Plethora of Pills

After surgery, I was ready for doctors to prescribe a few pills. Since then, I’ve had a couple of medications remove but a lot more added. I’m up to about 17 pills a day now.

Morning:

• Aspirin
• Blood pressure
• Another blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Blood thinner
• Phosphorus binder (dialysis)

Noon:

• Phosphorus binder (dialysis)

Evening:

• Blood pressure (same as morning)
• Another blood pressure (same as morning)
• Blood thinner (same as morning)
• High cholesterol
• Phosphorus binder (dialysis)
• Foot fungus (hopefully three months only)
• Vitamin D (dialysis)
• Vitamin B+C (dialysis)
• Laxative + stool softener x2

The few items at the end of the list are non-prescription. Needless to say, I’m at my pharmacy all the time since there are eight separate prescriptions. This is not counting the glucometer lancets and test strips which are also prescription only and I’m stealing them from my mom. A lot of the items are marked with “(dialysis)”; they should go away after a kidney transplant.