Adjusting to Permanent Meds

I thought by now I would be adjusting better to taking the daily medications better than I am. Not the side effects or actual medicines themselves, but the routine - seem to be actually getting worse!

The Levothyroxine is ok. Having to take it upon waking, then wait an hour before my coffee, and two hours before taking any dairy is ok. Just ok... don't like it, but am able to go along with it. The most difficult one is taking the darn Tums FOUR times a day! I think, the last three days, I have only taken it three times a day. Well one, when I was up in middle of night I took a dose, so that would be four in twenty four hours.

Normally, by later afternoon I am just forgetting "medicine" in general. Am hoping within a few days, the Drs. will see my calcium is ok and I can just take a regular amount two or three times a day, like with each meal. And, I hate chewing the Tums. Just give me a pill and let me take it! So, will check with that as an alternative. I know, I know... most people chew Tums or other anti-acid pills all the time, so "no biggie", but it is against my normal routine and practice. I do not need them for stomach. Nor, do I feel I want the other crap in them going four times a day into my body! Luckily, so far, I have not had any of those tingling ears, toes, fingers or lips side effects of lack of calcium.

Last night, upon waking for my normal "have no idea why I am waking" break at 4a.m., thought to take the Levothyroxine then and not have to wait for taking my coffee/breakfast when actually getting up. I did not do that last night, but thinking more on it, why not? They say you need to have a regular time, every 24 hours, and taken in morning so absorbing into system during day. Therefore, most take it when getting up. However, I wake every night two or three times and if pill was there, could do it at the last waking. Will only be changing my routine by a couple hours and if, for some wonderful reason, I do sleep through that last normal waking period, still can take at 6am.... yes, that would make one part of this eternal med dependence nicer!

I just can not imagine what the "getting ready for work in the morning routine" will be with this two hour waiting period to manage next week.  And, not having cereal in morning is going to be hateful. Guess it is a cereal for dinner life now ;-)