Part II: CANCER

Unlike an amusement theme park, "Medicine Mountain" was no joy ride. I had to take so many pills I would use a magic marker to write letters on the caps of the bottles so I wouldn't take too much of any one medicine by accident. I now was taking very strong narcotics and was in a lot of pain. The constant juggling of ordering refills and maintaining a current inventory of medicine was mind boggling and tiring as well. But at least it kept me busy and that was a blessing whether I knew it or not as time went on, the need for this cocktail waned and that was a blessing too. I'm not all that big on having to take all these meds all the time. The schedule of taking my medicine locked my mind into the realization that something wasn't normal and my soul yearned for the return to better days.