a dose of gratitude

I've had a major health problem for the last year or so.  

Since we don't have medical insurance,
I avoided going to a doctor. 

I decided to try everything myself to see if 
I could fix the problem.  

Every now and then, the symptoms would subside, 

but it never went away completely.  

After a year of trying to deal with the problem myself,

I decided to see a doctor.  He prescribed me a drug.  

I HATE pills.  

I gag with the smallest of pills 

and this particular pill was huge and tasted awful.  

I stuck with the pills and luckily, they worked.  

I feel a ton better and I am so grateful that 

I realized I couldn't fix it myself. 

I am also grateful for the great minds out there 

who invented all the wonderful medicine.  

I don't promote medicine for every problem, 

but I am ever so grateful it fixed my problem.