1
Legos vanished now,
Plastic pieces disappeared,
The dog will vomit
2
Money gone like air,
From our battered pocketbooks,
Our net worth shrivels
3
Diapers are like gold
As I drop them in the cart
Grocery bill expands
4
Sharpies are Satan
In the hands of toddler girls
The walls her canvas
5
Teen years loom like clouds,
Ethan’s future rushing in,
Hormones and drama
6
9 year olds are loud
Boisterous shouts and yells and cries
They have one volume
7
TV beckons me,
Shows and pretty people there,
Cable, drug of choice.
8
Alarm clock screaming
Piercing morning’s peaceful sleep,
Why so early, work?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The News: 6/16
From the Colbert Report:
Tonight! Was the Iranian election rigged? 120% say yes...
and...
There's no sense in beating a dead horse...unless it's one of those zombie horses, you can't beat them enough...
Tonight! Was the Iranian election rigged? 120% say yes...
and...
There's no sense in beating a dead horse...unless it's one of those zombie horses, you can't beat them enough...
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Unraveling
It's Saturday, 10:41 pm. For a while, it felt like our lives were unraveling at the seams.
Attempting to get all 3 kids to bed, my wife and I send the boys upstairs to get their pajamas on and teeth brushed, while Gillian, at age 2, seems to have more energy at 9:30 at night than she's had all day.
Not that she hasn't been keyed up for a while now. But somehow, she's even louder and MORE energetic now that we're trying to get her to calm down.
Isaac, meanwhile, has been in his own little Isaac world, laughing at what Gillian is doing, content to ignore us while we try to get him to brush his teeth. "But I can't," he's been telling us. "I just...I had one of those -- I ate..." He' s trying, unsuccessfully to tell us he can't brush his teeth because he just had a chocolate no-bake cookie...though I'm not exactly sure WHY this would matter. (Isn't that the point of brushing your teeth, I'm thinking to myself?)
Finally, he's upstairs to get his pajamas on, though he decides to wait on the teeth brushing. Fine, we decide. One battle at a time. Lissa and I try to get Gillian to lay down on the floor so we can get a diaper on her and get her pajamas on (which Isaac eventually brings to us) but instead Gillian has taken an interest in canned goods, and she spends five minutes bringing me cans from the pantry. First, it's garbanzo beans and noodle soup, then, these 2 go back and she returns with more beans and something else...
Unraveling, our world is. At the seams.
Then we finally have Gillian under control at the couch. I'm slipping her pj shirt on her, but that's left Isaac with just enough independence to figure out a NEW way to add some stress to our lives and he's on to bigger and better things; a pink, rubber finger puppet comes out, and he begins the task of distracting his sister -- while I'm trying to dress her -- by hiding behind the half-wall next to the stairs and popping his hand over the rail, which his sister thinks of as high comedy.
"Watch this," Isaac says, as he crouches down behind the stair rail for Act II. And the rubber finger puppet pops up again.
Ethan meanwhile has finished getting ready for bed and is upstairs reading, so score ONE for mom and dad at least. But we've found Gillian has just now picked up a new phrase from Isaac. As we're trying to finish dressing her, she's doing interpretive dance in the living room and kitchen, jumping around in circles and repeating one phrase over and over:
"Watch this."
No thanks.
It doesn't end. Isaac and Ethan are finally in bed (I think) and with pj's on, Gillian makes the 'hug and kiss' rounds one last time to everyone in the house, first mom, then Ethan, and Isaac, and last of all, me, and I put her in bed and pull the covers up. But as I walk out of the boys' room, I catch Isaac trying a new experiment; he's trying to turn the light switch off with his tongue.
I'm not kidding.
Unraveling.
At the seams.
And this 35 minute routine is what we affectionately call 'growing up Stroddy.'
Attempting to get all 3 kids to bed, my wife and I send the boys upstairs to get their pajamas on and teeth brushed, while Gillian, at age 2, seems to have more energy at 9:30 at night than she's had all day.
Not that she hasn't been keyed up for a while now. But somehow, she's even louder and MORE energetic now that we're trying to get her to calm down.
Isaac, meanwhile, has been in his own little Isaac world, laughing at what Gillian is doing, content to ignore us while we try to get him to brush his teeth. "But I can't," he's been telling us. "I just...I had one of those -- I ate..." He' s trying, unsuccessfully to tell us he can't brush his teeth because he just had a chocolate no-bake cookie...though I'm not exactly sure WHY this would matter. (Isn't that the point of brushing your teeth, I'm thinking to myself?)
