go, thank you for the idea.

Jean

[belindalore in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Yes that's a good idea. Hope it works for you. 😊

[Brad43]

Yes, but not just pills. Most of what I drop is gone forever.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Brad43]

Its so weird how they completely disappear. With me they must have rolled under the bed as I search everywhere else.

[secondtry]

Very good!! I agree particularly Accord Flecainide tablets seem to have been designed with wheels on.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to secondtry]

Thank you. Yes, I think you're right about the wheels on them! Now I'm wondering why they don't make square pills.

[sotolol in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Best suggestion ever.

[Frances123]

Great Jean. I usually find any pills I drop thankfully but I have found pills, albeit very occasionally, that have been dropped and I’ve not even realised I have. Have no idea when or how! I have a cleaner once a fortnight and again very occasionally, there will be a tablet on the coffee table that she has found. Yes, I have a dos box but somewhere between opening that and tipping them into my hand one of the little beggars has made the great escape! x

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Frances123]

Thank you. You've hit on it Frances, it's the pills bid to escape! I think putting them in one of those little plastic medicine pots to transfer them to our mouth is a good idea, rather than holding them in our hand to do so. I'm going to give that a go.

[Frances123 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Oh Jean if only you knew. Next to my pill box I have a dainty little glass dish about 2” square which I put the meds in ready to take. I can also see if I’ve taken them or got distracted. Then….somewhere between tipping them into my hand and before they reach the mouth which is about 2 seconds, one of the little so and so’s has been known to make a bid for freedom. I have been known to count the tablets in my mouth with my tongue just to make sure there is 4 there. x

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Frances123]

You've made me laugh. I think I'm going to use one of those little plastic medicine pots and tip them from there straight into my mouth. No holding them in my hand to drop. X

[Frances123 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Yep, same here. Can’t let something as small as about 3mm get the better of me! x

[Hidden]

A related problem is that if you have to cut a pill using a pill-cutter (in my case Sotalol which is a very small tablet) it often disintegrates or results in one "half" of the tablet being much larger than the other. This results in a lot of wastage. You could try tipping the pills from the pillbox onto a flat surface- if you then drop one then it's likely to fall back into the surface making wastage less likely.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Hidden]

Thing is I'm in bed when I take them and just sit on the side of it to make it easier and I have a small bedside table. Once out of my pillbox these little blighters make their bid for freedom. Belinda has given me the idea to take them from my box and put straight into one of those little plastic medicine pots, then I'll take that straight to my mouth. I have to take two separate doses before I get up and they have to be at least an hour apart.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Hidden]

So true about those pill-cutters too, they never cut equal sizes. I have two and I must say one is better than the other.

[Rhea11]

Yes ..! Exactly thàt !! 🥴😅

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Rhea11]

Those pills love to make their bid for freedom don't they!!!

[Rhea11 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

L O L .. ! 🥴

[Morzine]

Ha ha!

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Morzine]

Here I am trying to live a stress free life and those little blighter pills have to make their bid for freedom!

[Morzine in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Indeed I get four in my hand and go towards my mouth and always it’s the tiny bisoprolol that escapes.........!!!!!

[Patasquith]

Two points, one, my mum hated taking her diuretics and after she died we found dozens under her chair where she had accidentally dropped them on purpose. Relates to your poem! Two, I have my tablets in foil and certain ones, riveroxaban and digoxin in particular, jump out of the foil never to be seen again.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Patasquith]

How do we keep sane! Your poor mum, I don't blame her for hating taking her tablets, but they're such a necessity when you have a heart or other serious complaint that may damage your body organs. I think square pills may be the answer to prevent us dropping them and at least (hopefully) they couldn't roll far.

[Dollcollector in reply to jeanjeannie50]

It happens to me too as l take mine in bed. It is usually among the bedding somewhere. I can never find it but my partner comes in the bedroom and finds it almost straight away. The trouble with having square pills, they would hurt your throat going down. Good poem by the way.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Dollcollector]

You know, you're quite right, I didn't even think about having to swallow a square pill!

[Dollcollector in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Can't win can we, but that is the least of our troubles.

[Cha275rL]

Oh brilliant Jean. That was me this morning…..never to be found.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Cha275rL]

Thank you Cha. It's enough to drive you mad isn't it - all that searching and the mystery of where the pill's gone. I get a torch, kneel down and shine it over the floor, but very rarely do I find the little blighter.

[Slidingdoors99]

😂😂😂😂xxx

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Slidingdoors99]

It's enough to drive a sane woman like me mad!!! 🤨🤔🙄😣😫😪

[Ticktoc]

I dropped one of my bisoprolol I have laminate flooring and it managed to fall into the tiniest gap behind skirting board gone forever

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Ticktoc]

It's really strange how things like that happen isn't it! It's like they're alive and making a last bid for freedom. I wonder if in a few hundred years time they'll be found and scientist will be enthralled to find out what they contained. This time now will probably me labelled 'the pill era'. 😂

[UnsteadyArcher]

A little pill, so tiny

a fraction of an ounce

but drop the damn thing on the floor

and watch the bugger bounce

it rolls under the cupboard

where lies a pile of dust

I clean it off as best I can

for swallow it I must

into the mouth it goes

and next the coffee glug

but did I really swallow it ?

or is it in the mug ?

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to UnsteadyArcher]

Brilliant and I can identify totally with what you've said. Well done.

[Handel in reply to UnsteadyArcher]

😂😂😂😂!!

[KipperJohn]

😂So that’s why I keep my chiropractor so busy! ‘Dropped tablet back’. Lovely post!

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to KipperJohn]

Thank you John and hope you're back isn't too painful.

[Handel]

😂😂😂😂. You're not alone Jean!! xxxx

[reinaway]

Love the poem Jean, my problem too! 😍

[reinaway]

Me too Jean, such a problem!

[san_ray70]

worst one for me is symvastatin. I take it at night, nine times out of 10 it is still on the table next morning.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to san_ray70]

Hmm what with a poor memory, forgetting to take pills and then dropping them. Well there's no hope for us is there! 😅

[Niki_ in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Who did you write/ contact when your account got restricted?

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Niki_]

I thought it was restricted, but it wasn't. I left the forum and then tried to join back and post too soon. I sent an email to Helen who is listed at the side of this post.

I can't see her listed on here anymore, but ask any of the Admin on the BHF site.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Niki_]

She is still on the BHF site, you need to go into a post before you can see her name at the side of the page. I'm using a PC at the moment.

[rideeasyloner]

Just think though Jean how healthy your bed will be at the end of the day !!!

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to rideeasyloner]

Or it could collapse in a heap. 😅

[Niki_]

This happens to me but in my bathroom .. where do they go.????

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Niki_]

It's a mystery! Lol.