Mom takes Gabapentin, and its a med that you can't just stop taking. Her Rx was running low and she was expecting to see her doc on Wednesday to get a new refill. But he called out sick and we rescheduled for Monday. Mom being Mom, she started panicking about running out. Calls to the pharmacy. Calls to the doc. More calls to the pharmacy. More calls to the doc.
I sent her a text to expect a call from doc office today, but she didn't answer back. So in my panic, I dashed over this morning. When I talked with her yesterday, she had enough pills to get thru Thursday morning. But then what??
My Mom can be a wreck at times when she gets anxious about things, and it happens often. Really often. At the same time, she likes a "perfect" house. She keeps her daily pills in a pretty basket on her dresser. The ones that don't fit in the basket go into the cabinet.
Her gab Rx is so many pills (and they aren't small!) it comes in 2 bottles. She had tucked one bottle away in the cabinet and forgot about it.
Today, she decided that she needed to check the cabinet. Well lo and behold, there's another bottle of gab!!!!
Talk about doing a dumb thing!!
At least I'm over being worried about her having withdrawal symptoms from running out of her pills!! But the reality is maybe were getting closer to the point where she needs someone monitoring her closer, every day. That'll be my next job.
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