Handling Pills

Between my Cardiologist, my Oncologist, and my family doctor, I have been blessed with the fact that I need to take 13 pills each day, just to keep myself healthy and my body balanced...  after consulting with these medical experts, it was decided that I take 6 specific pills in the morning and 6 specific pills in the evening, leaving one pill unaccounted for in this analysis...  which is my thyroid pill and has been keep out intentionally so that I will not forget to take it.

My wife purchased me a pill container that holds pills for each day of the week with AM and PM designations.  For some reason, I fill this container up every Friday morning which, in my opinion is neither the beginning or ending of the week and logically makes no sense...  but, for some reason that is how it started.

My thyroid pill is intentionally left out.

These pills remain in the plastic bottle container in which they came and this container is left out on the counter each night so that I will see it each morning when I enter the kitchen.  This pill is taken, without fail, once our three cats are given their morning treat...  after which I make myself my morning coffee.

My pill container is large enough so that I can easily double up with pills if we are going on vacation and planning to be gone more than 7 days...  which is more convenient that taking all those plastic bottles.

The pharmacy that handles my IMBRUVICA cancer pills calls me without fail when I only have one week left to arrange my next shipment and confirm my address.  Either my Supplemental Health Insurance Provider calls me to see if I need to re-order or I can go online and let them know that way when I need a refill.  However, if there are no more refills allowed, then my Provider ALWAYS calls to see if I want them to initiate a call/request to the physician to authorize a new prescription.

All my temporary medicine needs are phoned in to the pharmacy by the physician and I pick them up when it is convenient...

AND...  I would assume that this is exactly how other people handle their prescription requirements although one never knows for sure...  especially when I see all these older people walking around offices holding a bag of plastic medicine bottles in their hands.  I know that doctors ask to see a list of what medicines are being taken but a list can be easily made and carried around instead of a bag of bottles...  so, I never know exactly what is on their minds...