1. I keep forgetting to take my pills at night. I get the water, put the glass beside my bed, have the little pill sorter right there, and then I start reading or watching Netflix and fall asleep. I take the pills when I wake up, but it's often the next morning. ugh.
2. Got a phone call today from some survey outfit and they told me that if I agreed to take part in a
medical survey/experiment, i'd get a check for $5,000. I couldn't quite hear what the survey was about so I paused and asked them to repeat. Which they did, and I still didn't get it. Pls repeat, etc. They said, "Are you OK?"
3. I said, "Why do you ask? Should I be excited or something?" (I got the part about the $5K.) And then they kind of snickered, and repeated it very slowly. "Oh," I said. "No thanks. Sorry." The medical experiment was testing pills for diabetes, which thankfully I do not have. Then they went
down a list of other conditions that I might have. Alas, I had none of the paying kinds--just the stupid
old high bp (which is coming way down along with my weight) and high cholesterol, etc. The money goes OUT from me on those.
4. Dang. I should forward that info to a friend whose brother has diabetes. She's a doctor, too. She'd catch any funny stuff.
5. I did do some good on the phone today, though. I found out that I have two kinds of dental insurance, and I found out that I've been qualified for Medicaid since 2011. Meanwhile, my teeth
continue to fall out and I get lots of calls from some place in Texas that chases down my clinic
balance. This Medicaid news should shut them up for a while. I keep telling them to send me an email, that I can't hear very well on the phone, etc., and they say they don't have email in their office. I just tell them not to call back.
Love that cat + message. Uh huh. What about a timer set a half hour ahead (or your choice) to wake you to take the pills?
ReplyDeleteWe should talk about bp meds. Have spent most of past year in discovering my body does not like nine different kinds. Tomorrow I begin a patch. Hope it works; easier than remembering to take pill? High fives to you for controlling yours--with exercise, I'm assuming along with pills.
I don't exercise OR take pills for my bp. i get in an hour's worth of walking every day because I don't drive or ride a bike any more. I'm actually losing weight by cooking my own food, and that has brought my bp down. I'm still eating & drinking all the "bad" stuff--butter, eggs, pork chops, cookies, cocktails--my new favorite is a Mrs. MacGregor (a jigger of rum, a big ice cube, and carrot juice). I also just started doing sitting meditation and drinking a lot of water every day (one glass every hour I'm awake). I also drink filtered coffee, which has been miraculous for my high cholesterol. anyway, I am grateful to feel so much better as my weight drops. I have
ReplyDeletebeen looking for a belt to keep my shorts from falling down around my hips ala the punks on the street. I used to have two nice belts, but i outgrew them and donated them somewhere. had no faith in every losing that weight.
:-) Love the "xpress"..Helps me to stay abreast--which is not easy w you!!!
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