Pass the Saline

Posted by gspeed on Mar 3, 2010 in Food | 4 comments

Everyone makes mistakes, the problem is that people are too embarassed to tell each other about them.

Not me!  

How else are you gonna learn that mixing NyQuil and vicodin lands you in the ER?!  

Let me explain: When you’ve caught the swine flu, and your back goes out from all the coughing, and you get an astoundingly painful ear infection (or you have kids)…passing out from a home-made pain medication cocktail is the best 10 minutes rest you can get (my judgement isn’t the best when I’m sick).

Of course, falling over backwards after running around whimpering that “everything is going blurry,” is not the best impression to make on the friend taking care of you.

Not only that, but the $4,000 bill that you’re stuck with after getting nothing more than an IV for dehydration definitely doesn’t make recovery any easier.

One of the most expensive champagnes in the world is Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque Blanc de Blanc. This bubbleh’ comes in a unique hand painted bottle, and at $1,500 a pop, I could have chugged TWO (and a half) and been a happy camper.

But no…I’m spending my money on a ziplock bag full of sugar water.

What the HELL! I might as well have jammed a bottle of contact lens solution in my arm. It’s the same damn thing!

According to my assigned doctor, who spent a whole of 2 seconds with me (which cost an additional $312, my pride, and my first born), I would have been totally OK on all those self-prescribed medications if I’d only had more water in my system.

So basically, the lesson learned here is that drugs are fine…just drink plenty of fluids when you take them…(and check that you have health insurance before taking  field trip to a hospital).