Ouchies :-(

I had hoped that I'd be able to write about all the stuff I got done around the apartment yesterday. I had plans to go out to dinner and thought I'd come home and write about it as well as all the chores I managed to get done.

Instead I spent the night in the emergency room b/c my dog thinks he's a ram. I swear he's having an identity crisis. First he thinks he's a cat and now this.
Do you see a resemblance?

Well, he may not LOOK like a black faced ram but his head sure felt as hard as one when he excited charged at me and headbutted me in the face. Crazy little thing got so excited and I put my head down at just the right wrong moment. I would have bet $1,000,000.00 that it was broken. It's a good thing I didn't make that bet though b/c fortunately for me, it is not.

This does not mean that it does not hurt. To quote the doctor, "You got clocked in the face. Of course it hurts." He also said it'd take a few weeks to heal. Lucky me.
Combine this with the fibromyalgia and let's just say that it is going to be a struggle to keep up with the plan.

In the meantime it's like the worlds worst sinus headache and I do not plan on spending more time than needed in front of the computer. So please forgive me if I do not comment on your posts, I promise to read them all when I can.


Have you ever broken a bone?

Ridiculous? I think so.

Today was not as productive as I would have liked it to be. It was a lazy Sunday for the most part.

I did get some errands in though... an unplanned trip to Walmart thanks to my hubby being so sick that he actually went to the doctor for the first time in over 5 years, and needing immediate antibiotics.

We do not have insurance, but we make too much monthly to qualify for any sort of assistance program. (which is a joke, how people survive making what you need to make to qualify baffles me)
Anyway, because of this, I always call around to find the best price for any medication we need to get.
Usually we luck out and my meds are $4 at Walmart. Well, not this time. Apparently the generic form of Augmentin is not part of Walmart's $4 plan.

They charge $59.99 for 20 pills. WOAH. So I decide to call around...













Walgreens charges $84.99




















Rite Aid charges $95.00

FOR GENERIC.

Are you kidding me? It seems a bit ridiculous that medication is this expensive to begin with. The fact that some locations charge almost double what another location charges just blows my mind. I could almost understand if we were talking about small "Mom & Pop" type stores that don't order in large quantities, but these are huge major pharmacy companies.

I'm usually not one for government involvement but I really feel like it's time these companies had their prices regulated. The cost is high, but the fact that some places are charging almost double for the same "LIFE SAVING" products feels like robbery.

What's your take on the situation? Have you ever run into this issue? Do you have any ideas on how we can stop companies from doing this? I'd love to hear from you.