Now and then, most of us feel a bit under par, particularly if we haven’t had a good night’s sleep. Under what circumstances might you consider taking Ritalin to counter drowsiness?
John told his oncologist that the hospice nurse had suggested Ritalin to pep him up when he feels drowsy. Dr. Heyer said that under some circumstances, he’d approve, “but at the end I don’t. Ritalin can make you feel wired and for what?” he said. “At the end” were the doctor’s words. Are we at the end?!? A month or more ago, when John had started to feel good, I told him that his cancer didn’t always seem real to me, that sometimes I thought he might be OK. At the time we were standing together in the living room. John turned to me and said, in a very serious tone, “I am not getting well. I do feel much better but I am not getting well. You must understand that.”