Chronic Pain Today

The early week dip in blood sugar has has lingering effects on me. Not only was it the first time that I’ve actually went down from being so faint, but it has lasted in residual effects throughout the week. I don’t know what the deal is, but its really staying with me. I’ve had a cough and congestion, so perhaps I’m just low immune at the moment and that is helping the faintness and lack of energy stay in there.

Today I wanted to talk about medicine, your actual medicine intake. There are many that I know that take several dozen pills a day for their chronic pain. Some IC patients alone I’ve totalled seeing 30 pills a day. You really need to monitor this because when you’ve so many to take with so many different restrictions, you can get confused. I recommend getting a pill organizer and use a piece of white tape to write (with a sharpie) the time that the pill below needs to be taken. This can be kept around and just filled once a week with the pills you’ll need. That way you’ll not need to wonder, is this the one with food, is this one twice a day or every 12 hours (because there IS a difference).

Learn about your meds, be on top of things. Medication should never be a passive thing.