HELPFUL TIPS

I was ALWAYS  dropping the tops off of my toothpaste (What a MAJOR pain) until I started using only the brands with flip-top caps. Colgate carries flip-top caps and there are other brands, too! Aqua-Fresh makes a toothpaste with flip-top caps now, and it comes with free dental floss! Colgate also makes a type for sensitive gums!
---Teresa

My teeth and gums are very sensitive, so I use sensodyne exclusively.  Being a TBI survivor myself,  (Aug.'94 car accident) I know how small objects( like toothpaste caps) are very difficult to manipulate with your fingertips.We must develop individual stratagies to overcome this. What I do, is unscrew the cap, set it down by the sink before it can drop, then continue with the task at hand.
---CC

I have trouble holding on to the back of earrings, I ALWAYS drop them on the floor or down the drain. SOLUTION-  Look for the type of earrings that are all one piece- they go through your ear and then hook or snap together. 
---Teresa

Here is a site you might be able to get meds for free:
                        www.themedicineprogram.com/                    

--cesbaw

I have trouble grasping on to writing pens whenever I write so I bought a fat pen.
---Teresa

I have a little trouble remembering things since my stroke and with my anti-seizure meds. I will go from one end of my house with something in mind to do at the other end, get there and will have totally forgotten what, other than I came to do something. Not wanting to waste the trip, I do another task. Almost always in middle of this new chore or task I think of something I need to do or get at the other end. Now, I live in a small house, takes less than 10 seconds, even negotiating the furniture and sleeping dogs, to make the trip. I have a pad of the little post-it notes at each end of the house, if I remember to write it down and don't forget what it was I wanted to write, I have a portable reminder to carry with me, sometimes I even stick it on my belt.
---Mike Duncan

I have large appointment calendars for each area that I need to be reminded of, I have one for things I need to go out to do--doctor/dentist appointments are marked as soon as they're made, activities I have, like I try to do some volunteer work, maybe I've been invited somewhere, etc. I also use it for things I want to do at home, like watch a particular show, pay a  bill, etc.  I have a seperate calendar for reminding me about things to do for my dogs. It even has pictures of dogs as its theme. I mark it when it's the day to give them their heart-worm meds, the date of their next grooming, their annual check-up, etc.  I have a pretty low-key life, so I only need two calenders. the more busy you are, the more calenders you may need. the appointment one is the master one,  I check it first thing in the morning-if I don't forget!
---Mike Duncan

I had trouble locking and un-locking my door because it was hard for me to rotate my keys when they were inside the lock. SOLUTION- A friend sprayed some WD-40 on my house key and also inside of my door lock and now my key slides in and out of the lock and also locks and unlocks easily.
---Teresa

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