tuesday's child sadly lacks grace

[theladyrose]

This is probably the only time in my life I wish I were a cat, because then when I fell off my bed - it's about 4 feet off the ground - I'd be able to reposition myself and reach the ground less painfully.

I remember rolling off an 8 foot ledge in 6th grade after being surprised by someone's sudden entrance, but I think I was so shocked that it didn't hurt as much as it does now.  Damn, and I'm supposed to be smiley for the prospective student panel I'm speaking on tomorrow afternoon, too.  Normally I'd be tempted to take an over the counter Tylenol, but ever since my neighbor was convicted of armed robbery to feed his pain killer addiction I've become really cautious.

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[dancing-avenger.livejournal.com]

ouch.

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wasn't exactly my proudest moment :) But I feel a lot better this morning, so I guess it's all good now.

[swashbuckler332.livejournal.com]

Normally I'd be tempted to take an over the counter Tylenol, but ever since my neighbor was convicted of armed robbery to feed his pain killer addiction I've become really cautious.

I must point out that while I'm certain that the actual experience was not pleasant, the mental image you painted of the event occuring was rather amusing with the right sound effects (in this case, a slide whistle). ;)

I've never been a big fan of painkillers myself. I rarely get headaches, so I don't even have them in my apartment most of the time. I think most of the people who get addicted to painkillers aren't taking them to relieve excessive pain, but rather to deal with any pain, great or small. This is also true of many who get hooked on anti-depressants; while some people really do need medical assistance for extreme depression, others take it to avoid dealing with problems. People just want to be numbed to everything unpleasant, and life isn't like that. If your cat dies, you're supposed to feel depressed. That's normal. All the meds do is let you put off dealing with it right now.

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

I blame you for summoning the even more painful memory of that awful slide whistle during the car chase in the Man With the Golden Gun :P

Generally I don't take painkillers as I don't usually have the need, either. But then again, I've been lucky enough not to have to deal with a lot of pain. It seems like in the US doctors tend to overprescribe painkillers to avoid patients' complaints; I know in Asia the amount of painkillers prescribed is generally less, and patients tend to rely more on holistic analgesics.

[swashbuckler332.livejournal.com]

"Let's go get 'em boy!"

Certainly not Barry's high point.


Generally I don't take painkillers as I don't usually have the need, either. But then again, I've been lucky enough not to have to deal with a lot of pain.

Exactly... you're not trying to medicate for everything that you experience.

[eyepiece-simile.livejournal.com]

Why don't you just take a tylonel and rest assured that if your drug habbits ever become even slighty troublesome, I shall personally stage an intervention far before you reach the danger level of your neighbour...

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

I basically need a portable teleporter. Because you are awesome and I miss working on our master list of badshit.

Actually, after taking a shower it's much less sore, so I think I'll be fine after all.

[malbal55.livejournal.com]

Feel better Andrea!!!