i had a fever (and of course, flu) right after my sis's engagement day, which means right before the end of sem exam. can u imagine? and at that time i still had tons and tons and TONS to read. usually i will just ignore the fever and try to sleep out of it. dont even bother to take the panadol. but this time i had to do something. i cant possibly take the exam with running nose and spinning head! no way!
so, as a normal person would, i took the pills for the cold. ainur offered hers. i figured i dont really need panadols since my temperature was not that high and the fever didnt really bother me. the real problem was the flu. but here's the thing - i have never been good at swallowing tablets and pills. or capsules. and the tablets ainur gave me was..huge! oh well, huge enough for me la.
this was the tablet, in comparison with orange skittles. i can never ever swallow pills of this size! Dont get me wrong, saya tak takut makan ubat la! it's not that im afraid, it's just that i cant! tak reti. my esophagous has its own reflex system that when it comes to medicines, it'll automatically constrict! the worst part was, when i read the tablets' info inside the box, i found this -
Patients who have a history of difficulty in swallowing tablets or who have known upper gastrointestinal narrowing or abnormal esophageal peristalsis should not use this product (see PRECAUTIONS and ADVERSE REACTIONS).
again, just great. by then i was actually afraid to take the tablet. but i dont have any other option. the running nose really bugged me. imagine reading physiology with watery eyes, fluid dripping from your nose and heaps of tissues at the side. not really the best condition to study, ait? and this is physiology im talking about. not something u can memorize after u read once. unless u are a genius, or gifted, which is definitely NOT me. so as ainur suggested, to increase the probability of that freaking tablet to get into my stomach, i cut it into half.
there u have it. two skittles. after the reduction in size, i was much more confident that i'll survive so i gave it a go. one half, water, gulp. okay, that was not so difficult. another half, water, gulp. voila! i did it! i'm still alive! yaaaaaayyyy!!! *applause*
My parents and siblings are very much aware of this embarassing fact of mine, and they often wonder, " ni yang nak jadi pharmacist ni? telan ubat pon macam nak mati dah." urgghh. biarla.
then amad menyampuk, "sebab tu la die nak jadi pharmacist. nak buat ubat sume kecik2." good point. perhaps i'll work on that when i become one.
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