Drugs!
Medication: All my use of drugs! When I use the word ‘drugs’ I of course mean the doctor prescribed, pharmacy, kind and not the shady street corner deal kind!! I, very literally, could not live without my medication. If civilisation as we know it ended then I would be gone as soon as the medication ran out! So what is it all for? Well, I can’t remember if I have mentioned this before, but there is no cure and no treatment for my condition, Friedreichs Ataxia (though some FAers take vitamin E and Co Enzyme Q10 and have reported a slowing of the progression of the condition*). So my ‘drugs’ are all for the control and alleviation of the plethora of symptoms that come along with the ‘natural’ decline of an individual with Friedreichs Ataxia. From Insulin injections for diabetes type 1 to bladder spasm medication, I take a total of 8 tablets per day and have three injections and four finger-prick blood tests. And I count myself lucky. ...