Maintenance Medicines
@SIMPLYD (90721)
Philippines
August 8, 2016 12:31am CST
Two weeks ago , our high school batchmates gathered in a friend’s restaurant as a treat by two of the male batchmates who came home from the US for a vacation .
The stories were non-stop specially the two guys who shared their struggles when they were still new in the USA . Then it came to the maintenance medicines each one maintains .
Only two of us has no maintenance medicines yet and I hope it will be that way until i will leave this world.
Though , my cholesterol would sometimes go beyond normal and has to take a medicine for a month to trim it down .
What about you , have you got your maintenance medicines already ? I know , the young ones don’t have this yet .
Note : The picture attached was taken during our gathering .
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
9 Aug 16
Wow, really ! What about your BP , your cholesterol and blood sugar are they on the normal level? What's your secret please ?
Thank you for liking the photo . It's good they are too busy to be members here , so they won't see this comment of your as me being the youngest looking and beautiful . 
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@eliza_godinez12 (5723)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
No, I don't have one yet. Hope it will never be like my parents. At their age now they are not maintaining any medicine. Nice photo.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@eliza_godinez12 Wow, they are both healthy indeed . Or maybe because your family always have a healthy diet ?
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@eliza_godinez12 (5723)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD Yes, thanks God. My father is 84 and my mother is 74 they have 10 years gap..
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
Maintenance medicine is like a trap, once you start taking it you will take it for life, it only cures symptoms not the root cause and big pharmaceuticals make trillions from it. They should make medicines which when you take would cure you and not enslave you, all these is only my personal opinion
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@louievill I agree . That's why even at my age , i always see to it that even just on weekends i can have a 1 hour or more exercise - dancing and some zumba , just at home in the bedroom , while hubby is still sleeping .
Yes, that's me . Of course , i won't tell them or else they will strive to be more beautiful than me next time . 
Yes, that's me . Of course , i won't tell them or else they will strive to be more beautiful than me next time . 1 person likes this
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD They might all join Mylot and gang up on me
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
8 Aug 16
how sweet 'f those fella's to treat y'all to such ~ great pic :) i dunno if'n one'd call 'em maintenance meds, but i've gotta take vitamin/mineral supplements coz the body don't process 'em proper through foods. one'f the 'perks' 'f havin' crohn's disease, lol.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx That's very good then , that you can still control it with diet . 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
8 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD i cannot take any'f the meds fer crohn's outside 'f prednisone when i've a bad flare. i've'd horrible reactions to all that're'n the market. i control 't best i can with diet.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
The lady in black is the most noticeable in the photo :)
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
Though , it would be better if my picture was clear . It was already blurred . But nonetheless , it served the purpose - for documentation of the event .
You know , there were lots of pictures actually , but this one and the pictures of the foods were the only ones that were posted in FB . Oh yes , the group pictures of the boys were also there .
I guess , the one who took it through their phones didn't post it anymore because they might not like themselves in the picture . 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
9 Aug 16
@sunrisefan Hey , you didn' t say if you have maintenance medicine already . But let me guess , none yet , the way i see that you have a well built body .
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@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
Too early to tell. But I will be expecting it when the right comes since both my parents have maintenance meds for their heart and blood-sugar.
But I will be expecting it when the right comes since both my parents have maintenance meds for their heart and blood-sugar.2 people like this
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
11 Aug 16
I do take a cholesterol pill and a very mild one for blood pressure but I am 66.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 16
You seem to console yourself that you are 66 so you should be having those pills already .
The 81 yr aunt of my husband who came from the US , had herself medically checked , blood chem and others . For more than 20 years she didn't have a medical check-up .
It was found out that she have a bit high cholesterol , so now she taking it for just 3 months . She didn't have any other maintenance medicine yet except for that which is only for 3 months .
The 81 yr aunt of my husband who came from the US , had herself medically checked , blood chem and others . For more than 20 years she didn't have a medical check-up .
It was found out that she have a bit high cholesterol , so now she taking it for just 3 months . She didn't have any other maintenance medicine yet except for that which is only for 3 months .1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
12 Aug 16
@BelleStarr Wow, you mom is 101 ! Is she in good condtion still , i mean mobile and her faculties all good stll ?
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
11 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD My cholesterol is hereditary I can't control it with diet, the blood pressure is a very small dose of a very simple pill so I have very minimal medication and yes, the doctors says I am quite amazingly healthy , My mom is 101 so I think taking this very light pills will help me to stay healthy.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
9 Aug 16
@DianneN My doctor wouldn't want me to be on it because i can always beat it by exercising which i don't have the time to do anymore .
I am now trying with all my might to maintain my normal cholesterol , so i won't go back to taking it even for a monthly only .
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
9 Aug 16
Yes, a get together always makes us reinvigorated , just as you always do with you friends too.
The doctor would just put me on medication for a month if it goes higher than the normal and because i also want it since i have no time to exercise.
She monitors it every 3 months and i am doing what i can to maintain it on the normal level.
I know you are taking meds for your cholesterol as you have mentioned it before in one of your comments .
The doctor would just put me on medication for a month if it goes higher than the normal and because i also want it since i have no time to exercise.
She monitors it every 3 months and i am doing what i can to maintain it on the normal level.
I know you are taking meds for your cholesterol as you have mentioned it before in one of your comments .1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
They are just supplements to us healthy . Maintenance medicine , are those medicines wherein you have to take them everyday so your bp , cholesterol and others will not go over the above level or your illness will not aggravate .
Thank you for finding me that in the photo.
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
8 Aug 16
I don't have but my husband has already one for his sugar and for his heart. That's the reason why I'm doing my daily routine to maintain my sugar below border line and also my blood pressure to be stable always.
I think, you're the youngest among your batchmates.
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@JESSY3236 (20141)
• United States
8 Aug 16
The only medicine I take is vitamins and birth control.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
@JESSY3236 Oh , so there's really a need to take a birth control pill.
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@JESSY3236 (20141)
• United States
9 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD I have take birth control because my period was very bad.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
And you looked the youngest among the group, and beautiful too! It is good you are still so healthy.
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It's good you recognized me . @acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD being healthy is the best asset. Health is wealth indeed.
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