Do you ever have those days when you can⿿t remember what you just did? I think I⿿m having one of those days ⿦ or well one of those moments. My Crohn⿿s, as usual, is acting up again, and I⿿m in a lot of pain. A LOT of pain. One of the pain meds that I take I can take twice a day, every 12 hours. Well ⿦ I⿿ve been in pain all day, but it⿿s been worse since mid afternoon or so. I got caught up in my work though and forgot to go and take one of the pills. The last time I had taken one was at about 2 a.m. I meant to take it earlier. Really I did. So anyway, I just remembered and I walked into the kitchen to get one of the pills. I got distracted by my elderly neighbor in her yard hoeing the earth around her plants like she does three times a day. LOL Then I went to the cupboard and I know I got out a Tylenol. I remember that. I⿿ve got a fever and I needed the Tylenol as well as a pain med. However, I think I took one of my mild short acting pain pills rather than my long lasting time released pain pills. I can⿿t remember. BTW it⿿s the pain that⿿s messing with my memory ⿦ not any other pain meds because I don⿿t have any other pain meds in my system. This will be the first that I⿿ve taken today ⿦ which is why I⿿m in so much pain. I⿿m at least 90% sure that I didn⿿t open the small pill bottle and take out the long acting medicine. But ⿦ if I believe that and take one now and I⿿m wrong I⿿ll have two long acting pain pills in my system. It⿿s oxycontin so I don⿿t want to O.D. on it. Short of gagging myself and bring up the pills I just took so I can discover what they were ⿦ what do I do? Trust my vague memory that I did not take the pill I had wanted to take? Or not take any chances and wait until 7 a.m. to take that pill again - 12 or more than 24 hours after the last one depending upon if I just took one or not? The part of me that⿿s in pain says ⿿take the pill, you didn⿿t take it.⿿ and the nurse side of me says ⿿don⿿t take a chance, wait.⿿

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