Accutane.. day 6 (really, day 5)

Hello world.

it is 4:30am on Sunday. I have some things to report, but unfortunately for the last few days I had nothing. Thus, no update.

My skin seems to be getting "better" for lack of a better word (ha ha) however my body is definitely not liking the medicine. I have been throwing up every other day now, with nose bleeds and what i affectionately call raisin lips. Now as of today, my lips were getting so completely dried that my lip balm was clumping and my lip would begin to bleed (without me noticing, of course) and said clump/blood would then be stuck to my teeth. Which is very unfortunate for me.

I have found some great products at Lush yesterday, one is called grease lightening, it is a heavy duty spot treatment for nasty buggers and within hours the few pimples I put the stuff on were completely dried up and now have red bumps. Which, hopefully is a success. We will see.

After having a long day yesterday (coming home at 3-4am from wal-mart) I slept until 11-12 today went to the mall, and then fell asleep at 8 waking up at 12. So now my schedule is completely crazy.
Luckily, I can clean, do laundry, etc.
My face has not been any more/less dry than normal, but I wouldn't have expected any of that yet - not for another week or two. So we'll see I guess!

Today is the start of day six for me, I generally have yuckies in the morning, so if i do I won't be going to work today. We'll definitely see though.
I will possibly post tomorrow, maybe this will only go to once a week and have a better break down. I'm not sure yet. I doubt anyone reads this, but I enjoy having a time-line of everything that has been happening to me.

Casey

Day dos

Hello internet and probably non-realistic friends (except for folks that have asked to read.. :) )

It's definitely day two, and nothing is happening yet. I feel like I am getting back cramps, and joint pain but that may be due to the fact that I am overweight (which is a goal that I am working on diminishing this year..) and not because of the medicine.

I, while am also on this journey of medicine and being able to feel beautiful I have begun leaning towards more organic things in life. Like shampoos, make-up, food, etc. I feel like that will help me in the long run. I am also forcing myself to write in this every day as I never truly am able to stick to something. Whether its a hobby, or otherwise. Aside from school, but I pay for that so it doesn't count.

As a light side note, the blistering cold is not helping my chapped lips either. Again, I think its from the weather that this effect is happening on my lips and not the medicine.

Well, coming to you live from Wilmington at 1:33am and I am exhausted.

It's snowing :)

Casey

Accutane: day 1

Hello world.

Today I had my first dose of accutane.. the derivative I'm taking is called Claravis. Needless to say, aside from the already freezing weather (and chapped lips) I have yet to begin side effects. Now that I am actually taking the medicine I will be posting pictures, and daily posts about the trials and tribulations throughout my experience.

As of right this second, the only things that have had slight changes is my bath routine. Which, my dermatologist recommended I change from anti-bacterial body wash to a more moisturizing one - due to the severe drying effects of Vitamin A (which is essentially what the medicine is). I have decided that the doses will be during dinner (on my break at work) while after I come home is when I will most likely blog about it.
So far my hopes are high, as I have been waiting for a really long time about this and fixing my problems without surgery would be fantastic.