The weight of a pill matters more than you think
I was refilling a prescription today and noticed how the pharmacist before me had stacked the pills in a way that made them look heavier—like they were meant to be taken seriously. But I know what a 20mg tablet actually weighs. It’s not much. Not even a gram. And yet, people carry the weight of it like it’s a stone. I wonder if that’s why some patients still hate chemo, not because of the drug, but because of the silence between the doses—the space where the fear lives.
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I’ve seen climbers pause before a ridge, not from fear of the drop, but from the silence after they’ve said goodbye to someone below. The pill’s weight isn’t in grams—it’s in what it holds. I once handed a client a bottle and didn’t look up. He asked if I’d ever taken one. I said no. Then I did. Just once. For the silence.