Michele, at to the "keeping up with" issue, I keep everything in a 13"tall x 16"wide carry bag that has a hard bottom and will sit on the floor by itself. [it's classy looking-navy and beige and has my name on it- it was a gift from my daughter, who ordered it from Lillian Vernon catalog or some such] everything is in it, the calendar, John's journal, question notebook, and it sits by my chair and is ready to go when I go. I also have a 2" ring binder set up with tabs to keep track of important ph #'s[Docs,nurses, Ins co, Provider network #'s] EOB's from the ins co.and issues with the same, meds John is on, and anything else that might be pertinent to his treatment. This might be overkill to someone else, but since my stroke, I have to be organized.
Plus, organization brings with it the same great feeling that Spring Cleaning does Amy