Alan Marron from Spennymoor, County Durham

It helps enormously, but I suppose it depends what the medical rweason is fir being precribed.  In my case my body cannot convert B12 or iron from the food I eat, and this led to a serious iron deficiency a few years ago.  To complicate things, I'm one of those lucky (?) people who cannot swallow a tablet to save their lives - literally!  The only liquid iron supplement my doctor was able to fing was one meant for children, and even then I was an over 60 (lol).

I get a shot every 3 months, and always know when its B12 is due because I find myself slowing right down, and even falling asleep in the early afternoons.  The injection picks me up, but sometimes I go too long between shots.  As a matter of fact I've just remembered that my appointment was for 12:20 today and here I am at home 2 miles from the surgery, with no way of getting there before afternoon now.  I've never found them painful, although a lot depends on which member of the nurses darts team goes for a bulls eye. 

Ah well. Cest la vie (or whatever it is they say in France) I'll survive, although I may have difficulty in explaining how I came to miss my appointment to the receptionist. 

Some words I can't pronounce properly, but very few. Swallowing of pills like I said above, and a certain way of kissing, if you know what I mean    .

  Oh and let's not forget, I can't poke my tongue out at anyone   .

Glad to hear it Ron.  God bless!