Finally, he's upstairs to get his pajamas on, though he decides to wait on the teeth brushing. Fine, we decide. One battle at a time. Lissa and I try to get Gillian to lay down on the floor so we can get a diaper on her and get her pajamas on (which Isaac eventually brings to us) but instead Gillian has taken an interest in canned goods, and she spends five minutes bringing me cans from the pantry. First, it's garbanzo beans and noodle soup, then, these 2 go back and she returns with more beans and something else...
Unraveling, our world is. At the seams.
Then we finally have Gillian under control at the couch. I'm slipping her pj shirt on her, but that's left Isaac with just enough independence to figure out a NEW way to add some stress to our lives and he's on to bigger and better things; a pink, rubber finger puppet comes out, and he begins the task of distracting his sister -- while I'm trying to dress her -- by hiding behind the half-wall next to the stairs and popping his hand over the rail, which his sister thinks of as high comedy.
"Watch this," Isaac says, as he crouches down behind the stair rail for Act II. And the rubber finger puppet pops up again.
Ethan meanwhile has finished getting ready for bed and is upstairs reading, so score ONE for mom and dad at least. But we've found Gillian has just now picked up a new phrase from Isaac. As we're trying to finish dressing her, she's doing interpretive dance in the living room and kitchen, jumping around in circles and repeating one phrase over and over:
"Watch this."
No thanks.
It doesn't end. Isaac and Ethan are finally in bed (I think) and with pj's on, Gillian makes the 'hug and kiss' rounds one last time to everyone in the house, first mom, then Ethan, and Isaac, and last of all, me, and I put her in bed and pull the covers up. But as I walk out of the boys' room, I catch Isaac trying a new experiment; he's trying to turn the light switch off with his tongue.
I'm not kidding.
Unraveling.
At the seams.
And this 35 minute routine is what we affectionately call 'growing up Stroddy.'
Monday, June 8, 2009
Spoken by Stephen Colbert
From the Commencement Address at Knox College: "I have two last pieces of advice. First, being pre-approved for a credit card does not mean you have to apply for it. And lastly, the best career advice I can give you is to get your own TV show. It pays well, the hours are good, and you are famous. And eventually some very nice people will give you a doctorate in fine arts for doing jack squat."
Regarding Al Gore and New Orleans: "Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president. ... This past weekend, Al Gore's movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' earned more per screen than any film in the country. ... I dare say Gore's movie is the highest grossing PowerPoint presentation in history. ... Global warming: Can we live with it? ... It is time we did something, namely resign ourselves to doing nothing [on screen: Follow Congress' Lead]. ... For instance, when sea levels rise, we'll just build levees [on screen: Worked for New Orleans]"
At the White House Correspondents' Dinner: "To sit here at the same table with my hero, George W. Bush...I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You now what, I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough...Somebody shoot me in the face."
Also At the Correspondents' Dinner: "I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to America she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world."
On the Middle East: "I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."
On Tom DeLay: "I'm going to miss him, too. Another classy move from a classy guy. The man who stood tall even as his staffers dropped like laundered nickels from an Indian casino slot machine. ... He's doing it right folks -- going out at the top of his game in the middle of a criminal investigation."
On Funding NASA: "There's a more important reason to keep NASA's programs going strong ... to achieve that greatest of discoveries, the thing we as human beings need most: space oil."
On Liberals: "And don't think you're off the hook, voters, you're the ones who made this bed. Now you're the ones who are going to have to move over so a gay couple can sleep in it. Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones, created in a stem-cell research lab run by homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags. Where tax-and-spend Democrats take all your hard-earned money and use it to buy electric cars for National Public Radio, and teach evolution to illegal immigrants. Oh, and everybody's high! You know what, I've had it! You people don't deserve a Republican majority! I quit!"
Regarding Al Gore and New Orleans: "Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president. ... This past weekend, Al Gore's movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' earned more per screen than any film in the country. ... I dare say Gore's movie is the highest grossing PowerPoint presentation in history. ... Global warming: Can we live with it? ... It is time we did something, namely resign ourselves to doing nothing [on screen: Follow Congress' Lead]. ... For instance, when sea levels rise, we'll just build levees [on screen: Worked for New Orleans]"
At the White House Correspondents' Dinner: "To sit here at the same table with my hero, George W. Bush...I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You now what, I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough...Somebody shoot me in the face."
Also At the Correspondents' Dinner: "I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to America she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world."
On the Middle East: "I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."
On Tom DeLay: "I'm going to miss him, too. Another classy move from a classy guy. The man who stood tall even as his staffers dropped like laundered nickels from an Indian casino slot machine. ... He's doing it right folks -- going out at the top of his game in the middle of a criminal investigation."
