USA - This, my friends, is a piece of paper I get once a month. It has big, scary words and I'm convinced that I am one of perhaps only 3 people that have actually read it in its entirety.
It's the warning label from my cancer meds; I get a refill once a month. I used to be averse to looking at it - I just didn't want to know what might be coming down the road.
When some weird things started happening to me, I decided I should take a peek just to see if they might possibly be normal side effects. Sure enough, there they were. Heart issues, bone pain, weight fluctuations - you name it, all there. Drat!
Now I have a decidedly different view on these warnings. I pop it open, see what's new and then breathe a sigh of relief on the ones I don't have. Phew!
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Oh girl I read them all too. I have gotten it all. Of course I am still alive so I haven't gotten a-l-l of them but all those in tiny writing. My doctors will say, "oh they just have to put them on there cuz a couple people got it in trials but i haven't seen anyone with it" and guess who gets it...me! So I study them when I get them and when I feel anykind of weird. fun times, fun times lol
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Princess; I'm so glad you stay with it! Love that you still hang in there and keep on reading! Natalie, thanks for the information. I'll look at your website and information! - Heidi
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