Spiky Bugger
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...not a typo.
Years ago, I told a social worker that I distributed my mom's meds into a weekly pill case. Social worker asked what my mom would do if the pills fell out of the case. Hmmm...
So I'm sitting here arranging MY pills and dealing with, again, the fact that my Vitamin D looks like my Vitamin E which looks like my Vitamin K. Large-ish gelatin capsules containing white powder. All the same size and probably the same shade of white.
I thought about watercolor markers to mark and identify them. Not non-toxic.
So food coloring. The Vitamin D label is mostly purple, so purple food coloring. The Vitamin K label has orange, so orange food coloring. Unfortunately, the Vitamin E is both orange and purple! So I'll "paint" (really just a tiny drop) those green and put a green label on that bottle.
It will especially help with leftover "missed" pills. I knew what I put INTO the case, but don't know what's sitting there after the fact. This might help you, too. BTW, it takes a long time for the food coloring to dry.
Years ago, I told a social worker that I distributed my mom's meds into a weekly pill case. Social worker asked what my mom would do if the pills fell out of the case. Hmmm...
So I'm sitting here arranging MY pills and dealing with, again, the fact that my Vitamin D looks like my Vitamin E which looks like my Vitamin K. Large-ish gelatin capsules containing white powder. All the same size and probably the same shade of white.
I thought about watercolor markers to mark and identify them. Not non-toxic.
So food coloring. The Vitamin D label is mostly purple, so purple food coloring. The Vitamin K label has orange, so orange food coloring. Unfortunately, the Vitamin E is both orange and purple! So I'll "paint" (really just a tiny drop) those green and put a green label on that bottle.
It will especially help with leftover "missed" pills. I knew what I put INTO the case, but don't know what's sitting there after the fact. This might help you, too. BTW, it takes a long time for the food coloring to dry.
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