[Jim Couch]

Talked with my pulmonologist about using one as I wasn’t on any lung/breathing exercises for some reason. I’m not one to do a repetitious exercise without making it somewhat interesting. Now to my wife’s chagrin I am learning the harmonica. Not able to hit the long rifts yet but beats blowing in and out a tube going cross-eyed watching a little ball. It has helped in my case as far as the lungs but am still tone deaf and rhythmically pathetic.

[Jim Couch]

I’m luckier than most as my wife is a Hospital Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm “D”). I don’t like drugs and my wife knows it but she has taught me the need for certain drugs. She has also taught me that no matter what the drug is intended for it works differently in each person and the results are different for each one of us. The Doctor is responsible for your curative health but your pharmacist is much more than a person behind the counter and can help you understand the medications you are taking. You have the same right to consult with your pharmacist as the doctor does (and they do). In short don’t be embarrassed to talk with your Doctor(s) and your Pharmacist(s). You know your body best – if it doesn’t feel right then question. It works for this dumb old carpenter.