That's What Friends Are For

The other day as I was reading a poster on stroke and an African American female I did not know started to tell me about all of the woes that cause Black people to die early. First, she told me how most Black folk eat themselves to death and how many of her friends did not take their medications properly. Then she went on to say that she had several medical problems that required her to take pills many times a day. Her afternoon medications were a challenge for her because she could not remember to take them. She was also taking care of her elderly mother. When I asked her how she dealt with forgetting the afternoon medications, she answered that one of her best friends calls her every day around the same time and the first question she asks is “Did you take your medication this afternoon?” The woman said her friend was someone she can depend on. I said, “Hey, that's what good friends are for!” I am Dr. Thaddeus John Bell--- Closing the Gap in the Health Care.



Bell Update Volume 2, Chapter 29
Copyright July 2007