Better or Worse?

Did it make you better or worse?

The brain and body needs food to operate efficiently and well. 

Quite a number of years ago I wrote a story about my father and how the medical doctors who were in charge of his life had prescribed way too much medication for his body to handle. He is safely in heaven now so this is the time to help others with his life experiences because he no longer can.

I erased ten years of stories because I tried to monetize and I didn't have a way of doing that so I removed my stories because I was a bit tired of 'giving away my work for free.'

I am writing these stories for my sons so they can learn how their ancestor handled his life.

This is what happened to him. 

We were sitting at his kitchen table and conversing in a natural and normal manner. Suddenly, he got up and started tottering towards his rocking chair. He was walking those 15- 20 feet very fast. I thought, why is he walking so fast?

He got to his chair and reached his hand out for the armrest and his head seemed to become a hundred pounds and aimed straight for the floor and the resounding thud, that his head made on the floor joists, through the rather cheap carpeting and underlay, was astounding.

I got up and raced over and he was already trying to get himself into his rocking chair.

"What happened?" I asked.

My Dad responded, "I got very dizzy." 

"Well, what kind of medication are you on?" I asked.

He laid his head back against his rocker and said, rather blankly, "I'm not in charge anymore."

Now, the only people who were in his house were us daughters and I thought... woah, that means we have to be.

So, the good part of this terrible experience was that his doctor 'cleaned the slate' of his medications and took a much closer look at dosages and things did get straightened out.

So, before you think that taking medication because some doctor prescribes it is a 'sure thing,' remember, you and I are in charge of our own lives and every day- to- day occurrence within our lives. We have to make sure we can explain how we are feeling and if any medication is making something better or worse. If you ever have some free time, look over the many pages of information for any one medication (it really doesn't even matter which medication you research) and you will find as many detractors as you will find possibilities of it having a good effect.

For instance, let's say a medication says it can help you with clear thinking. (I have a sister-in-law that says she has brain fog until noon on any given day.) I imagine she might want to try taking that unless her brain fog doesn't bother her. Maybe that is how her brain functions, slow and fuzzy. Who are we to say?

So, let's say you and I have very clear thinking, crystal clear... and some strange person suggests you take a redundant medication for a condition you and I don't even have... don't take it... why would you try to fix something that isn't broken?

My warning to you is... in this day of pharmaceutical push...

don't be pushed in the wrong direction.