“So Pilled Up That I Rattle”
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86622)
United States
June 5, 2022 8:56pm CST
There, I said it. I’m all doped up.
Well, it’s all legal.
Tonight’s medication ingestion consisted of a couple of Tylenol, given that I’m still quite sore from falling off the bicycle yesterday. Nothing broken, thankfully (at least I don’t think so….if there is I’m in trouble, because I walked two miles today), just what you’d expect from an old lady losing an argument with gravity.
I also had to talk some Sudafed for my sinuses. The running joke in the Ohio Valley is that allergies are so bad here the meth makers try to turn the stuff back into Sudafed. 
Every time I have to take a bunch of medicine I think of that song the Clash covered on London Calling, “Revolution Rock.” There’s a line in the first verse that says, “I’m so pilled up that I rattle.” 
Thankfully, I don’t have to take a lot of pills on a regular basis. I’m doing well in that regard! 
Here’s the Clash song I referenced:
Every time I have to take a bunch of medicine I think of that song the Clash covered on London Calling, “Revolution Rock.” There’s a line in the first verse that says, “I’m so pilled up that I rattle.”
Thankfully, I don’t have to take a lot of pills on a regular basis. I’m doing well in that regard!
Here’s the Clash song I referenced:
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
6 Jun 22
My knee doctor prescribed me Paracetamol (Tylenol, twice a day). I told him thast that was for babies but he said that not in the dose that he would give it to me. I have to take 2 gr. a day. That and the physical therapy should help me if I had what he thought I had. I know (I don´t think) that I have arthrosis. And I know that there´s no cure for it. But the symptoms can be helped with these pills so let´s have them
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Jun 22
@FourWalls Are you taking a calcium supplement?
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
I have a lactose problem so all I can have is one small serving of yogurt. And some days, not even that.
@ihasaquestion (8273)
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6 Jun 22
@FourWalls I'm sorry to hear that you are not lactose tolerant.
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@wolfgirl569 (135663)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Jun 22
Hope you feel better soon. I have not figured out how we can have more padding now and bounce less than when we were younger 
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Yeah, you’d think with two hundred and too much pounds of flab it’d take a week for the pain the seep through to the pain receptors. Um….NO. (And thankfully I only weigh ONE hundred and too much now!)
(And thankfully I only weigh ONE hundred and too much now!)1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
6 Jun 22
So sorry about your accident! Take it easy for a bit.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Thank you. I think life is relegated to the stationary bike in the gym.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
6 Jun 22
@FourWalls Probably a good idea for now.
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@JudyEv (381953)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jun 22
@FourWalls My Dad used to take a lot of pills and Vince would sometimes shake his head but he takes just as many now.
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@Deepizzaguy (122103)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Jun 22
That is good to know that you are okay from your fall.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Thank you. Also good to know I shouldn’t try to ride a bike anymore.
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@Deepizzaguy (122103)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Jun 22
@FourWalls You are welcome.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Jun 22
Oh my gosh, you fell off a bike ! We've just started riding bikes again as a family - my son is a bit of a newbie and his bike is a bit too big - it gives me heart attack each time there is an "incident". Glad you didn't break anything - don't need that! Right - the least amount of pills the better!1 person likes this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Jun 22
@FourWalls Ohhhh, you went on those electric/hybrid bikes . . . I haven't tried that yet 
. Sudden stops 
. I think I will stick to those old fashioned regular bicycles .
I'm glad you are ok 
. I actually fell a couple weeks ago while shopping . . . out of nowhere I fell off a curb - not even tripping, just stepped down off the curb and tumbled 
.
. Sudden stops . I think I will stick to those old fashioned regular bicycles .
I'm glad you are ok . I actually fell a couple weeks ago while shopping . . . out of nowhere I fell off a curb - not even tripping, just stepped down off the curb and tumbled .1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
7 Jun 22
Yep. It’s been quite a long time since I’ve been on one, and the “sudden stopping” of those electric/hybrid bikes can really jolt you (not electrically, mind you ). Plus, it’s not a pleasant feeling to be going 11 MPH when that motor kicks in.
I’m fine, thanks. Walked two miles at the gym today, and NO FALLING!!!!!!!!
). Plus, it’s not a pleasant feeling to be going 11 MPH when that motor kicks in.
I’m fine, thanks. Walked two miles at the gym today, and NO FALLING!!!!!!!! 1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
When I do something like that my body has to beat it into my brain “No you’re NOT young anymore!!!!”
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
@rebelann — My grandmother had a sign hanging in her kitchen that said (written in a German accent), “We grow too soon oldt und too late schmart .”
And I learn something new every day: I didn’t know that was actually a song!
My grandmother had a sign hanging in her kitchen that said (written in a German accent), “We grow too soon oldt und too late schmart .”
And I learn something new every day: I didn’t know that was actually a song!
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
7 Jun 22
I hope you will feel okay soon Four Walls.
I remember that song and the Clash very well..was living in London back then.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
7 Jun 22
@FourWalls They were the boys beloved
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
7 Jun 22
When London was drowning and I lived by the river! Love that entire album.
Love that entire album.1 person likes this
@mom210 (9170)
• United States
7 Jun 22
i got a bike for Christmas this year. It has been 30 years since I have been on one, so I have been a bit reluctant to take it for a spin for this very reason. I am terrified i'll fall and break something. So there it sits, on my porch waiting for me.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
7 Jun 22
The ground isn’t as soft as it used to be, but I thankfully didn’t break anything.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
9 Jun 22
@mom210 — darn, why didn’t I think of that!!!!!
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@mom210 (9170)
• United States
9 Jun 22
@FourWalls perhaps, I could wrap myself in bubble wrap before my first ride
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@RasmaSandra (97978)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jun 22
Don't know this song but you reminded me of The Rolling Stones and Mother's Little Helper and that great line and if you take one more of those you'll get an overdose and since I usually do not need to take any medication if I do need an aspirin for a headache that song always comes to mind
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
7 Jun 22
Of course, “Mother’s Little Helper” has the perfect line, too: “what a drag it is getting old.”
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@LindaOHio (222320)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Yikes. Sorry to hear about the bicycle accident. I hope you feel better. I take about a dozen pills a day; so I must rattle too. Hubs takes even more!!! Have a good week.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Minimal harm, no foul, lesson learned. I take three daily, and one inhaler. I’m blessed. I have family members who have a medicine collection that looks like JJ’s album collection. 
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@LindaOHio (222320)
• United States
6 Jun 22
@FourWalls And when you were 20 you didn't even think about things like getting old and taking prescription medication. Except maybe for your inhaler.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
7 Jun 22
Oh, yes, it cured what ailed me. Well, it made it stop hurting for a while. 
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Jun 22
@FourWalls Sounds great. Pain is never good.
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
8 Jun 22
I have never heard that song but I hope the pills you have taken help you to feel better. Allergies here in GA are bad all year long. When I lived in CT I only had to deal with them in Spring and Fall.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
8 Jun 22
Ol’ hillbilly here likes punk, too. I know living in Georgia can be a sinusitis nightmare, but what a beautiful state!
@GardenGerty (169450)
• United States
7 Jun 22
I should not have mentioned falling off the bike. Sorry.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
7 Jun 22
I would like to think I’m perfectly capable of falling off a bike without you mentioning it.
@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Jun 22
Musta missed that... your fall. Using any linament?
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
Oh yes. I smell like a tube of Biofreeze.
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@FourWalls (86622)
• United States
6 Jun 22
One nasty bruise on my shin, but nothing else. I’m glad my doctor told me not to take a baby aspirin every day anymore, or I would be about 32 different shades of purple.
