Why Some People Eat Their Wheaties

I used to see a 40-ish year old man with severe dilated cardiomyopathy (here's a typical chest xray). His ejection fraction was all of 22% and consequently he felt exhausted and breathless most of the time.

He'd snorted methamphetamine during most of his young adulthood, which is what ultimately caused the cardiomyopathy.  I had a feeling he was still using, so I asked him if he'd relapsed recently.  At first he said no, but when I reminded him that meth is heart poison, he finally confessed:

"I feel so crappy every day, I sprinkle a little on my cereal," he said.  "Afterwards, I don't feel so tired."

Right.  This falls under the category of Really Bad Ideas.

Comments

[Slevi]

Sometimes it just makes you wonder where do people get ideas like this. "Mmm, the sugar is out, let's grab the meth!".

[Peggikaye]

Holy Wheaties batman!