The Axis of Evil

The Axis of Evil.

Though really not a great photo, there are times (like this) that one can see that I still think like a photo art director for a healthcare company. I thought that the brushed aluminium (a metal tin lid) gave the tiny pills a nice pop.

Today I took the plunge and spent $268 on the prescription for a month's worth of the 15mg oxycon-tin pill. The 20mg every 12 hours option really just wasn't lasting long enough, so now I'm going to try taking the 15mg every 8 hours (45mg a day).

At this point I have no confidence that it will be perfect, but I'll give it a try for a few days at a minimum, and am hopeful that it brings more consistent and reliable relief.

In the British parliament, they can call for a vote of "no confidence" when they're pissed off at their prime minister, which is always. The British parliament is famous for loud jeering and grumbling, so I am currently envisioning a similar metaphor happening in my body right now, complete with indignant-yet-deeply-witty catcalls -- expressing doubt at the newcomer's ability to fix what the predecessor could not -- plus a lot of gavel-banging and some shameless grandstanding and attention-seeking behavio(u)r on the part of other systems during the transition. Poor 15mg. It has its work cut out for it, make no mistake.