Stiff neck solutions: Emergency pills

Handsome Lords and Fair Ladies of PD-Llandia

I have come by some morsels that may interest you.

1. STIFF NECK: If you stand up and you think you are standing straight but in fact your posture resembles a Christmas Candy Cane, with your chin resting on your breast bone, you may feel a tad better if you try
BOTOX: My neurologist gave me 8 shots in the back of my neck - into the area of that muscle that works very hard to keep your head attached to your body - 4 shots in each of these muscles in a straight verticle line from the base of your skull starting at those bumps where each muscle attaches to your skull and going on down each muscle where it attaches to our respective shoulders. The needle is teeny and doesn't really hurt any more than a gnat bite. You will not feel any changes for about 4 days and the shots last for 8 weeks. It helps measurably (and I'm sure that combining daily streches and the tender ministrations of an hysterical therapist (or is it physical therapist?) working on that same recalcitrant muscle would improve its effectiveness even more.
B. EMERGENCY RELIEF: As part of my daily med plan, I take one Madopar LT every morning. Then, whenever the dragons are napping and I venture forth to meander about the forests of Lichterfelde, I take another to keep myself sufficienty energized to successfuly complete my mission to obtain the various paints and potions required in my continuing battles against the Old Lady Fairy. (who, of late has been conspiring with the cosmetic producers to package my face cream in a tube closely resembling a toothhpaste tube. I realized this when I discovered that my teeth were wrinkle free and my cheeks were minty fresh. ) My allotted portion of LT is 3 per day at the maximum. I rarely need the 3rd, but when I do, the need is acute. To ensure that I always have a few handy (and that the ones I have are relatively fresh) I put them in those containers that look like a bullet and can be attached to your key chain. BUT two things can thwart my emergency preparedness measures: If the same pills remained in these little containers for a year, it's entirely possible that their magic may fade. It's equally possible that I may forget to replinish my ammo and when I desperately need it, I discover that I had not refilled it. These two outcomes are most unwelcome. The problem is further exacerbated by my distorted sense of time. (Has it been 1 week or 83.5 fortnights since I refreshed my emergency pills? ) So, I've encorporated 2 more steps into the sacred Ritual of Refilling the Pilboxes. (We celebrate this on Sundays, but , with the permission of the Officiary of Refilling the Pill Boxes, you may do it on other days of the week.) First, I invite my litttle bullets to the party. I make sure to top them off .Second, whenever I open a fresh bottle of LT', I remove those piteously litle LTs that have been languishing unused in their respective bullets and set those pills aside. I then refill the bullets with pills from the fresh bottle. Then I put the old pills from the bullets into the almost-empty bottle of old LTs and use them up. When they are all gone, I start taking the the pills from the fresh bottle. And, as some of you may remember, although the LT pill dissolves in water (impersonating a friendly little Alka Seltzer tablet), do NOT EVER,EVER try to chew the teensiest unndisolved bit of an LT tablet. This is something that you will regret enormously. But the good news is that the pain you will suffer if you dare to do this will absolutely ensure that you won't do it again.

TaTa for the nonce..