On Funding NASA: "There's a more important reason to keep NASA's programs going strong ... to achieve that greatest of discoveries, the thing we as human beings need most: space oil."
On Liberals: "And don't think you're off the hook, voters, you're the ones who made this bed. Now you're the ones who are going to have to move over so a gay couple can sleep in it. Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones, created in a stem-cell research lab run by homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags. Where tax-and-spend Democrats take all your hard-earned money and use it to buy electric cars for National Public Radio, and teach evolution to illegal immigrants. Oh, and everybody's high! You know what, I've had it! You people don't deserve a Republican majority! I quit!"
From Isaac's 2nd Grade Journal
9-8-08 Let me tell you about my family. Last night my dad got stung by lot's of bees. Ethan is in middel school. Gillian staer's at me sometime's. My mom might teach me to tie my shoes again.
(no date) This weekend was cool! I got new shoes on Friday. I know I will be super fast. I might even win a race. I love my shoes very much. That was super duper cool!
9-14-08 This weekend was the best! I learned how to ride a 2-weeler. I was very happy. I wish I could ride one forever. I love my bike very much.
10-20-08 This weekend was great. But yesterday I tripped off my bike. My bike bumped on some rocks. Then there was rocks that made my bike trip. Simon came running over to me. He helped me stand up so I can walk to his house. I left my bike in the dirtpile. His mom put a band-aid on my hand. I felt better. Today my mark still hurts. Good thing I got my bike!
10-27-08 This weekend was fun! On Saturday I went to a Halloween party. It was a great party! On Sunday I went to church because I got to sing on-stage. That was when I was not supposed to be silly. I should have --
(no date) This weekend was fun! I was supposed to sing in Jackson Quire. My mom and dad were there from the Couples Getaway. My grandma and grandpa thought me and Ethan did great, but that had to --
11-10-08 This weekend was outstanding! Because I played with Simon and Sheldon on there Wii Saturday and Sunday. I just can't wait for Thanksgiving. That is when my cusins come again.
11-17-08 This weekend was brilliant! Friday was Caleb day! Me and him had a great time! His dad gave me a new hat and a new water bottel with a belt! My baby-sitter was waiting for me. Then my nanna picked me and Ethan up to her house. We spent the night at her house.
11-24-08 This weekend was fun! Me, Ethan, and Grandpa went to the target palace. We saw it was closed. But men were shooting there. I didnt know why. Then we went in the office. A man let him read a paper. After that, he said we might be in trouble. So we went to his house and did shooting.
12-15-08 This weekend was great! I went to Aunt Pam and Uncle Chucks house to have dinner. I had a turkey and cheese sandwich. Then everyone sat down on the couch to watch cartoons. Then we got off and Aunt Pam made the couch to a bed. Ellie was not on the bed. At 11:00 or 11:30 my parents picked me up. That was the best night ever!
1-5-09 The Christmas was great this year! First, we did a concert at the Free Methodist Church. Then, we went to Grand Rapids for my Grandma and Grandpa house. That is where we celabrate Christmas. On December 27th, it was time to go home. But that is not all. On New Years Eve, the Ar --
1-12-09 This weekend was great. On Sunday, I started my first day of Wii Fit. My Dad alredey set the Balence Board up. There is good news and bad news. The good news is I love to exersise because this makes yourself healthy. That bad news is some moves are hard for me. It should make a diffrenc, but it is hard to tell.
1-20-09 This was a great weekend! I had a fun time on a good break. Now I have a file on Wii Fit. Their are four Training Exerciese Subjects. They are Yoga, Streighnth Training, Abercobs and Balence Games. Their is a Body test also. Then, you have to try to --
1-26-09 This weekend was great! Yesterday there was a party. A birthday party for my friend Sheldon. It was for his stuffed pig. It was exiting because everyone (plus me) had pizza for dinner and treats for dessert. Piggy had a king throne because it was his birthday and he is the king.
2-9-09 This weekend was great! On Saturday I went to my grandma and grandpa's house. It was fun because my cousins Nathan and Ryan came there also. I had a great dinner because part of it was my favorite meat. All I did was I put the fork on the meat like always. Then I lifted the fork with the meat and I ate it all up like a carnivoire. On Sunday it was a --
2-12-09 This weekend was horrible. When I play with my 2-block-away neighbor friends, I don't know why they always are bossing me. And why am I the only one that's thinks I am the worst at science? And why do I master only two subjects at school? And I always think I get no ranks on my report card. I know this is my worst day ever.
