Talking about my knee brace got me thinking about how I really need to order Ben a new ankle brace.  When he had a motorcycle wreck a few years ago he messed up both ankles pretty badly.  Every year the right one gives him trouble both in the cold months and in the hottest months of the year, and wearing his ankle brace is really the one thing that helps the most.

He’s been complaining with his ankle hurting the past few weeks during this heat wave, but he hasn’t been able to wear his brace because he can’t find it.  I’ve searched high and low for it, but I think it’s time to break down and buy him a new one.  After checking out the aircast airsport I think that may be the one I get for him. His old one was from the hospital (and of course hospital priced), but I can’t afford another super expensive $100+ one. I’m thinking the Airsport may do the job, and for a much cheaper price! It looks almost identical to his old one, so it’s definitely worth giving it a try.

Ugh. We’ve got another stomach bug running through the house, and it seriously sucks. This is one of those times I can definitely say I don’t need any lipozene because I feel like I’ve lost 5lbs just this morning.  I’m going to knock out as much work as I can this morning while the little one is napping, and as soon as she wakes up I’m going to Lysol the bathroom, her bedroom, and everything in between.  We know we picked the bug up from one of her little friends who came over to play (without his Mommy telling us he had a stomach virus first), so it definitely won’t hurt to scrub her room down.

Luckily Ellie hasn’t picked it up yet.  She’s got an immune system like a brick, and lately it seems Ben and I are the only ones getting sick.  I definitely don’t mind that one bit because having a sick little one is definitely no fun!  Hopefully Mommy can recover enough by this afternoon to spend it outside playing in the sprinkler again.  I want us to enjoy every bit of this beautiful weather that we can before the nasty stormy stuff gets here this weekend.

This morning I was watching TV, and I saw a commercial that actually caught my attention.  It was one of those class action lawsuit commercials, and normally I would either mute the tv or change channels.  This time I was actually interested because it was about acne drugs, and I admit I’ve tried a lot of different acne products and prescription treatments to try to help me deal with my adult acne.  Nothing has worked for me as of yet, but it had me thinking about some of the things I have tried.

One thing I’ve never tried is accutane, and I don’t think I want to either.  I was reading over a list of accutane side effects, and as with most pharmaceuticals the list of side effects scared the crap out of me. I’m sure there are many people who take it without any side effects, but if a list of side effects scares me I’m not going to take it unless it is 100% absolutely necessary to save my life. 

I don’t really have to worry about that, though.  When reading over the list I also read the information about women being required to sign a pledge saying they’ll use birth control or abstain from sex because it can cause severe birth defects and miscarriages.  Well that puts me out right there.  I have a problem using birth control pills because they totally jack up my hormones and makes me all whack.  I’m not going the abstinence route either.  Yeah I could totally imagine what my husband would think about that!  We do use non hormonal birth control, but I do want to have another baby at some point in our near future.  I don’t mean I’m going to try to get pregnant right now, but when the time comes I don’t want to have to worry about what medications I’ve been taking, if I’ve waited long enough after stopping the meds, and all that crap.  I think I’ll just live with my acne and keep trying products that don’t have a list of side effects that scare the living daylights out of me!