We Thought It Was Over

Just as the pills were consumed for the last time from the 10 year Harvard study last month, the celebration started and ended quickly. My husband received an envelope in the mail today. It was another very long questionnaire about his current health status. Luckily, there were no requests for blood draws. We are both hoping that this study was worth the effort and some important finding is publicized world wide. They did threaten to send questionnaires time and again. It's still all done by snail mail. I suppose if it started out that way it can't change mid stream. But a lot has happened in ten years. Even when you move, they track you down. There is no escape!

Here we go again, and again, and again....

It's Finally Over!

My husband has been in a Harvard study for the last ten years. I don't know what the results will show, but he has been taking boatloads of pills that have followed us from Milwaukee. He's had to go in for lab work, fill in questionnaires every so often, and bring the pills with him if we ever take a trip. Finally, the last pack of pills is consumed. I'm sure he will be contacted again. The only difference is now he really has prescription medicine he HAS to take, rather than the double blind who knows what pills he volunteered to take for ten years. Hopefully, someone will benefit from this minor inconvenience!

There used to be a lot more than these

All in the name of science

HARVARD STUDY

Upon retirement, my husband received a letter from Harvard requesting that he participate in a health study for cardiosvacular, cancer, and general health research. He has received boxes full of pills and placebos over the last 10 years. Every so often, the instructions indicated that he stop taking certain pills. Over the course of the study, he has completed numerous questionnaires and also had to get blood drawn. He finally received notice that the study was coming to an end in June. One of the biggest differences from then to now is that the information could probably all be done on line rather than by mail. But the pills and other stuff that needed to be sent would still need to be shipped by mail. It's really disappointing to see a package, only to find out it's just those pills again....hopefully, his participation has advanced medical science and some key finding was discovered. The most annoying thing was that I have real prescription medicine to take, and he had those "fake" pills to take. Somehow, it didn't seem the same.

I hope all this effort amounts to something