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[LabGirl81]

Well....generic 'tane...Actually Amnesteem (it only costs me a 10$ copay)..

So tonight was my last night at the gym before I start my course. I went before I picked up my precription. It was kinda depressing. For those of you who don't know, I powerlift. Yes 4'11" tall, 106lb Labgirl is a powerlifter. I've been lifting for almost 9 years. I've won trophies for it (seriously....no joke).

I decided that while on isotretinoin, it's not a very good idea to support more than twice my own body weight with my little tiny back....so there will be no powerlifting during my course........

Tonight (since I won't be doing it for a while) I maxed out higher then I ever have before.......

Squat: 245lbs
Bench: 125lbs

It wasn't a competition....(I haven't been to one in years), so there will be no trophy. This doesn't mean I'll stop working out.....I'll go way lighter on the weights. I have a class that uses lower weights and higher reps....but it's still a great workout....and I'll cut the intensity of my cardio down a bit too..........

Before the gym I dropped off my prescription, and did a little shopping. I got some eyedrops (Refresh Liquigel) and some saline nose spray. I also picked up a big bottle of Curel Lotion (can't beat those cationic emulsifiers....nice and acidic and mild), a little jar of my favorite Olay Cream, and an SPF 15 Olay Lotion, and a bottle of Cetaphil for when Dan's cleanser is a bit too harsh. I also grabbed a tube of Aquaphor. And I got a new toothpaste called Biotene (for dry mouths) and the accompanying mouthwash.

My mouth has always been a problem. My mouth is overly sensitive to irritants, and I've never been able to use a normal toothpaste containing sodium lauyl sulfate. I break out in canker sores.....and not just one or two......more like 10-20.....It was the great mystery of my childhood until I discovered Rembrant's Toothpaste for Canker Sore Sufferers (made without SLS)....I hope my super sensitive oral muscosa isn't going to be much of an during my course......

So picking up my prescription was interesting. The pharmacy was about to close and I was waiting for the pharmacist, and a man behind me says "Pick up for -----." My heart skipped a beat and plummeted into my stomach It was stalker boy......standing right behind me, at my pharmacy........as I'm waiting to get my Amnesteem.....

It's not the first encounter since the baseball bat incident (which he has a lovely keloiding scar to show for), there have been two others recently. Again we didn't speak, but there was that creepy look......and the fact that he didn't have to go to that pharmacy.....it's like 10 minutes from his house....there are a few that are closer.......


It was so ironic. Him standing there (probably waiting for psych meds) as I'm holding the box of Amnesteem in my hand.....the Amnesteem that I've waited six months for. I wouldn't have needed it at all in the first if it weren't for him.......the shit he put me through is why I have acne.......without him I'd be still raving about how great Proactiv is...........

Even though I had to see him again.....I will sleep like a fucking baby tonight......I'm taking my first pill in the morning with two tablespoons of Udo's choice oil blend (28g of fat), plus a fish oil suplement and a breakfast of scrambled eggs (one yolk and 2 whites), and avacado slices with tomato dressed with salt and lime juice.....

[Tanya826]

Hey Labgirl! I've read about some of your struggles with getting accutane - you must be so happy to finally be starting the 'tane journey! Good luck to you!

Tanya

[willow569]

Good luck Labgirl! Glad to hear you are finally officially starting!

[Jen121]

Yayyyyyyyyyy! You have a log now that I can comment on!

I am so happy for you to get accutane!!! I am coming off mine and your beginning the journey... I just hope I can help you as much as youve helped me

I cant believe stalker boy was there! AMAZING how ironic things are... im sure that he was picking up his crazy pills (thank god)!

Your on the way to clear skin! Whooo hooo! Hawt tayyyy!

[kanmi]

Your breakfast sounded so delicious.




I mean GOOD LUCK!

[LionQueen]

Why is he not in jail?????? I cannot believe they let a psycho stalker like that out on bail .....

Congrats on starting Amnesteem.

[JR86]

YAYY!! your finally starting Accutane! keep us posted on how it goes.

[beentheredonethat]

Good luck Labgirl!

[nick_04]

Good luck!

[LabGirl81]

Day 1:

So I took my pill around 6:45am, with two tablespoons of Udo's. Then I had breakfast (yes kanmi, it was delicious.....it may just be my new favortite breakfast .....last month's was friut smoothies, with yogurt). I added some OJ mixed with psyllium husk, since it wasn't rich in fiber........

It's way too soon to feel anything yet I guess.....my face is still a bumpy oil slick and my lips are no different then usual........I did just feel a weird pain in my knee.......but that's most likely from my antics at the gym last night.......and a total coincidence......

I feel no different.......

