Stories From The Chronic Life
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Easy Open Bottles?
I've been taking Aleve for a year or so now. One of the things that Aleve's manufacturers tout is their new "easy open bottle caps".
HUMPH! Either I'm really uncoordinated or my arthritic fingers aren't suited to easy open. It took me a long time to realize that you have to turn the cap and free it first. Then you have to press in two tabs and twist the cap off. I don't know about you, but I don't have enough working fingers to hold in the two tabs and then twist the cap without the bottle slipping to the ground and spilling all over the floor.
Once I get a new bottle open, it's easier after that. The first twist and open is a real pain though!
I sometimes wonder if these so called ergonomic ideas are ever tested on the people who could benefit from them. It seems like the whole press and hold thing is more difficult than the "push in and turn" method of old pill bottles.
HUMPH! Either I'm really uncoordinated or my arthritic fingers aren't suited to easy open. It took me a long time to realize that you have to turn the cap and free it first. Then you have to press in two tabs and twist the cap off. I don't know about you, but I don't have enough working fingers to hold in the two tabs and then twist the cap without the bottle slipping to the ground and spilling all over the floor.
Once I get a new bottle open, it's easier after that. The first twist and open is a real pain though!
I sometimes wonder if these so called ergonomic ideas are ever tested on the people who could benefit from them. It seems like the whole press and hold thing is more difficult than the "push in and turn" method of old pill bottles.
Labels: arthritis, ergonomics, pill bottles
Monday, July 14, 2008
Is it July already?
Wow! It seems like this year is flying by. Between dog health problem, parent health problems, and my own assorted problems, I feel like I'm perpetually behind.
Do you ever feel that way? Sometimes your illness takes up so much of your mental space that days can fly by before you realize that a couple weeks have passed. Then you realize you haven't done diddly in that time.
I took a look around the house today and realized I hadn't vacuumed in two weeks. Gasp!!!! No wonder their were dusty tumbleweeds rolling around the hallway. I like to stay on top of things but man, it's hard when you spend your days just trying to get by.
Before I know it it will be Christmas, and then what will I do????
Do you ever feel that way? Sometimes your illness takes up so much of your mental space that days can fly by before you realize that a couple weeks have passed. Then you realize you haven't done diddly in that time.
I took a look around the house today and realized I hadn't vacuumed in two weeks. Gasp!!!! No wonder their were dusty tumbleweeds rolling around the hallway. I like to stay on top of things but man, it's hard when you spend your days just trying to get by.
Before I know it it will be Christmas, and then what will I do????
