My Mosaic

@Bow oooh purple is my fav! Especially that deep, ultraviolet purple.

Ooh I'm proud of you too! Would be challenging getting the balance right. Sucks that you're feeling sick though. Do they allow you any kind of anti-nausea medication?

Yeah I’m allowed anti nausea meds @Jynx I try not to take them too much, but I got more meds to get down, including an unpleasant drink, so might have to ask for some tonight.

@Bow yeah it gets pretty tiring on the throat too hey. I struggle enough with my ADHD meds (and somehow semi-regularly choke on them 😅), thyroid meds and reflux meds. To have to follow it all up with a yucky drink? Oof.

Yeah certainly do get sick of taking meds. And I already have a sore throat from the NG tube, so swallowing pills is extra hard at the moment @Jynx I even had to skip the crust on my sandwich today cause it was just too much.
Im on thiamine 3xs a day and I’m thankful it’s IV otherwise I’d be constantly taking meds. The drink to hopefully make me go to the loo is NASTY tasting!

have you seen the trick to getting meds down @Jynx ? Med on tongue, mouthful

of water and then head down towards your chest and then swallow. This is how I got my daughter to try taking tablet antihistamines instead of the liquid and it worked for her!

Thiamine is just a vitamin right @Bow? Just double checking, it sounds like a medication name lol.

Oh I bet! Like why can't they make adult medicine taste like candy, like kids medicine does?! I would be a lot happier if my meds tasted like lollies haha. My vitamin D supplements are little gummies, it's so much easier than adding a whole other pill to swallow! Which reminds me it's time for my supplements haha.

Oh really? I've found better luck with med on tongue -> mouthful of water -> tilt head back so it's all swished to the back of my throat. I feel like tilting downward would make it all rush to the front of my mouth, where the most sensitive tastebuds are!

Yeah it’s just the fancy name for vitamin B @Jynx

exactly! They think that just cause we are adults we can deal with big horse pills and nasty tasting stuff! My daughters vitamins are the gummy ones and sometimes I have one cause they taste good!

if you think about it… pill in mouth> water> head back…. Pill is gonna float towards the top/front of your mouth… whereas if you tilt your head forward, it’s gonna float to the back

OMG.. just reading along. @Jynx @Bow

The only way I can take a tablet is put the water in my mouth tilt my head back and throw them all in and swallow. If I put it on my tongue first there is no way it’s going down.

Huh @Bow I've found the pills tend to sink!

Ahh well we all have our ways of uhh...forcing little chunks of chemicals into our systems 🤣

Yeah kids get all the good stuff! I even use kids mouthwash because it's 'bubblemint' flavour, not like 'sear your throat raw with three different kinds of minty menthol' flavour 😅

Evening @Bow

i hope you are able to be released soon. I know you may not like this idea but could your ex take D when your mum is away?

Sending all the love I can gather for you 💌💌

Hey @Snowie lovely to see you! How are you doing?

nah, it’s not really an option. She’s never done a sleep over with him… she’s tried, but ends up coming home in tears late at night. So it really wouldn’t be fair on her. And he works. I’m confident I’ll be home by the time mum goes away…. Think it’s just a matter of the beginning or the end of the week.