Take your pills . .. . bonehead
I never cease to amaze myself at how bone-headed I can be sometimes.
Let's take medicine for example. For the longest time, I refused to take any sort of pills because I perceived this as a sign of weakness and wanted my body to heal naturally. Never mind that I had NO such problems with any medicine that was NOT in pill form (Nyquil or Pepto were fine), but pills were not ok.
Then in college I started to finally accept pills. I was also getting older and not very much sleep, and I discovered the wonders of what large piles of ibuprophin could do for aching body parts. I discovered this mostly because my future wife kept pushing me to accept the wonders of modern medicine, but they really did help with the bumps, bruises, shin-splints, you name it.
At some point after this, I just stopped taking pills again, and I really don't know why, but now, every time I get sick (like this weekend), I once again have to re-learn how helpful some of these pills can be. A little sudafed and claritin can really make me feel less miserable for hours at a time, but no, I have to 'tough it out', and go through 2 whole boxes of kleenix and wake up every 2 hours of the night is misery to finally realize that I DON'T have to put up with this stuff. TAKE YOUR PILLS ALREADY BONEHEAD!!!
Hopefully, I'll remember this lesson the next time I don't feel well. And if I do forget it, perhaps I'll re-read this entry and remind myself that I don't have to be so miserable for so long if I'll just swallow my boneheaded, foolish, misguided, irrational pride and take my stupid pills!!!
In other news, I feel like some Christmas music, so prepare yourselves. I couldn't care less that it's August. I love Christmas songs, and the last time I counted, we had 22 CD's of them in our collection, and I didn't get to listen to nearly enough of them last year due to some new enforcement of policies at work, so I'm going to get an early start on them now. I hope you enjoy them.
Let's take medicine for example. For the longest time, I refused to take any sort of pills because I perceived this as a sign of weakness and wanted my body to heal naturally. Never mind that I had NO such problems with any medicine that was NOT in pill form (Nyquil or Pepto were fine), but pills were not ok.
Then in college I started to finally accept pills. I was also getting older and not very much sleep, and I discovered the wonders of what large piles of ibuprophin could do for aching body parts. I discovered this mostly because my future wife kept pushing me to accept the wonders of modern medicine, but they really did help with the bumps, bruises, shin-splints, you name it.
At some point after this, I just stopped taking pills again, and I really don't know why, but now, every time I get sick (like this weekend), I once again have to re-learn how helpful some of these pills can be. A little sudafed and claritin can really make me feel less miserable for hours at a time, but no, I have to 'tough it out', and go through 2 whole boxes of kleenix and wake up every 2 hours of the night is misery to finally realize that I DON'T have to put up with this stuff. TAKE YOUR PILLS ALREADY BONEHEAD!!!
Hopefully, I'll remember this lesson the next time I don't feel well. And if I do forget it, perhaps I'll re-read this entry and remind myself that I don't have to be so miserable for so long if I'll just swallow my boneheaded, foolish, misguided, irrational pride and take my stupid pills!!!
In other news, I feel like some Christmas music, so prepare yourselves. I couldn't care less that it's August. I love Christmas songs, and the last time I counted, we had 22 CD's of them in our collection, and I didn't get to listen to nearly enough of them last year due to some new enforcement of policies at work, so I'm going to get an early start on them now. I hope you enjoy them.
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It turns out I was allergic to my aunt's house -- mold. I ended up eating red leaf soup -- Chicken noodle soup with as much red pepper flakes as I could stand. I also turned my head upside down on my bed and dumped 1:3 H202+H20 up my nose until I screamed in pain.
A day later I was all better :D
I feel almost normal as long as I keep up the sudafed. I miss BL too. If I remember correctly she ended putting her work AND car radio to Christmas music by the end of the season. That was great!
Shulz -
I'm sorry you learned to hate pills. I had some sort of instinctual aversion to them. Welcome home to your own bed!