I watched the rest of Love and Other Drugs. A new and different scene spoke to me today. Even though it’s not MS, there are similarities. I tried capturing it on my TV by turning it up really loud and recording it but I can’t control my hands that much anymore. It’s like that now.
The scene that spoke to me today was when Jamie spent the night at Maggie’s house and he is leaving and she tries opening the pop tart foil wrapper but she can’t. I really appreciate how Anne Hathaway portrays the loss of hand control!
I have thought of other scenes from this movie as I try to open my Adkins peanut butter cup wrapper. I have one every night before I brush my teeth when I take my pain pill because I will sleep the night without my compression socks. You have to eat ibuprofen with food so….
I really paid attention to that specific scene this time around and I cried because I was by myself because my Mom is getting her hair done. I looked through YouTube to find the specific scene I was looking for but it’s not there. I saw this short and it got me thinking, she was diagnosed at 26. I was diagnosed at 18. Neither situation is fair and this short made me cry because this is my real life:
Love and Other Drugs is on Hulu. It’s also available for free on YouTube with commercials. I don’t own this movie yet.