Review and Contest: Pillboxie Medication Application

Review and Contest: Pillboxie Medication Application

Pillboxie is new application (app) that offers a simple way to remember to take your medications. The design is clean and user friendly, something I’ve found lacking in a lot of otherwise useful apps. Jared Sinclair, RN, developed Pillboxie. Sinclair seems to genuinely care about people and is ver

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Spoonie Tip For The Waiting Room The Nook eRreader Is A Must Have!

Spoonie Tip For The Waiting Room The Nook eRreader Is A Must Have!

If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time waiting.  I’m waiting at appointments, the pharmacy, for rides, and so on.  This is where my Nook eReader comes in handy.  In fact, the decision to purchase one came after spending 5 hours in the urgent care waiting room.  I’d grabbed the pape

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Product Review: Does the Tray Table by Assist-A-Tray

Product Review: Does the Tray Table by Assist-A-Tray “Stand Up” To the Challenge?

I had been looking for a new laptop stand since I inherited my husband’s 17” one and my 13” had been passed down to our 8 year old. The 17’ laptop was too big for the cooler-fan I used to hold the smaller one in my lap. I also tried setting the larger laptop just on my lap, but that got to b

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A Mouse In The House: USB Logitech Trackball Review

A Mouse In The House: USB Logitech Trackball Review

A simple USB mouse.  An ordinary tool but tough to use with stiff and achy hands. After I had to have surgery on my right wrist I wasn’t able to use my right hand for over a month. It was supposed to be ‘routine’ outpatient surgery, and my recovery should have been quick, but nothing is routi

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Product Review: Natural Point- The SmartNAV hands free computer mouse

This product proves that if you have a problem, there is probably a solution out there for you... you just need to find it! If you work on the computer, if you recreationally use a computer but have trouble maneuvering the mouse, or if you get hand fatigue or pain by using the mouse- this product is

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Product Review: Even Hermits Can Have Fun- Nintendo Wii Game System

Yes, even hermits can have fun without actually leaving their caves. With this new fantastic product you can enjoy many games traditionally played outside of the home with your friends. I know what you are thinking:-what sort of magical product is this? I will tell you, but only if you promise not t

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Product Review: Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator & Jerky Maker

It is Healthy Snack and Food Month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! As a person with an AI Disease I have to be careful with my diet. Before I got really sick I never thought about what I ate, but now I look for healthier options, not only for me but for my husband. I want to keep him healthy, so he doesn

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Product Review: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is a very different style of computer keyboard. It is designed so your hands slope downwards toward the keys, not upwards as with a standard keyboard. The main keyboard is split into two, in order to encourage the use of both hands and a better typing s

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Product Review: Sugar Please Automatic Sugar Dispenser

Whoever thought of this great new gadget must have been sitting next to me at the diner, whenever I angrily rip open one of those sugar packets. Either I tear it and sugar flies everywhere, or I can't get the darn things open at all. Even worse than those packets, are those huge glass jars with th

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Product Review: X nite lite

I hate the dark. I know I should get over this seemingly childish fear, but it lingers. I have always hated the dark, but as I got older and had to deal with the "unsteadiness" that accompanies the myriad of illnesses I face, my fear of the dark began to be grounded in reason. I am not ashamed. I

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