Because of my background as an athlete, I try to tough it out sometimes. I also think I get this trait because of my four older brothers. While growing up, I had to learn that calling for Mom\u2019s help too soon might get me more noogies than I had originally anticipated.<\/p>\n
Regardless, I tend to not complain much about physical ailments. That contributed a lot to me waiting so long before getting my heart and cholesterol level checked out earlier this fall.<\/p>\n
In the end, the tests showed that I was just being a big baby worrying about my heart, but I did have to start paying attention to my cholesterol.<\/p>\n
I knew this day would come. Some of my siblings have this problem. A lot of other people do. I didn\u2019t expect to be spared. So now I take a pill each night.<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t expect one pill each night to make me feel so old. It\u2019s not the side effects or anything. I just feel old having to take care of a serious condition before I turn 40.<\/p>\n
This is where my usual non-complaining gene kicks in. I know others have it a lot worse than I do, and I should be happy that I know about the problem sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
Still I felt old. And stupid. At least after the first night I got the medication.<\/p>\n
I need to take my pill with dinner each night. So the night I was going to start \u2013 I waited until after we got back from Vegas because I didn\u2019t want to have any issues while on vacation \u2013 I had my dinner, went into the kitchen and popped my pill.<\/p>\n
At least I thought it was my pill. I actually grabbed Maria\u2019s prescription by mistake and had one of her pills.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t realize this right away even though our medications came in completely different bottles. God forbid, I look at the bottle, much less the label.<\/p>\n
I had gone upstairs to read about side effects in case I started having them. After a few minutes of trying to decide whether my new medication was going to kill me on the spot, I went downstairs to check the bottle.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when I realized my mistake. And that\u2019s when my wife started laughing hysterically.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know what to do. I don\u2019t have a long history with medication so I kind of got freaked out, way more than any side effect would have done. I considered all the bad possibilities as my wife unsuccessfully tried to stifle her laughter.<\/p>\n
After a few minutes, I called Poison Control at Maria\u2019s suggestion. I think she just wanted to hear me stop complaining. The woman on the other end managed not to laugh at me and told me what I took couldn\u2019t harm a 2-year-old.<\/p>\n
That made me feel a little better. I may be stupid, but my stupidity wasn\u2019t going to kill me. At least not this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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