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One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes wrecks your week.

On Friday I forgot my morning medications. By Friday night I was having killer acid reflux so I checked my pill box and the dose was sitting there, not taken.
I took what I could that night and made sure to take the right things the next morning but this happens every time I miss a dose. It just takes a while to realize that the single missing dose means a flare that starts a few days later. I’ve only forgotten my morning meds maybe... twice in the last year.
We had a super busy weekend and I'm sure it didn't help, but I had no choice. As much as I wanted to get in some treadmill time today I thought that letting my body recover would be a better use of time. 

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