I am the first person to admit that I am really bad at the whole pills and medication thing. You give me something to take every day and it will last about twice as long as it should. I don't remember, I don't bother. I've always been relatively healthy so I just don't stress too much about stuff like that. (When and if I ever need birth control? Not going to rely on the pill. Not if it is up to me to take them.)

So I have some prescription anti-inflamatories for a continuing knee problem that I have. I am under the doctor's orders to take them "when it flares up" so already I am great because I can't mess up the whole taking pills on schedule thing. No problem, right? Well, these poills came with tons of other little instructions. Each one another sticker on the bottle. Some of the stickers wouldn't fit so there is this little sticker flap attached to the side of the bottle. How do I measure up? Let's see...

Limit alcohol use while taking this drug. Daily use of alcohol may increase the risk of stomach bleeding. Good thing I don't drink alcohol daily anyway. I did have half a glass of wine yesterday.

Do not take aspirin without the knowledge and consent of your physician. Cool then. I'll stick with Advil.

Take with food or milk. Um, I ate some toast an hour or so ago.

Take this medicine with a full glass of water. Does half a can of Squirt count?

May cause drowsiness of dizziness. Not so that I have noticed.

So I guess I'm not horrible. But on the other hand, I pretty much know that I should go back to the doctor because it still hurts after months and I'm pretty sure he said to come back if it didn't go away. Plus after a really long hike I did last month it hurts more and in a slightly different way. But I haven't been doing the physical therapy either and I feel bad going back to the doctor when I didn't follow instructions in the first place. So, plan: do physical therapy as instructed (every day) for a month and bug the nice sports med doctor after that if nothing changes.