Side Effects

I’ve been recovering fairly well from my fall a week ago. Last night, for the first time, I was able to sleep on my left side as well as my right side. Since I am a confirmed side sleeper, and switch back and forth through the night, this is a relief.

The greatest challenge was trying to figure out how to take three types of medication, all of which should be taken with food, without taking all three at the same time. Taking all three at the same time, even with food, upset my stomach. I also ran into another side effect on Saturday, when the muscle relaxant gave me a severe headache. I stopped taking it at that point.

Currently, I am taking the anti-inflammatory twice a day, and one pain killer tablet at night before I go to sleep. Since I continue to improve every day, this seems to be a good approach.

This most recent brush with drug modern medicine reminds me of why I so frequently pursue home care for minor problems. Since I so frequently seem to have side effects with drugs, it seems pointless to go to the doctor and get expensive prescriptions in which the cure seems worse than the disease.