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A Swedish firm makes an excellent medication compliance watch with 2 time zone settings and 6 alarms for each. It is called the Medos watch, and is available from www.epill.com. It costs somewhere between $100-150, and has both audible and vibration alarm settings. I have had mine for about 1.5 years. In that time it has required 1 $8 battery and is going strong. Before buying it I did an exhaustive search of the internet for vibration alarm watches (my personal preference). As of 1.5 years ago, this was the ONLY watch of it's kind on the market. There were several cheap ones [and I do mean "cheap"...] such as the radioshack version, and a couple high end ones that were $300+. The Medos is an EXCELLENT watch; I HIGHLY recommend it to everyone who needs to be reminded 6 times a day to take their meds... I know I do! I think this watch could be what you need, Eva. Marla Marla L. Gillham PO Box 343 Yachats, OR 97498-0343 541.547.4090 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Hartman <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:31 AM Subject: Re: balance and travel > Eva.....for the timing of medication, use two watches......adjust the first > watch to tell time in each new time zone and NEVER change the time on the > second watch....by never changing the original home time on the second > watch, it allows you to take your medications as if you were at home in > your normal time zone.....you might want to try Radio Shack for a watch with > an alarm on it for those middle of the night doses....believe the watch is > about $20.. as far as balance, you might want to try and use a > "free-standing" cane....one with the four feet on the bottom of it like > stroke patients use for balance/support....and above all get plenty of rest > which is hard to do on a trip....but fatigue intensifies pd symptoms....have > a good trip...Joan Hartman > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ParkinsonsNZ" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:20 PM > Subject: balance and travel > > > > Does anyone have any handy hints on how to juggle medication when crossing > > time zones? > > Also, any tips on improving balance please. > > > > Eva Petro > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn