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Does It Matter if You Die at 87 or at 88?

Odd question, isn’t it?

Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence
3 min readApr 28, 2024

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A weekly pill box on an empty table in a dimly lit room, designed to evoke a sense of quiet solitude and reflection.
AI image by ChatGPT from my prompt

My wife and I were talking about Tramadol, an opioid she takes for arthritis and nerve pain. For the past few months, she has been trying to taper her pills from three a day to two, starting with taking three only every other day and then cutting that to every third day.

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Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence

Retired Unix Consultant. I write tech and humor mostly but sometimes other things. See my Lists if your interests are specific.