Chip off the Cold Tuber
March is awareness month for bleeding disorders, multiple sclerosis, colorectal cancer, endometriosis, trisomy (a chromosomal condition), developmental disabilities, good nutrition and your kidneys, which really merit a pair of months.
Doc Talk
You have a doctor's prescription in hand. Maybe it's legible, but it's still indecipherable, filled with strange Latin-based abbreviations such as sx for signs or symptoms, dx for diagnosis, tx for treatment and hx for history. And that's before the doctor gets specific:
Ac (ante cibum): before meals
Bid (bis in die): twice a day
Gt (gutta): drop
Hs (hora somni): at bedtime
Od (oculus dexter): right eye
Os (oculus sinister): left eye
Pc (post cibum): after meals
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