Laga's got the right of it, Vortex. Would she really be satisfied with how you treat her if you did acquiesce to her every whim the moment she had it? But she is a grown up and does not wear a Crown, she should be able to deal with a universe in which she must do things like not get her way every waking moment.

Yah. Pills suck. And I don't take nearly as many as some people I know. (I particularly hate taking my painkillers, and I know that's because they're socially constructed to equal BAD even when their effect is a very good and useful one.) Like Teppy, though, I care more about the fact that pills make me feel better and able to live a healthier life, than I do that I have to take them.

Hey, Shir? I'm working on the Hebrew thing. I have Rosetta Stone, an awesome program that's teaching me well. But I am so slow. Grr.

I don't want to go to work. I want to wait here for Shane and GC news.

So I totally empathize with TCG, but look at it from the viewpoint of -- feeling better is so much greater than feeling crappy but drug-free.

I empathize with him too. You've seen the list of what I take on a regular basis. I'm working on concentrating on the positive with him, but he's a stubborn man.

It is hypothyroidism, and they have called in a prescription for the synthetic thyroid.

Hubby and I both have drug cases for morning and for evening. We'll sit on the bed and fill our cases together. Just another homey ritual. Joy.

Of course it's easy to recognize the game and shout advice from the sidelines. When it was me & my sister I couldn't take it and walked off the field.

It is hypothyroidism, and they have called in a prescription for the synthetic thyroid.

Tons and tons of people take that, and it is going to make him feel so much better. The thing with cholesterol meds is that there's no appreciable effect -- like, if it brings your cholesterol level down, you don't suddenly get a spring in your step and a perfect singing voice. It's invisible, you know? Same with blood pressure meds.

But getting your thyroid levels adjusted does actually have an appreciable physical effect, and so maybe seeing actual results will make him feel better about needing to take them.

And I think the thyroid can actually affect the vocal cords, so he may very well now have a perfect singing voice.

Which is WAY better than those silly cholesterol meds can do.

It is hypothyroidism, and they have called in a prescription for the synthetic thyroid.

Tons and tons of people take that, and it is going to make him feel so much better.

He will be AMAZED at how much better you feel after a few weeks of having your thyroid levels be where they are supposed to be. It was like a HUGE light going off when I gained my energy and appetite and palor and everything back.

ION - we have acheived a tree. Holding onto our tradition of not getting it until the week of Christmas despite our best efforts to get it earlier.