The is a super-practical post! Pilling. And, no, I don’t mean those nasty little nubbly things that accumulate on our favourite sweater. I mean, the ingestion of pills, be those vitamins, prescriptions or the headache remedy you need from reading my book and suffering a spoonful of reality. Most of us take some form of pills, even occasionally, if not daily. As we age, even though we were sure, in our younger years, that we would never being dropping four or five Rx pills a day, no, no, not me! — we find that good mix of vitamins and supplements, plus prescriptions that keep us mobile, feeling relatively healthy and help digestion, etc.

In my case, I take a few supplements, a couple of vitamins (D3 is necessary here in the Northern Hemisphere in winter), and prescriptions to ward off hereditary potentials and treat the few minor issues I have in my sixties.

If you watch movies, you’ll know exactly how NOT to take pills, unless, of course, you ingest 10 of them one at a time. In every film I have ever seen where someone takes a small handful of pills (this includes illicit drugs), they toss them in their mouth, take a drink of water and tip their head back, then swallow. It’s a wonder they don’t choke to death as the pills shoot up their nasal passages. Why?

Guess what? Pills and tablets float. So, you should be leaning your face forward when you are taking pills; they will float to the back of your throat, and when you swallow, they get sucked in and down.

I hope some actors and directors read this before an actor drops dead on set from upside-downedness pill consumption. Now and then, I get all sensible and when I do, I’ll share. You’re welcome.