You flow down my throat, course through my veins, and
pour into my lungs. I revolve my life around your dose times. I make numerous
trips to the pharmacy to the point where they now call me by name and ask how
my husband is doing. I take 14 of you in the morning, 7 of you at lunch, 8 of
you at dinner, and 11 of you at night. Being able to swallow you whole for the
first time is one of my most vivid childhood memories. You are the first thing
I pack and unpack when on vacation. I have dreams of diving into a sea of
enzyme capsules, flying through the haze of inhaled medicinal mist, or panicking
when I’ve forgotten to bring enough of you to my dreamland holiday. Sometimes
you do your job, and sometimes it’s not enough. Sometimes you make me throw up
and sometimes you make me feel better. You allow me to function. You allow me
to breathe. You allow me to live. But on the day when I’ll need just a few of
you, maybe even just one of you to keep me alive, to suppress or perhaps even
cure this disease, I will celebrate in a HUGE way. Until that day comes, I’ll
continue to swallow, inhale and inject you into my body in hopes of getting
through another day.
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| My rainbow of meds |
Wow! That's a lot of pills. See, I didn't know that you took that many. This is why your blogs are so important. Not just for you to get out what you need to say, but to educate people so they really get it. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI will pray that you will one day only have to take one pill or even better, none.
Kim you write so well. Just a short little paragraph that says so much..
ReplyDeleteDavis
You are an amazing woman! Thank you for teaching me so much about life, yours and mine. Xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteDeb
thank you for sharing such nice info to us. i like it its very informative one keep sharing this type of information to keep in touch with the people.
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