2-23-09 This weekend was awsome! I can't wait for Kris's party today. And Josh is so lucky. I wish I could go to Washington. Mabey I could go to Ten(nessee) on Summer break. But I just can not get my mind off Japan or France. In France, I would love to climb the Effle Tower. I never spoke Chiniese before. That will be my wish Then I can teach you guys. It would be a dream come true, I tell you! Or I could got to Africa. I would be able to reserch the animals. But it might be too dagoures!
3-9-09 This weekend was great! On Sunday I did nusury again. This time there wasn't a lot of babies like there was though. But tonight, I am doing a sleepover! I am sleeping at my uncle Lee and aunt Kris's house but I forget where my mom, dad, brother, and sister are going to. On Friday I went to Caleb's house. It was awsome. Well, I hope Caleb's dad is safe right now. He showed me a badge he will show us when he gets back from Afganistan.
3-23-09 This weekend was great! Although we lost all our games at basketball, I did not care. Right? Right. Because basketball does not matter if you win or not. It may be about your teamwork that your team does to do their best. Or your good progress for your health. But what I think it is mostly about is the teamwork about God. He does not walk away to help someone else. He helps people all at once. Tonight is the night all basketball teams get a trophe.
4-6-09 Spring break was a blast! I had a great time with my friends. Ok, well, I'll explain two things, ok? One, forget the arguing, got it? Two, they are not two blocks away. Never forget that. On with my own facts. Last Wensday we went --
4-13-09 The Easter this year was a blast of crosses. On Saturday the Archers, Dirocers and Nana and Papa (witch you shoudent call them) came over to celibrate Ethan's birthday
6-8-09 This schoolyear was fantastic. I liked math, social studies, math-around-the world, almost everything. I didn't like hard math problems for me. I ecspecally didn't like sience. I loved it when Kris and I became friends. I'll teach him to read the bible one day.
(no date) This weekend was cool! I got new shoes on Friday. I know I will be super fast. I might even win a race. I love my shoes very much. That was super duper cool!
9-14-08 This weekend was the best! I learned how to ride a 2-weeler. I was very happy. I wish I could ride one forever. I love my bike very much.
10-20-08 This weekend was great. But yesterday I tripped off my bike. My bike bumped on some rocks. Then there was rocks that made my bike trip. Simon came running over to me. He helped me stand up so I can walk to his house. I left my bike in the dirtpile. His mom put a band-aid on my hand. I felt better. Today my mark still hurts. Good thing I got my bike!
10-27-08 This weekend was fun! On Saturday I went to a Halloween party. It was a great party! On Sunday I went to church because I got to sing on-stage. That was when I was not supposed to be silly. I should have --
(no date) This weekend was fun! I was supposed to sing in Jackson Quire. My mom and dad were there from the Couples Getaway. My grandma and grandpa thought me and Ethan did great, but that had to --
11-10-08 This weekend was outstanding! Because I played with Simon and Sheldon on there Wii Saturday and Sunday. I just can't wait for Thanksgiving. That is when my cusins come again.
11-17-08 This weekend was brilliant! Friday was Caleb day! Me and him had a great time! His dad gave me a new hat and a new water bottel with a belt! My baby-sitter was waiting for me. Then my nanna picked me and Ethan up to her house. We spent the night at her house.
11-24-08 This weekend was fun! Me, Ethan, and Grandpa went to the target palace. We saw it was closed. But men were shooting there. I didnt know why. Then we went in the office. A man let him read a paper. After that, he said we might be in trouble. So we went to his house and did shooting.
12-15-08 This weekend was great! I went to Aunt Pam and Uncle Chucks house to have dinner. I had a turkey and cheese sandwich. Then everyone sat down on the couch to watch cartoons. Then we got off and Aunt Pam made the couch to a bed. Ellie was not on the bed. At 11:00 or 11:30 my parents picked me up. That was the best night ever!
1-5-09 The Christmas was great this year! First, we did a concert at the Free Methodist Church. Then, we went to Grand Rapids for my Grandma and Grandpa house. That is where we celabrate Christmas. On December 27th, it was time to go home. But that is not all. On New Years Eve, the Ar --
1-12-09 This weekend was great. On Sunday, I started my first day of Wii Fit. My Dad alredey set the Balence Board up. There is good news and bad news. The good news is I love to exersise because this makes yourself healthy. That bad news is some moves are hard for me. It should make a diffrenc, but it is hard to tell.
1-20-09 This was a great weekend! I had a fun time on a good break. Now I have a file on Wii Fit. Their are four Training Exerciese Subjects. They are Yoga, Streighnth Training, Abercobs and Balence Games. Their is a Body test also. Then, you have to try to --
1-26-09 This weekend was great! Yesterday there was a party. A birthday party for my friend Sheldon. It was for his stuffed pig. It was exiting because everyone (plus me) had pizza for dinner and treats for dessert. Piggy had a king throne because it was his birthday and he is the king.
