Old Man Pills
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canyonwalkerFor a while now I've joking remarked about my "old man pills" and "old man pill sorter". I don't share that sly reference with everyone, though; just those I think are old enough to get it.
What's an "old man pill sorter"? It's one of these:
Okay, it's also an old woman pill sorter, or an old person pill sorter. I mean, it's not gendered. But it is generally age-aligned. You buy one of these (or, worse, multiples) when you have so many pills you can't keep them straight otherwise.
I knew what these were when I was younger. My grandma had one. I didn't expect to need one until I was, like, 70.
I sure didn't need these when I was younger. Through my20s and 30s I didn't gobble a bunch of pills daily. I took a multivitamin, maybe one or two other supplements if I was trying something, and an allergy pill during allergy season. Plus maybe a prescription pill for a week at a time if I was sick with something— which was rare. I could manage all that by just grabbing pills one at a time from their bottles.
But for the last few years now I've become an Older American— which is to say, a Well Medicated American. And it happened well before 70. Now in addition to a few supplements I've long taken, I'm taking a pill of this to keep that level down, then another pill to counteract side effect #1 of that pill, plus yet-another pill to minimize side effect #2, plus... well, you get the picture. ...And in case you don't get the picture, it looks exactly like the one above. 🤣
What's an "old man pill sorter"? It's one of these:
Okay, it's also an old woman pill sorter, or an old person pill sorter. I mean, it's not gendered. But it is generally age-aligned. You buy one of these (or, worse, multiples) when you have so many pills you can't keep them straight otherwise.
I knew what these were when I was younger. My grandma had one. I didn't expect to need one until I was, like, 70.
I sure didn't need these when I was younger. Through my20s and 30s I didn't gobble a bunch of pills daily. I took a multivitamin, maybe one or two other supplements if I was trying something, and an allergy pill during allergy season. Plus maybe a prescription pill for a week at a time if I was sick with something— which was rare. I could manage all that by just grabbing pills one at a time from their bottles.
But for the last few years now I've become an Older American— which is to say, a Well Medicated American. And it happened well before 70. Now in addition to a few supplements I've long taken, I'm taking a pill of this to keep that level down, then another pill to counteract side effect #1 of that pill, plus yet-another pill to minimize side effect #2, plus... well, you get the picture. ...And in case you don't get the picture, it looks exactly like the one above. 🤣
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Date: 2025-04-02 08:22 am (UTC)I've had a pill minder for quite a number of years now. I was taking two medications and a vitamin, and it was a lot easier to remember if I took my pills in the morning if I had them sorted by day of the week. One of my pills morphed into two for a number of years, and eventually another one got added for another malady. (Well, another symptom of the original malady that I'm old and fat and don't eat that healthy.)
The two-pill med recently dropped to one, and I stopped taking the vitamin. But having the pills sorted is still really handy.
I also have a single evening pill, which I don't use an organizer for.
Curiously, I mixed up one of my morning pills with my evening pill for a week or so. No side effects, though.
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Date: 2025-04-26 12:43 am (UTC)