Monday, October 18, 2010
Did you have a Memory Prosthesis this morning?
[Note: this is a private joke, but 100% of my regular reader will understand it.]
Since July I've been taking pills for blood pressure. Seems to help, though I'm still not sure that the side effects are worth the benefits.
Obviously you're not supposed to miss a day, and you're especially not supposed to take two pills in a day. Until last week I managed to hold the pattern nicely. Last week the pattern had become so automatic that I wasn't sure if I had taken the pill, so took another one ... or maybe it wasn't another one. No actual problems arose that day, so I probably didn't take two after all. But the misfire convinced me that the process needed to become more conscious, less automatic.
Found a solution by using the famous Petty voice. Since the original purpose of the Petty voice was to provide internal feedback, I started using it while taking the pill, in order to leave a lasting "signal" in my throat and ears.
Sounds like this.
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Much later note for personal record: The abovementioned side-effect disappeared after a couple of months. Considering the timing and the location, I think it was more likely part of the numbness induced by shingles. (It was the shingles that forced me to see the doctor in July, at which time the doc also prescribed the BP pills.) ¶ 6:38 AM
Since July I've been taking pills for blood pressure. Seems to help, though I'm still not sure that the side effects are worth the benefits.
Obviously you're not supposed to miss a day, and you're especially not supposed to take two pills in a day. Until last week I managed to hold the pattern nicely. Last week the pattern had become so automatic that I wasn't sure if I had taken the pill, so took another one ... or maybe it wasn't another one. No actual problems arose that day, so I probably didn't take two after all. But the misfire convinced me that the process needed to become more conscious, less automatic.
Found a solution by using the famous Petty voice. Since the original purpose of the Petty voice was to provide internal feedback, I started using it while taking the pill, in order to leave a lasting "signal" in my throat and ears.
Sounds like this.
= = = = =
Much later note for personal record: The abovementioned side-effect disappeared after a couple of months. Considering the timing and the location, I think it was more likely part of the numbness induced by shingles. (It was the shingles that forced me to see the doctor in July, at which time the doc also prescribed the BP pills.) ¶ 6:38 AM
