Travelling with pills and keeping records

Pill Boxes

White and Colours

The compartments might be transparent or white. I prefer those which are seven different colours. A different colour for each day of the week.

Compartment Numbers & Sizes

 You can buy a pill box to hold a pill a day for a week, with seven compartments. They may be labelled Monday to Sunday. You can see that the box for the day is empty and you have taken the pill

More elaborate pill boxes have 28 compartments. They are designed for you to take four pills a day for a week. They might be labelled morning afternoon evening night. Or breakfast, lunch dinner spare.

Labels

Morn, noon, Eve, bed.

Usually there is enough space for you to insert two or more pills in a compartment, depending on the size of your pills.

Keeping Written Records - DIY

Pill box. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Another system is to keep a written note, or write a checklist with columns.

I tried writing down the times at four hour intervals, in pencil. When I took the pill, I wrote the time in pen, and ticked it.

Written Records - Printed Grds

You can buy a grid of tick boxes. The cost is under five pounds, with free postage, delivery in a couple of days. You might look for next day delivery.

Temperature Control of Pills

What about keep in the pills cool? 

I keep my pills in the fridge or a cool box. Only one pill is left out, on the table or by my bed on the bedside table. (Americans call this small table, with a drawer and shelf below, a night stand.

Search Words

Look for pill dispensers, pill oraganisers.

Useful Websites

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLLFYY5N/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?

https://www.boots.com/safe-and-sound-7-day-pill-box-

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