Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:

[re your recovery from bronchitis]
AH>  Thus lulling you into a false sense of security.
AH>  Been there.  ;-)

DS>  I took all the medicine as prescribed.


          Yes, I think that's important.  Both Dallas & I have seen
situations in which folks weren't taking their medicine as prescribed, and
then it didn't do the job it was meant to do.  A very common error with
antibiotics, e.g., is to stop taking them as soon as one feels better...
thus increasing the chances of a relapse later on.  Sometimes people
misunderstand directions too.  Dallas noticed awhile ago that a friend who
had recently been diagnosed with a severe case of asthma wasn't using his
nebulizer correctly.  And I noticed when I was in the pediatric oncology
ward with our daughter that one of her roommates had to stay in hospital
for a lot longer than we did, at least in part because her mother didn't
fully understand the nurses' instructions.  It's not always easy to make
sense of these things when one is under stress.  But just "as a stitch
in time saves nine", AFAIC, I don't hesitate to ask for
clarification....  :-)



DS>  I even keep an updated Medical list, with prescriptions,
DS>  surgeries, etc. that I take to each clinic, doctor, or
DS>  hospital visit.


          As I would also recommend.  Dallas & I do the same....  :-)




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