Monday, September 15, 2008

The Joy That Is Me, A Health Update..

Not much to report since last time, except that I've had some "good" days. I'm definately feeling the effects of being off certain meds, though. We're still fighting the financial war to be able to afford some of these, unfortunately none of them are on the Wal-Mart $4 plan (cheaper at Wal-Mart, but still around $400 a month for everything I'm supposed to have.)

The worst part is it's time for fall allergies. You know, when we first moved to New Mexico I thought my allergies weren't that bad compared to Colorado and certainly a whole lot better than in Iowa. But then we moved out here onto the desert. There's this tiny yellow flower that grows on bushes. I hadn't noticed it before but it suddenly seems to be growing EVERYWHERE. As soon as these little things started popping out I have had THE WORST allergy attacks I've had since I moved away from corn country. I don 't know what this thing is, but I'm tempted to go buy a gas mask until they go away. (Or at least until we can afford Allegra - the only allergy medicine I'm allowed to take with all the other things I have to take.)

Have I ever showed you what I have to take every day? I'll take a picture sometime. In the mornings I take too many pills to count. Literally, it's a handful. I take another couple during the day, but then another, though smaller, handful at night. I wish I could say it was worth it, but at best on a scale from 1 to 5 it's only the difference between a 7 and an 8.