Meds spreadsheet

I'm afraid i cannot help on this matter, it sounds technical to me Hopefully someone will come along with some help. Good luck for Monday with the treatment. Stay strong, all the best.

                                                                                        Chris x

IHi JoMar

I have to agree with Chris that a spreadsheet sounds a bit too technical.

I just kept it really simple and had a notebook with different columns for the multiple pain killers I was taking. I then wrote under the name of the pain killers the time I took them and when they were next due. When I actually took the painkiller I crossed out the due time as there was often a variation and wrote in the actual time I took them and then again when they were next due.

You definitely need to do something like that as it becomes really confusing when taking multiple pain killers that need to be taken at different time. Also I got a bit confused because of the pain killers and it really helped keep me on track.

Add into the mix something to help with the bowels e.g. coloxyl and metamucil as the pain killers really bind you up.

I found that this way of recording was enough for me as I certainly was not feeling well enough to open up a spreadsheet and enter data. I just wanted those pain killers a.s.a.p. and to make sure I did not overdose which would make matters worse.

Good luck with your treatment as it can be tough but once you have finished it is cause for celebration and starting to move on to a new normal. Just hang in there.

Best wishes

Lyn

Jomar

I don't use one but I've had a quick look and Microsoft have a free medication Excel template that may help.

https://templates.office.com/en-us/basic-medication-log-tm01068457

JonH

I used an android app "MyTherapy" which worked well at telling me when to take and keeping count of the drugs so I could reorder as necessary

I’m the same as you Chris 

just a typed sheet stuck on the kitchen notice board worked for me. 

Hi Jo 

agree with many of the others I know at 0300 in the morning I had all on ticking the box on the sheet we had written up when I had taken meds never mind opening apps or spreadsheet s.Especially on the chemo day and days tge followingb when younhave extra medication in the mix. But each to their own whatever works for you ,like I said piece if water with columns on for me to tick off worked for me . Also in recovery when I was doing phased withdrawal off everything.

good luck Hazel x

Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to my message. I think you’re absolutely right that I need to keep it simple, either by printing off a typed sheet or using an app.  My phone is always at hand so it may make sense to use this. 

Either way, it all kicks off tomorrow with the start of treatment at 12:00.  Here I go...

Jo X 

Good luck Jo

You'll be fine

Good luck Jo as Dani said you will be fine,best wishes.

                                                                                     Chris x

Hi JoMar

Just seen your post about meds.  When hubby was ill first time round I got some MacMillan books about different aspects of cancer.  One of the books had a blank  'Medication Planner' in it.  We have a home scanner/ photocopier and just enlarged it slightly and made a number of copies.  It proved invaluable.  I cannot remember which book it was but I am sure a quick phone call to MacMillan helpline or a look on their stand (all our local hospitals have these stands) may reveal it.  It has 7 different days, space for time(s), details of medication name, dosage etc.  We would have been lost without that as hubby is dyslexic and would have got confused by all the different times, dosages etc.

Wishing you luck on your cancer journey.  Not easy and everyone can react differently, but as someone said at the very beginning of hubby's journey - 'it is doable'.  

Regards