When a nurse comes to give you your medication here, that nurse means to get it done.
I take three pills daily, and the nurse can bring them any time throughout the day-- morning, noon, or night. Today, a nurse brought the pills and some water before I was even out of bed. She stood there waiting, holding the stuff, so I got out of bed and took the pills, and then got back in bed so it'd be easier for my aide to get me dressed.
I know they have to give lots of people lots of medication here, and I understand they have to keep to some schedule, but rest is surely also important. She didn't come unreasonably early, but she did see I was still in bed.
Oh, well. That's part of living in a large institution, I suppose. In my own home I could take my medicine when it was convenient for me to do so.
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