[LabGirl81]

Day 1 (cont'd):
My knee was bothering me last night. It eventually stopped by itself,and I still think it's just a coincidence, and more related to the ohter night at the gym. I fell asleep at the fiance's house last night, and I was sweating way more then I usually do.........when I woke up he wasked me why I was so hot and sweaty, and asked why my face was so shiny......I had pools of sebum around the sides of my nose, and my face was a total oil slick.........I drove home arounf midnight and went to bed.....

Day 2:
Took my second pill this moring before work......knee pain is gone and not much is going on with my skin. My redmarks are a little redder, and my face is still bumpy and greasy......

[suninmymouth]

I was delighted to hear you are finally on the accutane journey, I am aware you've had much too hard a time trying to get it, good ole ridiculous Ipledge and such...thank god we dont have that Ipledge over here..its one less thing to worry about.
glad to hear its Amnesteen and wont cost you such a fortune...

It seems you are well prepared with products and know just how to look after yourself over the next few months, thats good..

well just to say I wish you the very best of luck, and I'll be in and out checking your progress..

[LabGirl81]

Day 3:

So the skin on my face isn't really doing anything yet. It's not dry, if anything it's still really oily. I can tell the drug is doing something though. The skin on my body is becomming very fragile, although it's not dry yet. I have a bunch of cuts on my hands......and today I cut my finger open at the nuckle on the reel of a fishing pole, as I was taking the line in (which had a rounded blut edge). I was also "injured" down below from having sex Friday night....sorry if it's TMI, but it concerns me a little........the skin there is apparently getting fragile too.......


My lips are looking a little pinker, but aren't dry yet.......

I went fishing today and was on a boat from 7:00am to 2:30pm.......I wore SPF 30, and tried to stay covered up....I didn't burn anywhere except for my scalp (OUCH)......I caught a few bluefish, and one huge one, enough fish to last me all month......good thing it freezes well......It's nice and fatty like salmon, so I guess I don't need a fish oil supplement everyday....I'll be getting a lot of Omega-3's from my new bluefish recipies........

So far so good I guess.....

[LabGirl81]

Days 4 and 5:

Well I have nothing new popping up and everything that was there is gone. I have a bunch of redmarks from old acne, which faded a while ago.....and I can see a whole bunch of shallow scarring that I didn't know I had.........my face is still really oily, and my lips aren't the least bit dry........

I am a bit achey....and I have had a little joint pain......but nothing major....yesterday I have an annoying dull headache all day.......but other than that I'm tolerating it well.....

My father saw me last night and commented on how great my skin is looking compared to how bad it's been.....he said..."you were right that stuff does work......why aren't you a doctor yet???".....

It's cool that I'm clearing so quickly, but I have a feeling it won't be this easy......I do have a bunch of whiteheads everywhere......but thy are so tiny I can't even see them....I can only feel them....

[CharlesInCharge]

Do you think you're going through the IB?

And have you taken Tane before?

Anyway... best of luck

[LabGirl81]

Never done 'tane before.......I'm a first-timer.....

I'm not sure weather ot not I'll even get an IB. I'm kind of hoping for one, just because I want a reason for my derm to give me 40mg instead of 20mg, but so far so far it's nothing compared to how my skin was last month. I have the attack of the killer whiteheads, which was how my acne got right before all hell broke loose, so maybe it's coming, but then again....sometimes these things just go away on their own without much of a fight........this is the first time I've had them return since I started my birth control pill last month....ovulation would wreak havoc on my skin.......first the whiteheads would come out to play....then a week or two later.....they cysts would come......

[Jen121]

Isn't it funny how you miraculously clear right before going on accutane? Well maybe the YAZ is kicking in too.. but its a good thing because you dont want that yucky IB trust me. Hopefully he gives you 40mg for next month! But you never know... that cute doc may want more time with you haha

Thanks for the reassurance earlier! Keep up the pill popping!

[LabGirl81]

Day 6:

Monday night was my first workout since starting tane. I reduced th weight a little bit during my class and took it easy on the eliptical.....I felt fine yesterday for the most part. I had to go to NYC for a confrence/trade show, and I walked a good distance, in kitten heels............I noticed that after a while I felt like I had chin splints.......it kinda sucked....I cooked a really yummy dinner when I got home........

I noticed that my lips are getting dry, and my scalp itches like crazy......and something is going on with my face.....my naso-labial junctions are really itchy and so is my forehead.......my skin is still really oily, but my cheeks are becomming less oily......

My initial breakout is beginning.....I have three new papules/pustules, and possibly two oncoming cysts......the new acne I'm getting is really painful.......

[CharlesInCharge]

The dreaded IB!!! Be strong you power-lifter you!

[paladinclub]

Hey Labgirl,

Wow you're doing 80mg/day! Good luck with it ! I'll be following your progress as you started roundabout the same time as me(3 days earlier (A)).

All the Best!!:D