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Taking my Medications

Although I take a pharmacy's worth of pills every day, as I promised I have taken every single one prescribed, as directed and without reluctance or hesitation, since I got out of the hospital in February.

Well, okay, there were a few times I hesitated. For example, when the visiting nurses couldn't come one day last winter and it was up to me to take my own pills...I thought about not taking my haldol, "just this once" and even took everything but that, almost tossed them down the toilet.

But at the last minute I thought, Wait! What are you doing? Where does this sort of thing get you? What do you accomplish by doing this? Who are you hurting? And I then quickly put the pills in my mouth and swallowed them dry, before I could decide to do otherwise.

So I have been reluctant and I have hesitated, yes, but in the end I have ALWAYS taken the pills, every last one of them. And look, lo and behold, I'm doing great. Despite my inability to concede the point, I suspect I know what most of you would say was the reason, no?

Posted by pamwagg at June 2, 2005 04:06 PM