Tag: pill junkie

so…

i’ve mentioned before that i have alarms going off at various times during the day as reminders to take my DRUGS.  those who are around me regularly know exactly what time it is when each alarms goes off because they are as used to the things as i am…

2 Saturday nites ago, I went to a birthday party.  It wasn’t just a party – it was a 70th birthday so there were some formalities and dinner prior to the party part getting in full swing.  During that time, there were a few speeches, a few prayers, couple performances and just a celebration of the person’s life to that point – all his siblings were in town, so they were reminiscing (u get the picture).  did i mention that we got there around 7:15?  so anyhoo, everything started by about 7:30ish and the evening was underway…Now,

  • do i always remember that alarms are going to go off at specific times?  no! 
  • is my alarm a nice soothing one that only i might hear? no!
so in the middle of someone’s speech, at 8:00, the shit goes off!  Now the alarm sounds like a firetruck when it’s going thru an intersection (that kinda noise pollution kinda sound)  – a kind of “BARP!!” “BARP!!” “BARP!!” (it just went off as i wrote that!)…I mean i have to be able to hear it afterall…of course, as i took my phone out of my clutch to turn the thing off, it got even louder!  it was a little embarrassing, but hey – i have to take my meds… 🙂  Afterwards, i was talking to K2 and he said (he was sitting across the hall at another table) that some on his table snickered and had to explain to the others (who were a little appalled), “yeah, that’s just Stax – she has to take her pills” 

Well Looky Here

so i’ve mentioned before that i have alarms going off at all times of the day to remind me to take my medication AND that i haven’t a clue if/how all the meds i’m on actually do anything for me.

well…yesterday i found out.

that morning at 8, my alarm went off.  I was in the middle of making breakfast, so instead of walking to the alarm to turn it off and take the pills and then walk back to making breakfast, i just let the alarm keep going and the plan was that when i sit down to eat, turn it off, take the pills and eat.  well i turned it off and began to eat.

As the day went on, i really found that things were a little off.  I was jerkier than normal (more puppet like if u will) and the whole walking thing was actually getting on my nerves and pissin me off.  I normally work out, with a personal trainer, on Thursdays and i was actually thinking of canceling the session (a valid reason to cancel – WOOHOO) because i didn’t know that i could make it.  Anyhoo, i kept on trucking on as i do…

A little later i was talking to a friend and he was asking me about the medication and how things were going, etc etc and that is when it dawned on me that i didn’t take my 8am meds!  it was 1:53!!!  no wonder i was all out of sorts- WOW!  those actually do something…an hour later, i got up for something and i was normal (or at least as normal as i can be).

good to know that i’m not taking them for nothing!

Pill Popper

Hi,  my name is Stacey and i am a pillaholic!

Yup, it has come to this…I mentioned before that I bought a pill organiser – good thing too!  It’s become very handy…

  • every morning at 9 i have to take 2 (sometimes 3) and 1/2 pills…at 5 pm, I pop 1 1/2, at 9pm, i take 1 and then at 1am, it’s another 1 1/2!
I eh go lie, I worry sometimes about overdosing because suppose i take the wrong pill at the wrong time.  Did I mention that all but 1 are small and white?!?!?  I have reminders on Outlook at work for during the week and on weekends, my phone alarms to remind me.  Of course at 1am every morning, my phone goes off.  I am actually becoming used to that (it’s waaaaaaay past my bedtime during the week) but I’ve noticed that I have started waking up close to 1, so it’s almost as if I don’t need it anymore (i’m not going to delete it tho).  
Back to the organiser – it’s helped me keep on track tho (guess that’s why it’s called an organiser).  Those odd times when I wonder if i took the pills or not, I just need to look in my handy dandy compartment to see if it’s empty or not 🙂
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again – i know that my experience is certainly not the worst and for that I’m extremely grateful, but being sick still SUCKS!
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