Be careful how you take your meds

I have been taking Madopar LT for almost 2 years. It is abslutely wonderful and I think of it as my"Rescue ]" med. I always have it with me in case I run out of steam (or do something stupid like to turn my l-dopa pum back on after I take a shower. I'm my own worst enemy! The correct way to take Madopar LT is to put a table in a glass of water and stir until it dissolves. It's really simple and it's not like it takes a long time to dissolve so there's no rational reason to rush it. Unless you're an idot like me. I have grown so accustomed to my pump's beeps, reminding me that I only have two hours of meds in my pump so I'll need to refill it soon, that I often miss a warning. So, I was about 45 minutes late in responding, and starting to get the warning signs that portend the descent into the nasty place called OFFland. As soon as my husband finished refilling my pump, I went to the kitchen to take a Madopar LT. I put it in the glass, stirred it, drank it all-- or so I thought, but then noticed a decent chunk of it had not dissolved - maybe the size of a tictac, so I popped that in my mouth and crunched it down and about a milisecod later I felt as if I have taking a white-hot coal out of a grill somwhere and started crunching on that. Just insant, fierce pain. It was my good luck that among my nuermrous comorbidities , I have one that requires treatment using a thick cortizone salve. I took full advantage of my good fortune and in a reasonable amount of time, thngs calmed down.Nonetheless, I was still left with a very, very sore tongue and eating dinner was a virtual nightmare of pain. So, if you have some individual who has treated you unkindly, you might slip them an LT tablet under the pretense that it is a mint of some sort, and feign surprise that it was not. But whatever you do, do NOT chew one up yourself. And pass this hint on to your friends who may have PD.