Now Playing: quiet night house
Current Mood : Breathing easier...
Well, thanks to their website and the medical office, I got another thirty-day Advair inhaler. The manufacturer, Glaxo Smith-Kline, has a coupon for a free first prescription, and luckily, it worked. So this one was free, but the next one will be a bit over...are you ready for this ? $200. Yup. Two hundred bucks for thirty days. I'm hoping like anything I won't need another one. I swear, I'm gonna make the most expensive Barbie chair ever out of the empty purple devices.
While I shouldn't whine about a freebie, it also took forever to get the prescription from the office - the coupon required a written, signed script, not a phoned-in one, and my practitioner didn't come in until mid-afternoon - but only a few minutes to get it filled. Pharmacist took one look at me wheezing and pale, and not only filled it on the spot, she brought it to me, so I wouldn't even have to walk over for the consult. So, I've only had one dose, but it's already helping. I need to knock off the static over it already. Lotta people did all they could to help me.
While I had their website up, I did a bit of research. The dose I'm on, 100/50, is what's normally prescribed to kids. Seriously. Children as young as 4 can use this stuff, at the same dosage - there's two that're higher. So I'm glad the lowest is working for me. I wonder if the 500/50 or the 250/50 devices are even more expensive.
But really, that's about all I did today, after getting Dearest Son ready for school, waiting for the afternoon bus, and sleeping. I'm hoping I can sleep tonight. Asthma symptoms normally worsen at night, when the body naturally begins to slow down. Some nights, I can only sleep in short patches - and I end up napping half the day, when my breathing's better. Plus, there's the simple fact that when I'm asleep, I'm not miserable...
On the brighter side, Miz Velvet's using the litter box again. I have no idea why she decided Dearest's room was her new repository, but closing the door seems to have remedied the situation. She also appears to be in heat - she's extremely affectionate, and has been emitting a darn near toxic cloud of smell while being so. Her last effluvia could have felled a sequoia.
Dearest's desk and chair have been his latest delight. I dug out an old letter tray and a spinning pencil holder for him, and added the desk duster I got from Dollar Tree a few months ago. Depending of what I find this weekend, I may add a tape dispenser and other office accoutrements. It's been a while since I got to go hunting on Friday morning !
