Monday bloody Monday

Can I just start by saying I hate Mondays? Possibly the biggest waste of a day that I know of. Huddles, meetings, filtering through weekend email requests, and attempting to call people back...blah blah blah. It was my intention to start this blog much earlier and, for some reason, I hesitated. Perhaps it was because I already knew the next five months was going to be somewhat of a buzzkill, so why share that with anyone else? Well the answer is because I realize I am finally starting to feel the wonderful effects of the amazing prescription, Accutane. I figure rather than mope about it, blog about it. To anyone reading this, hopefully this forum will be a good resource for you. I can't make any promises that I will be an "avid updater", but I will do my best. Today starts my first full week of the prescription and while I don't feel absolutely horrible, I can tell my body is struggling to adjust. I don't know if it's a mental thing and I am subconciously making myself feel the symptoms (because I have been researching so damn much) or if it's because they truly exist? I really struggled with the idea of starting this prescription once it was given to me, even after begging Kaiser for it for so long. The more I read, the more paranoid I became. Then I decided that I would rather take something that will knock it out in five months as opposed to taking antibotics for the rest of my life, among other skin remedies. There is a lot of controversy behind the drug and while I do understand both sides, I also understand that I have longed to have clear skin since I was a teen and, hopefully, I am on the path to epithelium heaven!! So, today begins the start of the dry skin and majorly chapped lips. I've never been one to pile on the moisturizer but that is about to change. I also had a lovely friend visit me over the weekend...his name is dandruff. I call it a he because it's dirty and annoying. Now, I have never been one to suffer from that before so it's a bit hard to stomach. I guess as long as my hair is in tact, I really don't have room to bitch and moan. I went on the hunt to purchase some good facewash, body lotions, and facial moisturerizers this weekend. I hope they prove to be a good fit. If they dont, I am really going to be pissed off at Anita (some girl who's accutane blog I have been following closely.) As far as breakouts, I have had better days. I'm defenitely seeing more each day and while I dont welcome them with open arms, I know they will eventually go away. If you are lucky, I will post some pics soon. I have been meaning to get to that, too. Perhaps I should blog about procrastination.