Pain memes I find hilarious

[Food Lady]

...because I can relate.

Me, every single day: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...e827685e87.jpg

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http://www.relatably.com/m/img/back-...8e4f3bc505.jpg

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/82/827c3...27643b73f0.jpg

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/54552504.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...ec492ef282.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...ba984ad9fb.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...a45a0b9e65.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...e02509f71e.jpg

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[Aragarthiel]

That first one is me all the time. I had to count my meds twice today to make sure I took them. The first time was no. Second time, yes. Some days, especially when I haven't had my coffee, it's three or four times.

[csquared]

And that is why I have 7 day pill boxes.

PS. Thanks for reminding me to take mine.

[CyberLurch]

And that is why I have 7 day pill boxes.

Yup, me too. With compartments for morning and evening. I spend about 15 minutes each week sorting out the pills and putting them in the little compartments, which saves me a fair bit of time having to sort through the bottles twice a day. And I always have a couple days' heads-up if I'm about to run out of something. Along with the permanently-set, twice-a-day reminders on my cell phone, I seldom miss a dose.

Unless, of course, I set the phone down in some random place and forget where. Or forget to charge it. Both of which seem to happen more and more frequently these days.

[Food Lady]

I've thought about a pill box but all of my pills are as needed, and which ones I take depend on what my symptoms are that day. My goal is always to take as few as possible, but sometimes the log in my phone is a mile long. At least logging them helps me to keep it straight. Problem is I log it in and then forget to take it. facepalm!

[Deserted]

My mother had the opposite problem. She would log her pills in a notebook, but sometimes she would take them, forget to log them, and then, instead of verifying what day of the week it was, or asking me, she'd just... take another dose of everything.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

This is my wife's life story. Thanks for sharing.

[greek_jester]

I used to have the "not sure if I took it or thought about taking it problem" before the brain op fixed my screwed up head. Also, the feeling as the pain meds kicked in is familiar, although it does bring to mind the tolerable/intolerable meme (multiple-year long migraines suck).

Snickered at the bad-ass one. I wasn't ever quite at that level, but respect to those of you who are.

I remember the "you don't look like you're in pain" one; why the f&$% did you think I was wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap and earplugs indoors, you moron?!? The only reason I didn't tear off his arm and beat him to death with the soggy end was that it would have jarred my head too much... Strange the things my Swiss-cheesed brain retained when I lost so much.

[KuariKaydrith]

And that is why I have 7 day pill boxes.

PS. Thanks for reminding me to take mine.

I have a 7 day pill box and an alarm set on my phone to take my meds. Still doesn't mean I always remember to take my pills :/

[Food Lady]

Snickered at the bad-ass one. I wasn't ever quite at that level, but respect to those of you who are.

If you endure migraines then you are!

[greek_jester]

If you endure migraines then you are!

They never reached the point where I was throwing up from the pain (had ones bad enough for that twice in my life) so unless I got hit right between the eyes by an unexpected light-source (hence the sunglasses/baseball cap indoors) I'd put it at just barely tolerable. Some people aren't so lucky.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/intracr...roduction.aspx

Mine was due to a fluid build-up, and since it started destroying my eyesight (my lower peripheral vision is nearly gone) and was due to a partially-collapsed vein not draining the fluid off naturally I was lucky enough to be put forward for a brain-op to fix it.

I was lucky enough to recover. Some people have to put up with it for the rest of their lives as there is no cause to be found so there's nothing the doctors can do other than treat the symptoms. The lifers are the bad-asses; I don't think I could have coped if I hadn't had the option to fix it.

[pudddykat]

I don't think you give yourself enough credit GreekJester. I'd say surviving a brain op puts you in the bad-ass category. I am glad you were able to recover and appreciate you sharing your story.

[greek_jester]

I don't think you give yourself enough credit GreekJester. I'd say surviving a brain op puts you in the bad-ass category. I am glad you were able to recover and appreciate you sharing your story.

Thank you. If nothing else, it taught me to appreciate my optician; he was the one who noticed the pressure behind my eyes and told me to get to the doctor a.s.a.p. If he hadn't been paying attention it could have been a lot longer before I went in, and my vision (and everything else) would be far worse.

[Sakka]

That last one is so me.

I don't suffer from pain, or it has gotten to the point where I don't even notice it anymore.
But I have been a major insomniac for as long as I can recall, and parents talk of me always fighting sleep and of always having messed up sleeping patterns since I was born.

[Food Lady]

I can never get to the point of not noticing. Well, I can if it's a mild day. But the really bad times consist of me literally writhing in pain and crying. That's usually when I end up in the ER (since that only seems to happen in the middle of the night or on a Sunday, of course.) It doesn't happen often, but when it does I sometimes have fleeting suicidal thoughts. All I want is for it to end.