Computerized pill-minder - on my!
 

A while back I was in Ecuador and lost my Passport. Then a couple of weeks later I was home and lost my wallet.

Both of those are important items, and I was concerned that I lost both in a matter of weeks.

I discussed it with my PCP at the VA and she thought it was nothing more than a simple "absentmindedness" that happens at my age, but felt it would not hurt to go ahead and get a baseline psychological evaluation done, so, we would have it on file in case anything develops later.

A week later I spent a couple of hours with the therapist and she said the tests showed that I am having some trouble forming new long-term memories. I am not forgetting memories I already have but some of my short-term memories fail to get moved into long-term storage.

She recommended I start a regime of mental exercises to improve my memory functions, which I am doing.

Now that I have the diagnosis, I am starting to find that I am completely forgetting some things. For instance, Sharon will mention that we did something and I have no recollection of having ever done it. Sigh. Oh well, sucks to get older.

Since I am on several medications, the therapist recommended the VA provide me with a pill minder, and it arrived today.

This is one serious pill minder! But, being a geek, I appreciate it having a computer built into it. I will have to see if I can hack it to play Candy Crush or maybe better, "Wack-A-Mole" with the pill cases.

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very cool.

Yipsters! Is that gizmo for real?

Good luck, Grumpy. Memory issues due to aging aren’t easy to deal with and I hope the exercises help you.

Yes, it's on Amazon for about $70, but the VA provided mine for no charge.

Thank you, I guess it is what it is,

Look at the bright side, I can watch those TV shows I really like over and over - LOL!

My tax dollar at work:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

But seriously, I hope it helps:)

I recommend the Hallmark Channel to start!:clap2:

If your ready to take a nap would highly recommend it.

And thank you for your tax dollars. The VA healthcare provides excellent healthcare for vets, in my experience, and for far less than Medicare provides "crappy:" healthcare (unless you like sitting in a doctor's office for 1 hour to see a doctor for 5 minutes).

One example, the VA pays $700 for my $3,000 hearing aides.

Naps are good for your memory:coolsmiley:

Thats a lot of work. Amazon owns PillPac. They send y you little packets with days and times to take a months supply. I figured it cost me about $50 more a month. Your may be different.

I understand. Thank you for the suggestion.

I guess one day you’ll forget where you put it.

WOW... That's a heck of a pill box. I would never be able to fill it up and figure out which day and what pills to take.
Hope it works out for you Grumpy.
:pray: