Something that really sucks about this is the amount of pills I have to take on a daily basis. I’m not someone who ever really took anything and I used to have huge problems with swallowing pill, so I’ve always hated them. Now, I have three pages worth of drugs I take that get altered each time I see my doctor. Mom puts my pills in one of those weekly AM/PM pill containers and I take a ton in the morning, a few in the afternoon, and a bunch in the evening. I time them when I eat because all that water with pills really upsets my tummy. Without food, I would so get sick. The problem is that I get to eat a few bites, take a pill, eat a few bites, take a pill – it’s rather hard to enjoy a meal. It probably doesn’t help that my taste buds are still off. It’s weird; a lot of things just taste odd. Of course, I’ve dealt with this kind of thing before. With my last cancer, I completely lost my sense of taste, but in a way that was easier because you just ate anything because you needed to. Now, I never know how something will taste and at times, it’s just gross. Plus, some of the pills taste nasty. I try to swallow them quickly but at times, they become stuck and start to melt – disgusting and I gag. Then, when a pill goes down the wrong way… ugh. Some are just so big… Overall, I prefer capsels; they seem to go down smoother; although I do have a couple that I think are just a little too big. I just have to get used to it, I guess. My understanding is that I’ll be on some of these pills for a LONG time – like years. Hopefully, it won’t be all of them.
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Hey, the original title of this was “Would you like some food with those pills!”