Current pills
This weekend, I got fedup with having to take 3 different pills at different times during the day. 2 of the pills are only once-a-day pills, and the other pill I have to take 2 of, 4 TIMES-A-DAY!
That's ridiculous. I'm 34 years old, I eat very healthy foods that I cook with my girl using all fresh ingredients every day. I workout regularily so why on earth do I have to take all these pills at this young age? Will I need a gumball machine when I'm 60 to dispense my daily dose?
Here are the pills and the reasons behind them.
I've had heartburn for years which is always very uncomfortable and ensures that I'm tired for work. It doesn't let me sleep. A doctor finally said "take this, it'll change your life". Boy did it ever! My chronic heartburn (Acid Reflux/GERD) disappeared within days. If I forget to take a pill after a few days, I will be sure to feel the heartburn knocking on my esophogus. This event made me realize that regular visits to a doctor and taking the medication was very important so I decided to see a doctor whenever I noticed a change in my health.
1 Pill daily. Nexium
For the last couple of years I began getting regular lower back pain, tender sides, shoulder pain, neck pain and shortness of breath. As a runner, I noticed it on the treadmill BIG time. I couldn't breath deeply at all and that made my runs very uncomfortable. The sore back and tender sides affected my workouts as well. I'd lay on the bench and feel like I was rupturing something. At the same time, I started noticing that visits to the toilet weren't very healthy anymore. The poops tell all.
At this point, I could barely turn my neck and I wasn't sleeping well at all. I'd toss and turn throughout the night because I couldn't stay in a fixed position. In the morning, I couldn't turn around to see if cars were coming when I had to back out of the driveway. Yeah, things were getting dangerous.
My current doctor referred me to a specialist. After seeing the specialist for arthritis I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis. That is a form of arthritis in the spine. Along with AS, I should expect other seemingly unrelated conditions to affect me as well like:
1 pill daily: Voltaren
GI Joe. I always dreaded the day that I'd have to go see one of these guys. No doctor has ever stuck anything up my bum before and I had to go in for a Colonoscopy! At least I got a shot of some killer drugs. I ended up fascinated with the procedure and talked to the 5 people in the room that were playing the video up in my colon. Yeah, it was on a screen and they were controlling everything with what looked like a controller from that Top Gun game from the late eighties.
Diagnosis: Crohn's Disease.
Treatment: 2 Pills 4 times daily.
If you're keeping track, that's 10 pills a day. If I live to be 74, I will have taken 146 000 pills in my lifetime! That's not taking into account that as I get older the Docs are going to throw more and more pills at me to eat. I can barely comprehend that number, but I do know I'd like that as a salary.
That's ridiculous. I'm 34 years old, I eat very healthy foods that I cook with my girl using all fresh ingredients every day. I workout regularily so why on earth do I have to take all these pills at this young age? Will I need a gumball machine when I'm 60 to dispense my daily dose?
Here are the pills and the reasons behind them.
I've had heartburn for years which is always very uncomfortable and ensures that I'm tired for work. It doesn't let me sleep. A doctor finally said "take this, it'll change your life". Boy did it ever! My chronic heartburn (Acid Reflux/GERD) disappeared within days. If I forget to take a pill after a few days, I will be sure to feel the heartburn knocking on my esophogus. This event made me realize that regular visits to a doctor and taking the medication was very important so I decided to see a doctor whenever I noticed a change in my health.
1 Pill daily. Nexium
For the last couple of years I began getting regular lower back pain, tender sides, shoulder pain, neck pain and shortness of breath. As a runner, I noticed it on the treadmill BIG time. I couldn't breath deeply at all and that made my runs very uncomfortable. The sore back and tender sides affected my workouts as well. I'd lay on the bench and feel like I was rupturing something. At the same time, I started noticing that visits to the toilet weren't very healthy anymore. The poops tell all.
At this point, I could barely turn my neck and I wasn't sleeping well at all. I'd toss and turn throughout the night because I couldn't stay in a fixed position. In the morning, I couldn't turn around to see if cars were coming when I had to back out of the driveway. Yeah, things were getting dangerous.
My current doctor referred me to a specialist. After seeing the specialist for arthritis I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis. That is a form of arthritis in the spine. Along with AS, I should expect other seemingly unrelated conditions to affect me as well like:
- iritis : the inflammation of your iris - check
- crohn's disease: inflammation of the intestines - check
- random inflammation of various parts of the body - check
1 pill daily: Voltaren
GI Joe. I always dreaded the day that I'd have to go see one of these guys. No doctor has ever stuck anything up my bum before and I had to go in for a Colonoscopy! At least I got a shot of some killer drugs. I ended up fascinated with the procedure and talked to the 5 people in the room that were playing the video up in my colon. Yeah, it was on a screen and they were controlling everything with what looked like a controller from that Top Gun game from the late eighties.
Diagnosis: Crohn's Disease.
Treatment: 2 Pills 4 times daily.
If you're keeping track, that's 10 pills a day. If I live to be 74, I will have taken 146 000 pills in my lifetime! That's not taking into account that as I get older the Docs are going to throw more and more pills at me to eat. I can barely comprehend that number, but I do know I'd like that as a salary.
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