Managing Chronic Conditions Pillows

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?"

"Aways the victim."

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

'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.'

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

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

'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."

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

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

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

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

GPs should prescribe tailored exercise and weight loss to relieve osteoarthritis

National Asthma Society Parade

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"Sure feels like I am going somewhere!"

"On a scale of 1 to 10, how painful is this wait time going to be?"