❅ Eleven (Text)

[stonebird]

I have a delicate matter I need to discuss with a lady; preferably one who comes from a modern era. (Since her era has been called "medieval" more than once. Surely humanity has progressed in this...?)

I thank you in advance for your time. I would also like to -

(This is more difficult.)

A great Elf has left us. He was very dear to me and I will miss him for the rest of my life.

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[stonebird]

My world lacks pain pills. I have tried hot baths, but the effect is temporary. I was relying on wine.

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[soldier_blade]

Unfortunately, most of the remedies are temporary.

There might be some of what's called 'midol' or 'ibuprofen' in the shops or clinic, or maybe advil. Just be very careful and only take one or two at a time if you find any-one of the same pill, not all at once.

Aside from that, all I can offer is to make a hot water bag. Find a rubber bag, or atleast one that's water and leak proof, fill it with hot water and just let it rest on your lower back. Same effect as a heating pad and works wonders-still temporary, unfortunately.

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[stonebird]

Advil has been suggested. I would feel better if I knew how it was made. (Medicine that isn't herbal or made from natural ingredients is strange to her.) Temporary is fine if it helps me through the worst of it. I do not want anything permanent as I do wish to be a mother one day.

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[soldier_blade]

Most pills of that sort of derived from plants, but they've been concentrated so much that only the more active ingredients are there. The active ingredient in aspirin comes from willow bark, it's just been isolated, concentrated and mixed with other things, but the idea is the same.

Maybe there's a form of tea, that should help-and unlike wine you don't need to worry about your behavior or getting sick afterwards.

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[stonebird]

So that is why Lord Maglor made me Willowbark tea! Yes, I would like to avoid looking foolish. A little wine can be relaxing now and then, but drinking too much at once will surely make me sick.

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[soldier_blade]

Most medicines are derived from plant essences in some for or another-this just ensures a controlled dosage without worrying about side effects.

To say nothing of hangovers.

[Sent a few minutes later.] would you like anything else?

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[stonebird]

I am impressed Maesters are able to develop pills of that caliber.

(Tell her about pharmaceutical companies.)

No, thank you kindly. If I can ever return the favor, just ask.

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[soldier_blade]

They don't, they just study and prescribe them based on the patients needs. The pills themselves are made by other people to set standards. I'm certain at one point, doctors...maesters...would make the pills themselves, but with no way to regulate or even be sure the doctor knew what they were doing, it would've been too easy for the pills to do more harm than good.

[Snake oil salesmen and the so called 'war on drugs'-all of which she'd grown up with to some extent.

Duly noted.

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[stonebird]

I can see your point. I have always trusted Maesters, but it does depend on where their loyalties lie.

(In King's Landing, she could have been poisoned. Joffrey's orders, of course, and that would have been perfectly horrifying.)

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[soldier_blade]

I think back at the time, it was the almighty dollar. Medical history isn't really my strong suit, but there are stories of so called 'snake-oil' salesmen selling quack medications simply as a way to make money.

[Don't get her started on prescriptions in the VA>

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[stonebird]

Becoming rich is the dream of many and if they lack morality, they have no trouble lying to achieve it. I wish I were surprised.

(But it's easy to see the faces she has come to know and loathe trying to convince ailing patients to buy their nonexistent cure.)

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[soldier_blade]

It's a common dream back home too. There are all sorts of scams set up where people think they're going to get rich quick, and only end up more broke than when they were at the start.

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[stonebird]

I say they have earned precisely what they deserve. Tricking others is a foul way to earn money.