I used to be one of those people who never took medications. If I had a headache, I would lie down and rest, drink water and wait for it to go away. If I had a cold, I stayed hydrated and ate well and let it pass. In hindsight, I'd say I was proud of my immune system and trusted it to work properly.
Not any more.
Today I wake up and take two Motrin, four 1mg of prednisone, a calcium tablet and a prescription strength folic acid tablet. I take three calcuim a day and later I take more Motrin. On Saturdays I take six 2.5mg of methotrexate. Once every other week I inject Humira with a thing I fondly call a Torture Injection Pen.
I know I'm lucky. The drugs work for me. The let me be myself and face the world and care for my kids and be a good wife. I know what it means to not have that, I watched my mom struggle for years taking asprin and a serious of horribly ineffective and sometimes damaging treatments. But I still hate that I have to take all these medications. I love them for what they do, and I hate that I need them.
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