Now let's say you disregard the warning about sun sensitivity. You figure, "The sun has hidden behind winter clouds for months! I miss the sun! I bet this medicine doesn't make me extra sensitive to the sun...Besides, the temperature is mild anyway!" So you venture outside; perhaps you wax your car and go for a nice bike ride.
Turns out you get burned by the sun, and it hurts. Worse than the usual first burn of the year. OUCH.
Let's pretend it's springtime and wherever you live, springtime means the weather is unpredictable; the sun disappears for a couple more weeks.
On the next warm weekend, you decide to enjoy the warm weather once again. Maybe you walk around the Farmer's Market for a couple of hours and - DARN IT ALL! - you forget the sunblock this time!
Different reasons, sure, but same results.
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Same medication, different warning: Do not take on an empty stomach.
"I bet it absorbs better without food, though," you reason.
An hour later, you realize you will never take this medicine without food. Ever. Again.
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It's allergy season; you've been wondering when your allergies are going to kick in, because last year at this time, you were a sneezy, wet-eyed mess.
The very next day (it's true!) your allergies come. You sneeze a lot, you purchase several boxes of Puffs Plus, your eyes water rather more than normal, and you take some of that wonderful allergy medicine you bought last autumn to get you through your fall-time allergies.
Woopsy! While you're at work, you fight fatigue with all your might and suddenly it dawns on you--you ran out of non-drowsy medicine last fall and the stuff you took this morning is the drowsy formula.
DANG IT ALL! Will I never learn?!
8 comments:
Drowsy formula during the day. LOL That sends a wave of panic through the body. Now you've figured out all the things NOT to do with your med.
That's just what I love so darn much about you. You never learn. Past experience would tell you that pestering your ogre-sized brother (like flicking him in his pea-sized eye) will not turn out well for you, but you still do some variation of pestering. It is really fun to observe. I just wish I had some popcorn, and could be around to see what you're going to do next.
Gina - You blessedly sweet innocent. Don't have a pharmaceutical picture up, and the first sentence being: "Let's play pretend."
We've all moved past 'playing Dr.'
Don't get melanoma.
Ha ha, sounds like you don't like being told what to do! Not much of a surprise though coming from an Orgill... :)
I have a few words of advice to add:
1. If your kid throws up her dramamine a few minutes after taking it. don't re-dose her unless you have an older child who can be assigned the task of making sure she is breathing every few minutes or so for the rest of the trip.
2. When re-dosing her make sure your spouse did not already re-dosed her.
3. When you have hives and the doctor says to take an antihistamine for it. You should probably fill the prescription... soon.
4. Midol may help with a lot of other symptoms but no matter how many you take it will not stop you from crying during Hallmark advertisements.
well, Geenuh, I feel for ya, but I thank you for reminding me of one of my favorite Beatles songs "Here comes the sun, doot n doo doo! Here comes the sun, and I said, it's all right!"
hehehehe.
I don't know who Tara is up above that posted,
but she's got the Orgills pegged right, that's for sure. :D
You are a crack up!!! I love this post, so funny :)
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