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[the_rck]

How on earth am I supposed to remember every single medication I've taken in the last twelve months? Prescription and non-prescription both... I can get some of the prescription information from my pharmacy, but there were a couple of in office injections and, I think, one or two prescriptions filled at other pharmacies. Also, the form only gives six slots for medications. I'm pretty sure I've got three times that. There's a section for additional information, but it's a PITA to use it, and I'm worried I'll run out of space there, too, since it's additional information for everything on the entire form.

Signal boosting:
A non-profit (@InvDisability) in the US has taken out a trademark on the term 'invisible disability' and is actively enforcing it. Can we take my rant about how ridiculous that is as written?

There's a Change.org petition to the US trademark and patent office (and to the president) about it. Not very many people have signed. I have no idea if the office will pay attention to such a petition, but signing is a low spoon option for protesting.

https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-has-your-identity-been-trademarked-disability-for-sale

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how you're supposed to keep track of all your medications. I miss just having a GP that has all my records. I know you have multiple medical issues being addressed but remember when they took care of most things at one hospital or clinic and kept all your information there? Progress. *sigh*

[the_rck]

I'm actually lucky. All but one of my doctors are part of one system with completely shared records. That just doesn't make getting information on short notice easy.

[nucleosides.livejournal.com]

Since I see two doctors as needed for my asthma (PCP, which handles some of my care and I can go to her when absolutely needed because she's closer, lung doc because he can prescribe the... fancier stuff), I just committed to memory my medicine list. But mine was more out of absolute necessity if I had to share with doc A what doc B had prescribed/what they had told me to do. :P

[the_rck]

I carry a written list of all of the meds I take regularly and of meds I can't take and why. It also has emergency contact information and a list of my diagnoses.

I passed out at work once and had to try to remember that off the top of my head while only kind of conscious.