Have you eve noticed how big some pills are. I never noticed until yesterday just how big some antibiotic pills are. I discovered during church that the upset stomach I thought I had the past few days was actually a bladder infection. If you have ever had one you know what I am talking about. Now it is Sunday and I really did not want to go to the ER for a bladder infection but this was bad and getting worse quickly. I remembered I had an infection about a year ago and that there was medicine left from when they changed it to something stronger. I decided that I would take them and drink cranberry juice. Out come the pills and I about passed out when I saw how big they were. Not that swallowing them would be a problem but getting them through my band would be so I decided to cut them in half but it was still not small enough to pass through. I cut the pill into fourths and began the process of swallowing each quarter of the pill. Big surprise though you know that smooth coating on the pills well once you cut the pill like I did it doesn't work as well as when the pill is whole. Yep each piece I took got stuck in the back of my throat and did not want to go down. It took about 30 minutes to get that pill down.
I am happy to report that I am feeling better today overall but the pill was just as hard to get down today. Next time I think I will just ask for the liquid version they give to kids.
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