[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

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.

Just figured it out. There are 7 "slots" per row----one for Grumpy and each of the other 7 dwarfs

[transplanted]

Thank you for sharing! My step-father is in the early stages of dementia, but this is one of the biggest areas of concern we have right now as he is still living alone and goes off the rails with his meds now and again; I'm emailing this to my bro as he flies down to him every other month and my sister, who deals with the docs. Thanks again!!!

[kendi]

Hope your doc is sure your memory issues are not caused by the meds. Combining meds can cause unexpected side effects. Pharmacist may be more knowledgeable than the doc in that respect.

[kendi]

Hope your doc is sure the memory problem isn’t from the meds. The combinations can cause some pretty unusual symptoms. Some not well known. The pharmacist would probably be more knowledgeable than the doc in that respect

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by kendi

Hope your doc is sure your memory issues are not caused by the meds. Combining meds can cause unexpected side effects. Pharmacist may be more knowledgeable than the doc in that respect.

Originally Posted by kendi

Hope your doc is sure the memory problem isn’t from the meds. The combinations can cause some pretty unusual symptoms. Some not well known. The pharmacist would probably be more knowledgeable than the doc in that respect

Highly, highly unlikely. Retail pharmacists are experts at taking the pills out of the big bottle, putting them in the little bottle and then giving them to the patient. A hospital pharmacist with a PhD has a slightly better chance.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

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.

LIFE. Can I/we forget everyone who screwed us over? I just heard one DIED.

REMEMBER-passwords. I've read that you are supposed to rotate them monthly. What month is this? Like 15 different passwords. Where did I put the list and which secret password did I use to code them all? Should I be changing the code to read my passwords?

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

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.

Your body is like an old car. You bring it in to see a mechanic. He/she will not say it needs nothing. If they did you would feel they are not looking hard enough.

[J1ceasar]

20 plus years ago I was in the small electronics business and I can tell you that people were always coming up with electronic reminders for their pills that one looks cool and I am sure somewhere down the line it is helped people with the exception of those that forget where they put their pill minders boxes!

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by kendi

Hope your doc is sure the memory problem isn’t from the meds. The combinations can cause some pretty unusual symptoms. Some not well known. The pharmacist would probably be more knowledgeable than the doc in that respect

Thank you for the concern. I have a lot of faith in my PCP and the pharmacist has been excellent in answering my questions - the VA provides a secure messaging system for vets to ask questions and get answers and it works well.

[oneclickplus]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

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.

Any chance the pills you are talking are the cause of memory problems?

[Marine1974]

Keep in mind the man is a veteran who served his country and was promised Healthcare for his sacrifice. If you complain about your tax dollars going to support out veterans, don’t complain when your freedom is taken away because it will be hard to find men and women like this man to serve .
What do you want ?

[allsport]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

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.

There are trackers you can put on your keys and wallet and anything else that is important. You might benefit from them.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Highly, highly unlikely. Retail pharmacists are experts at taking the pills out of the big bottle, putting them in the little bottle and then giving them to the patient. A hospital pharmacist with a PhD has a slightly better chance.

Have to disagree with you on this one, pharmacists have caught more than one needed correction for us over the years. I’d definitely put my faith in them, not to say that they’re all perfect.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by DAVES

Your body is like an old car. You bring it in to see a mechanic. He/she will not say it needs nothing. If they did you would feel they are not looking hard enough.

If you are suggesting my PCP is prescribing things because of complaints, I don't think so. She is a geriatrics specialist and prefers me to control my diet and exercise first, and resist prescriptions for anything that is not supported nay test results.

The pill minder was prescribed by a psychiatrist and was the result of memory testing.

So, I certainly understand and appreciate what you are saying. In my case I think the doctors know best.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

Any chance the pills you are talking are the cause of memory problems?

No, I don't take many, blood pressure, blood sugar control, and cholesterol control, and that is not an expected side effect with them.