Hi All,
I am very grateful for this site and all the help, advise and support I receive Thank you all..
I'm on 400mg Imatinib 1 daily.
When I was given the first prescription 31st August 2018 the Haematologist advised me to take it at the same time each day with food and a full pint of water once taken to stay stood up for 30 minutes to enable the tablet to reach it's intended target.
I have to say just being diagnosed off a routine blood test I already felt like I had been hit with a mallet at the shock of what I was diagnosed with and told it was a tablet for life (I guess that’s like most of us).
At the start of 2018 I’d booked a a lone trip for a 3 to 4 weeks holiday to stay with close friends in Australia leaving October 2018.
I was so worried of how I was going to remember to take the tablet at the same time each day and stay standing for 30 minutes! it was going to take something like 32 hours to get there due to time delays across 4 flights..
So, I set my mobile alarm to the same daily time so it was working on the 24hr clock just made sure I ate at the same time as taking the tablet set my stop watch and walked round the aircrafts for 30 mins.
As a double check on my return I purchased a chalk board, chalk and duster it’s got (Remember) at the top then Monday, Tues etc listed down to Sunday as soon as I’ve taken the tablet I place a tick next to the day.
Hope this helps.
Yvonne