Damn Skin!

I should be working on my extra long government packet right now but I am choosing to write to you instead. Today was such a bummer. This morning I left school at 9:30 to go to the dermatologist to see if she could give me a steroid to get my acne to go down quickly before Christmas, awesome right? Wrong.

So I get to the office at precisely 10:00, man I am punctual, and I wait in the lobby for about five minutes. Then I get into the doctor office, or little room, whatever you want to call it, and this lady starts reading my chart(I am certain she doesn't even know what she was looking at, she seemed a little loopy). Then, she scribbles down some mumbo-jumbo and says, "The doctor will be with you shortly."

So I sit patiently and she walks in, we have a little chat because I haven't been there for a while, thankfully. After our quick talk, she just gives me this look like, "I know exactly why you are here." I completely replied the look. So I tell her that I have been using some topical medicine and it is not going down very easily. And before I tell you her response, I need to give you a quick background story:

My family's skin sucks, like it sucks, you don't understand. I think about every single person on my Mom's side has been on Acutane. For those of you oblivious, Acutane is a freaking powerful acne medicine. It dries you out as much as the Sahara Desert, in no way am I kidding, Chap-Stick becomes your best friend. Back to the story, so I have struggled with bad acne since about halfway through Sophomore year. I tried Clearisil, Proactiv, everything, and nothing helped, so at the end of sophomore year I started Acutane. I started it thinking I'd be good by Christmas '06, ohhh no! That is when it really started to get bad. I would go into the doctor every month with no improvement. Every couple visits she would up my dosage, and eventually I was taking 80 mg a day(average is probably 40 mg). Most people are on this hell-drug for at most 6 months(I think that is how long Austin was on it for), and I was on it for almost a year and a half. From May of sophomore year to August going into senior year, it was like going to hell and back. But it was worth it because I had clear skin and I was done. Back to my doc-visit:

I ask her what she thinks I should try. And she replies(very reluctantly, mind you),
"I..... think, uh..., the best bet would be to get you back on Acutane."

What?!?!

After what I went through for the past year and a half, you want me to try it again? She asked me if I would like to try some antibiotics, but she sounded like she had about zero faith in it, especially how stubborn my skin was to the Acutane.

So all in all, I am reluctantly back on Acutane, and for the record, I am not happy about it what-so-ever. Hopefully tomorrow is better, it should be:
Late start
ASB
X-Mas shopping con Mary
Christmas Party at swim
Comedy Sportz

Can't wait.

Thanks for caring,
Hasta la bye-bye.