I know, but I’ve just known a lot of otherwise very smart people who still somehow needed to be told this.
Mrs C and I do this as well, with several lists including shopping.
Since we’re old and see doctors rather frequently, we keep current lists of what medications we’re taking. Brand/Generic name, and dosages. When the pre-exam nurse asks what we’re taking it’s EZPZ to hand her the phone where she can read it herself. Been doing this for many years and the nurses still remark about how easy it makes it for everybody.
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
(that’s how the Dali Lama put it)
More than once in my life, unbearably painful experiences eventually turned out to have been the best things that ever could have happened to me.
I don’t carry grocery lists with me; I just remember the number of items I need (sometimes, broken down by where the item goes, like “3 fridge items, 2 freezer items, 3 cupboard items”). When I’m at the grocery store, I can count up what I have, and not leave until the count is right. And if I’m supposed to have two freezer items and only have one, it’s usually not too hard to say “Oh, right, the other one is frozen pizza”, or whatever.
Thank you! I didn’t know about the Ctrl-Shift-T thing. Very good to know about since I sometimes close tabs accidentally, or sometimes intentionally but then want to go back to it. I’ve always had to go into “History” to get it back.
Well, my expansion on your expanded version is: Most of the time, things are not as good or as bad as they initially look, except for those times that bad things turn out to be even worse than they initially looked. You gotta watch out for those. 
I am not known for being an optimist.
I do exactly the same.
When in doubt, right click.
It’s like a magic button on your computer that’s hiding in plain sight.
Something I always tell people in my department: if something unexpected suddenly happens to your computer, immediately take your hands off the keyboard.
Yes, this! My ex bought a garish pink flowered duffel and his SIL was aghast. But we could always find it at the airport, hotel, commuter bus… I never saw anyone else with the XL duffel in that color.
My son travels extensively, and has the following embroidered name on his luggage: “Not Yours.”
When faced with two choices, flip a coin. You’ll immediately know which one you really want.
This is a brilliant idea.
This is also a brilliant idea.
Magnetize all of your screwdrivers and screwdriver bits. Take the strongest magnet you have and draw it along the metal repeatedly in one direction until it’s magnetized. How to Magnetize a Screwdriver - The Easy Way - YouTube
My screwdrivers were magnetized when I bought them.
I used a spreadsheet program to make a med document.
name address phone ssn
spouse same information
primary address contact info
oncologist ditto
radiation oncologist ditto
rheumatologist ditto
cardiologist ditto
endocrinologist ditto
medical procedures
procedure date hospital
current prescriptions
name dose which pharmacy we get it from
current OTC meds
and a changing field of concerns such as needing scrip renewals, need for additional specialist visits, whatever
And we print them out when anything changes, so the meds are current. I also have one on my phone as well.
I have a Hello Kitty backpack that holds my 3 month medication supply - I have a monthly pill box set that is my current month meds, and the HK bag just in case I have to do an emergency grab and bug out [I have a packed large MOLLE pack in the momvan, and my laundry basket can hold my pill sorter, all I really need to do is grab insulin out of the fridge, and my backup hard drive and I am good for at least 2 weeks. My cat will be less than thrilled, because she would end up harnessed and stuffed in the laundry basket with the pill sorter. Poor Bunni.
I should do an AMA about the suck that is chemo and how I learned to cope… but in short:
Get 2 Walgreens Soothing Eye Wash - each bottle comes with an eye wash cup. You want to label them L and R, and only use them with their respective eyes to minimize chance of transferring any infection. Chemo generates dry eye like nobodies business [IMHO it is the lining of the tear ducts being stripped away, so the interstitial fluid turns into eye crunchies inside the duct] Instead of blowing through tons of tiny little very expensive bottles of instant tears, rinse your eyes frequently. Much less expensive.
Learn what foods you can stomach, nausea is a bitch. Ask, no demand something like zofran for nausea. I had found that pretty much any time I could manage apple sauce. Don’t be afraid to boost the calories with straight sugar, you need calories, at one point I was doing sugar water because it was what I could manage, and it kept me from being as deadly dehydrated. Instant gatorade is cheaper than buying premix, flavors are boring though.
Scrwed up sleep schedules suck, don’t be afraid to just nap whenever you are dead tired - ‘puritain ethic’ be fucked.
She needs to throw out her K-machine. K-cups have less than 12 grams of coffee, some of them only 9, and the smallest cup they brew is what, six ounces? You can’t make a six ounce cup of coffee with only 12 grams of coffee. I use an Aeropress with 17 grams of coffee and end up with 100 grams of beverage, so a little more than 3.5 ounces. Now that’s some strong coffee.
I just started a spreadsheet to track what recipes I have, to help me figure out what I want to cook. Recipe name, meat, main additions and when I made it. I hope this will help reduce the stress of trying to figure out what to cook.
Other ideas?
I should add that I also include the type and date of every surgery I’ve ever had. I’ve had a LOT of surgical procedures in my longish life, and it was the irritation of trying to answer that question that first inspired me to make and carry the list of meds, allergies, and so on.