It's that time of the month again. I'm sitting in the pharmacy awaiting my prescriptions; 20mg hydrocortisone, 0.1mcg fludrocortisone. For me these are quite literally the difference between life and death.
Love songs and the like are big on the idea of putting your life in the hands of another person. My life, by contrast, is in the hands of the organisation that provides my medication. You know that feeling you get when you lose your car keys? Imagine that dialled up to a million. That's pretty much me when I don't know where my pills are. My disease is invariably lethal if not medicated; knowing my pills will be always be available is the most profound comfort imaginable.
