Subj : Health Update         1/2
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Mar 02 2018 02:36:56

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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