Being Retired and Taking Pills
Feb 14, 2014 09:38:02 #
Feb 14, 2014 10:00:05 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
Not unlike Washington DC today.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Feb 14, 2014 10:02:27 #
Welcome to my world as a lung transplant.
Monday, 22 pills
Tuesday, 24
Wednesday,22
Thursday,24
Friday, 22
Saturday,25
Sunday, 24
plus Insulin injection when required
plus daily test 3 times a day for blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse/ox (oxygen in blood) spirometry(volume of air in lungs), temperature
Injection in abdomen when white blood cell count is low
18 basic medications spread throughout the day on a precise schedule. 3 others added at intervals
I have often thought of creating a still life photo of my meds and testing equipment. Today would be a good day to do it. Snowbound in the house, 15" of new snow and still snowing.
Monday, 22 pills
Tuesday, 24
Wednesday,22
Thursday,24
Friday, 22
Saturday,25
Sunday, 24
plus Insulin injection when required
plus daily test 3 times a day for blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse/ox (oxygen in blood) spirometry(volume of air in lungs), temperature
Injection in abdomen when white blood cell count is low
18 basic medications spread throughout the day on a precise schedule. 3 others added at intervals
I have often thought of creating a still life photo of my meds and testing equipment. Today would be a good day to do it. Snowbound in the house, 15" of new snow and still snowing.
Feb 14, 2014 10:18:23 #
daddybear wrote:
Welcome to my world as a lung transplant.Monday, 22 pillsTuesday, 24Wednesday,22
Thursday,24Friday, 22Saturday,25Sunday, 24plus Insulin injection when requiredplus daily test 3 times a day for blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse/ox (oxygen in blood) spirometry(volume of air in lungs), temperature
Injection in abdomen when white blood cell count is low
18 basic medications spread throughout the day on a precise schedule. 3 others added at intervals.
Thursday,24Friday, 22Saturday,25Sunday, 24plus Insulin injection when requiredplus daily test 3 times a day for blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse/ox (oxygen in blood) spirometry(volume of air in lungs), temperature
Injection in abdomen when white blood cell count is low
18 basic medications spread throughout the day on a precise schedule. 3 others added at intervals.
Wow, you are suffering a lot. But, it's still better than the alternative.
Feb 14, 2014 10:24:48 #
I have a friend who is a pharmacist who told me once that it used to be that especially men lived til 45 or 50 and died from something. They started giving pills for what would kill you and they would live for 2-3 more years and something else would fail. Another pill and 3-5 years more. By the time they got to 65-70, they were taking 20-30 pills a day and he wasn't sure that was the quality of life he wanted to spend
Feb 14, 2014 10:34:16 #
jerryc41 wrote:
You've probably noticed that most retired people take daily medication of some kind, myself included. If I didn't have these pills to take every day, I wouldn't know what day it was. I reach for my pill box and say, "Wow, it's Thursday already!"
Great shot of the newest 2014 calendar Jerry.
Feb 14, 2014 10:35:55 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
And how many years has it been since your girlfriend had days of the week printed on her panties to assist your memory in a similar fashion?
Sounds like if it's Tuesday it must be Judy!
Feb 14, 2014 10:37:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Good way to save money. Only twelve pairs for the entire year and minimal laundry expense.
Hopefully at least there was minimal laundry involved.
Feb 14, 2014 10:39:27 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
As I think about it, it's not that funny. The longest I went without changing underwear was three weeks in Vietnam. The underwear survived sufficiently to be washed and used again, but the socks came off in pieces and threads.
Never could get three weeks out of mine, the occasional flying telephone pole took care of that.
Feb 14, 2014 10:51:59 #
tuffsheet wrote:
It's all a vicious cycle...They infer on TV that if you don't have sex once a day you have low "T" so they sell you the blue pills, but your doctor tells you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol so he gives you pills for that.... which counteracts the effects of the blue pill when you get lucky enough to have sex in the first place...And why is it on all those commercials the women are always receptive? Whats up with that? :lol:
It gets confusing at times, after listening to all the ill favored side effects it makes one wonder which is worse. a non compliant willie or waking up with boobs bigger than hers. But then again there is the one that tho not mentioned you both end up in the bath tub.
Feb 14, 2014 10:53:36 #
Leo Perez wrote:
I am sorry I thought we talking about condoms, Jan, Feb.........
leo
leo
Uh Leo, don't think those can't be washed out and reused
Feb 14, 2014 10:55:00 #
daddybear wrote:
Welcome to my world as a lung transplant. br Monda... (show quote)
Sounds like a panorama shot.
Feb 14, 2014 11:33:07 #
g whizzzz I'm only 51 and taking more pills than I can count. Not sure if all of them will make me live longer. fell like some of them are killing me. i see i have so much to look forward to. oh well
Feb 14, 2014 11:42:42 #
travelwp wrote:
Wow, you are suffering a lot. But, it's still better than the alternative.
Not suffering? :D
Feb 14, 2014 11:54:31 #
RS
Loc: W Columbia, SC
Re Prairie's comment about changing underwear in Vietnam, I recall when the sergeant called us together one day and announced we'd be changing underwear that day. After all the surprised smiles began to die down; he then went on to say something like, "Jones, you change with Jackson; Smitty, you change with Rusty, . . . "
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