September 12, 2026
Mad Medicinemen
Timothy Birdnow
I know THAT'S right; I have medications whose sole purpose is to remind me to take other medications...
Doctors do things by the numbers; whatever your vial signs are, they try to get them in-line with the recommended "norm". I am always paranoid before a doctor visit; the guy might want a new med for me. I've gone so far as to lie to them about, say, blood sugar because I don't want them adding another medication to my list.
Case in point; my endocrinologist wants my blood sugar below seven and I may have trouble doing that sometimes. So she asks about my sugar and I tell her it's been fine because if she gets a hint it's been running a little higher she's going to add a medication. And then I usually get some terrible side effect - often constipation - and eventually I'll stop taking it. Then she'll want to try some other drug. The best thing a lot of times is just to leave me alone; there is usually a reason why my blood sugar is running high for that month (like it's my birthday or whatnot). But drugs are what doctors are about and so they add drugs and never get rid of them unless they know they are a problem. d
And there are too many cooks in the kitchen. I have a doctor for everything. To quote Comicus in History of the World "we got a (god) for everything. About the only thing we don't have one for is premature ejaculation, but I hear that's coming soon!" It's' like that with doctors. I swear, if I so much as cut wind they whisk me off to some specialist who then prescribes new medication. I'm too young to be this old and I think I got there by taking all these drugs in the first place; I'd probably be hale and hearty if I didn't take all this stuff. But I fear not taking it as I was inches from the Reaper 15 years ago and it no doubt saved my life. But it's just crazy how it all works.
That's not to say I lie to them often, or that I think they aren't doing me any good. I do. But sometimes it's just "for the love of all things holy stop already".
Anyway it's nice to have some science to back up what I've long thought. We've gone medicine mad.
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I actually only see two doctors now, a neurologist and a cardiologist. My neurologist is also my primary care doctor. He didn't choose that role, I chose it for him. He was in that role for some time before he knew about it. He saw it referenced on a medical form, and I explained to him that I had had to give somebody a name and gave them his. He was a little bit nonplussed, but finally accepted the role.
Posted by: Bill H at September 13, 2026 08:25 AM (FRG6e)
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Well good for you Bill! I wish I could cut that far back. I have doctors whose sole role is to refer me to other doctors. I have ten different doctors and each one of them has me on one or more medications. I may not actually improve my health by cutting them all out but I would feel a heckuva lot better if I did, that's for sure. I know when I forget to take my medications because I feel good.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at September 13, 2026 08:57 AM (oflqW)
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Since one of my medications is to reduce symptoms of Parkinson's, skipping them is no fun at all. I am now on 21 different medications. None of them is to treat the symptoms of any other, and since I take some of them as many as four times per day... It now begins to look as if I have Leukemia, probably mild so not that big a deal, but some more medication is likely to be added.
Posted by: Bill H at September 13, 2026 11:29 PM (FRG6e)
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Tim, I truly hope all of your doctors are in communication with the others about what they are prescribing for you. In our various communications I have the fear that at least some of them are not, and that at the worst, at least some of them don't even know the others exist.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 14, 2026 12:22 AM (CSo3x)
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