Today is one of those days... those wicked cycle days where I had a lot of pain yesterday, so I couldn't sleep, finally got to bed around 7am (yeah... that's not a typo), woke up around 12pm and now I am so tired I feel drunk. The good news is my pain is much better. Go figure. I was not super surprised to not feel good yesterday... it has been a stressful couple of months and waiting for my mom's cancer diagnosis I think just put me over the top. (See Setbacks). It's been very important for me to get a regular night's sleep in order to feel well and I haven't had that for a week and last month was not great after my aunt passed away, so I just feel like my tiredness hit me like a ton of bricks today.
There are some days I look at my pill box and at the 23 pills I take daily (not including pain relievers) and I just can't imagine swallowing them all. Usually it is not so difficult, although with the weird tastes I can't take them with water. The gel caps are easy, the regular capsules are okay, the large solid ones are the worst. On the plus side, this is less than I used to take.
I find when doctors or the ER ask you to fill out paperwork, there is an inevitable "please write down any medications you may be on" section. I never gave it much thought. Now I find it intimidating. I don't want to write out all the stuff I have to take just to function, I don't want to look like such a sick person. My pet peeve is going to the doctor's office and having a nurse ask me if there have been any changes to my medication since the last time I was there. I will say "no" and then they proceed to go through every single thing listed in their database anyway. Why bother asking about changes then? I have to say, it's a small thing but it drives me crazy each time I go to the doctor!
