The Know Your Dose website has a cute interactive game, a short video and an interactive label reader that explains each part of OTC and prescription labels. It's a great reminder that we should always read the entire label before we take something new! Or heck, if your memory's bad and you enjoy reading, read it every time. :)
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So just a brief personal update. It's been a month since my surgery and a month has made such a huge difference! I can walk without bending over, I don't have to take medicine every three hours, the glue on my stomach is almost gone, etc. Unfortunately my headaches and migraines are still the same old, same old. Since I met my insurance deductible from the surgery, I had glorious plans to finally try Botox and whatever else I could think of, but unfortunately my insurance renewed June 1 and now I'm starting all over. I cried when I found that out...it made me so angry! My deductible is $1,000 which isn't a *lot lot* but considering I have to pay for part of the surgery (a very small amount thank God), I can't go on a spending spree right now.
Plus, my one lonely ovary has been mourning the loss of my right ovary in the form of angry acne (on my face, not my ovary!), so I had to see a dermatologist and go on three different acne medications. That hasn't been fun but I'm trying to suck it up since at least the acne isn't causing me physical pain (except for the ones that form big bumps under the skin...ouch). Emotional pain on the other hand, oh my goodness.
By the way, happy National Migraine Awareness Month! Lots of bloggers are doing daily posts on various topics this month, so if you're looking for migraine information, now's a great time to read some blogs!
