Acne, you again?

A couple of days ago, my mom caught the flu and she was so sick. She actually took 2 days off of work and she rarely ever does that. And I was boasting about how my immune has taken some good form over the last year because of eating moderately healthy. Usually, I get sick 4 or more times a year because of asthma and seasonal allergies. So far, not the case. But once you boast about something, God watches you and laughs at you when you're living your moment.

A couple of days later, God decides to teach you a lesson and haunts you with a wisdom tooth infection. And just to get a good laugh out of it, he also gives you every kind of pain you can imagine in your bloody mouth extending all the way down to your throat.

I woke up late this morning, feeling bleh. I tried to pump myself up by dancing for an hour. It kind of helped but I couldn't distract myself enough from the pain. Then I decided to brush my teeth again with an alcohol-free toothpaste. I made myself a protein shake and started watching Hot in Cleveland. It's a funny show that I am recently addicted to watching. Get this - I am down 2 seasons in 3 days. And today I got through 9 episodes of the 3rd season.

I waited until mom was home and then we went to the doctor's. I didn't go to a dentist on purpose. Remember my lock jaw episode n 2011? I've been dreading dentists since then. And frankly, my mouth was in so much pain, I didn't think I could even open it long enough for them to inspect.

I needed a new asthma inhaler because I ran out of my previous one. Also, I never really went through with my acne medication. Well, my acne never really disappeared because I didn't follow through with the medication. I only took it for a month before the engagement and discontinued it right after. I am so stupid. If I had continued it for the months prescribed, my face would be nice and clear by now.

So anyway, I went to the pharmacy to get a refill on the gel/cream. My prescription said I am allowed 10 refills. I still had 9 outstanding refills as I only used one tube! The guy tells me, I am not covered under their insurance anymore and I cannot get my hands on the medication. So, I thought.. big deal. I'll just purchase it. And he says, 'Your total is $263."

I am sorry? You mean 26 dollars and 30 cents? No. He apparently meant TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DOLLARS.

My hands were searching my wallet in my purse and they just froze in place. Um, I am happy with the acne. Thank you. Someone told me to go get ProActive from the mall. I am gonna call my insurance company tomorrow and find out if they could do that. Because I have the prescription from June 2013. And I was supposed to get 10 refills. After my birthday in October, I wasn't covered any more. I shall see what they say.

I was finally proud of myself for following through with my resolutions - sleeping on time, taking care of my skin etc. Since the first day of January, there hasn't been a single day when I slept with make up on. I have this nightly skin-care routine where I remove all my makeup, wash my face with my cleanser, pat it dry, wait a couple of minutes, and then apply my acne medication, moisturize my lips with a lip balm and THEN go to sleep. So far, it had been working great for me except I had run out of the cream. Oh well.

So, I came back from the doctor's and had tomato soup because I couldn't eat anything. And that's the end of my day. I hope you guys had a better day =)

PS: If I already haven't mentioned, check out my 2014 HEALTH BLOG here!