Keeping track of eyedrops
With my pills, I have a one-week dispenser, with morning and evening compartments for each day, so I can see at a glance whether I’ve taken my pills for the morning/evening or not.
The eyedrops sit on the bathroom counter, and I had some problems remembering, especially the two that are three times a day (with 5 minutes between drops): did I take the noon drops already? Or am I thinking of the morning dose or yesterday’s noon dose? They all run together.
So I used a dry-erase marker to write a little daily matrix on the mirror, eye-drop brands across the top, three rows (morning, noon, evening), and I write an X in the appropriate square when I take the eyedrops. Works like a charm: no more forgetting or getting confused.
UPDATE: A bonus feature: at the end of the day, the little matrix has an X in each square. So the next day I indicate that I’ve used the eyedrops by rubbing out the X, so at the end of the day the matrix will once more have empty squares—then I do the X again: a toggle matrix. 
Good tip! So simple it’s brilliant.
zaine_ridling
23 November 2011 at 5:17 pm
On the subject of cataract surgery: One thing that will make you panic is that without reading glasses you will be utterly helpless in reading fine print which you might encounter when you have left your glasses at home. Before surgery (if you were nearsighted) you could see like an electron microscope if you held the object close enough – not so after surgery; you have to have help. Here are some credit card size fresnel lens magnifiers that cost only $0.30 each.
Bob Slaughter
23 November 2011 at 6:47 pm
Aha! NOW I understand why those are around: emergency reading vision. Thanks!
LeisureGuy
23 November 2011 at 7:09 pm