Managing Chronic Conditions Gifts

High cost of prescription drugs.

Disease Management

Sisyphus and coronavirus

'Your blood Sugar is very high.'

"Ack! This stuff's hard to eat!"

"So what brings you in today?"

'I don't know which health issue should concern me more - the voices in my head or the fact that I need a hearing aid to hear them.'

"Aways the victim."

CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, 'Emergency, sir! -- Hypochondria has reached epidemic proportions!'

'Please don't interupt-we've only got 45 minutes.'

"You'll have to take this medication for the rest of your life, but don't worry it's non-addictive."

'I'm the doctor - I'll decide what's chronic!'

"Instead of days, my pill organizer is divided into months."

"The doctors call it Polymyositis, but I call it 'Military Arthritis' because it comes with a lot of fatigue."

"My chronic condition has been pestering me every single day for the past six months. I'm a lifelong quitter so its persistence is troubling me."

National Asthma Society Parade

GPs should prescribe tailored exercise and weight loss to relieve osteoarthritis

"I was just surprised you put the word 'marriage' next to the question asking if you suffered from a chronic condition."

"Don't you think it's time to admit to yourself that this rash will not clear up on it's own."

'If it has the word 'ectomy' after it, I've already had it.'

'I'm going to prescribe a new diabetic medication. It's a bit costly. I'll start you off with fifty dollars a week.'

Man in hospital bed has EKG with up and down sales charts next to it

I'm waiting for test results. I might be sick with. What? I can't get the word out. This doesn't sound good.

"Happy birthday. They were out of bourbon so I got you those underpants you can pee in."

Doctor's Office. I don't know which I hate more to hear him say --- "Learn to live with it" or "Learn to live without it."

"One more 'News, Weather and Spores' report, and you're fired!"

"His knee is very painful for me to keep hearing about."

"You're responding beautifully. Let's go ahead and see what happens if we increase your deductible."

"Please, Doc - nothing too aggressive. I'm kind of attached to my symptoms."

"I'm at the pharmacy so often all that's missing is a TV, Lay-Z-Boy, and bag of Cheetos."

"There's been nothing wrong with me lately and that's got me worried."

Centers For Disease Control: What comes around... goes around

"Sweetie you forgot your prozac, paxil and xanax..."

'Because of my osteoporosis, my days of shooting from the hip are numbered.'

"Sure feels like I am going somewhere!"