2-9-09 This weekend was great! On Saturday I went to my grandma and grandpa's house. It was fun because my cousins Nathan and Ryan came there also. I had a great dinner because part of it was my favorite meat. All I did was I put the fork on the meat like always. Then I lifted the fork with the meat and I ate it all up like a carnivoire. On Sunday it was a --
2-12-09 This weekend was horrible. When I play with my 2-block-away neighbor friends, I don't know why they always are bossing me. And why am I the only one that's thinks I am the worst at science? And why do I master only two subjects at school? And I always think I get no ranks on my report card. I know this is my worst day ever.
2-23-09 This weekend was awsome! I can't wait for Kris's party today. And Josh is so lucky. I wish I could go to Washington. Mabey I could go to Ten(nessee) on Summer break. But I just can not get my mind off Japan or France. In France, I would love to climb the Effle Tower. I never spoke Chiniese before. That will be my wish Then I can teach you guys. It would be a dream come true, I tell you! Or I could got to Africa. I would be able to reserch the animals. But it might be too dagoures!
3-9-09 This weekend was great! On Sunday I did nusury again. This time there wasn't a lot of babies like there was though. But tonight, I am doing a sleepover! I am sleeping at my uncle Lee and aunt Kris's house but I forget where my mom, dad, brother, and sister are going to. On Friday I went to Caleb's house. It was awsome. Well, I hope Caleb's dad is safe right now. He showed me a badge he will show us when he gets back from Afganistan.
3-23-09 This weekend was great! Although we lost all our games at basketball, I did not care. Right? Right. Because basketball does not matter if you win or not. It may be about your teamwork that your team does to do their best. Or your good progress for your health. But what I think it is mostly about is the teamwork about God. He does not walk away to help someone else. He helps people all at once. Tonight is the night all basketball teams get a trophe.
4-6-09 Spring break was a blast! I had a great time with my friends. Ok, well, I'll explain two things, ok? One, forget the arguing, got it? Two, they are not two blocks away. Never forget that. On with my own facts. Last Wensday we went --
4-13-09 The Easter this year was a blast of crosses. On Saturday the Archers, Dirocers and Nana and Papa (witch you shoudent call them) came over to celibrate Ethan's birthday
6-8-09 This schoolyear was fantastic. I liked math, social studies, math-around-the world, almost everything. I didn't like hard math problems for me. I ecspecally didn't like sience. I loved it when Kris and I became friends. I'll teach him to read the bible one day.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Latisse: The Latest Miracle of Modern Medicine
Well, America, we’re finally there. We’ve finally arrived.
It’s happened.
I’m a little embarrassed to say ours boys down in Research and Development here at UnlimitedLicense couldn’t get this accomplished first…but thankfully, the miracles of modern medicine found a way, and the pharmaceutical company Allergan – which previously brought us Botox – got the job done.
After years of waiting – and I can tell you, this has been keeping me up at nights – we finally have prescription medication – PRESCRIPTION medication -- that will grow longer eyelashes.
It’s true. I can hardly believe it, as I’ve waited decades for someone to come along who could solve this problem. Never again will anyone suffering from hypotrichosis (no, I’m not making that up – it actually is a valid medical diagnosis) have to suffer through the embarrassing agony of wishing for slightly longer, thicker eyelash hair.
Who goes to their doctor for this? Who is actually so embarrassed about the length and thickness of their eyelashes that they’re asking a medical doctor if there’s any medication available that will grow longer hair on their eyelids?
And what doctor is on board with prescribing this stuff???
I’d make the suggestion that if you’re that embarrassed about your eyelashes, you may have something more than a medical problem, and perhaps instead of looking to the pharmaceutical industry for help with this problem, it might be time to seek a solution elsewhere…
And of course, EVERY medication has its side effects. Most of those listed for “Latisse” – the trademark label for the drug bimatoprost – are predictable: redness of the eyes, irritation and
itchiness.
But then there’s this, from the Latisse.com website frequently asked questions:
*** “What is skin hyperpigmentation?” This is a common, usually harmless condition in which areas of skin become darker than the surrounding skin color. This occurs when there is an increase in the melanin, the brown pigment that produces normal skin color, in the skin. Skin hyperpigmentation is a possible side effect of LATISSE™, but may be reversible after discontinuation of the product.
Um, ‘may’ be reversible? Just how reversible are we talking, here? I don't know if I --
***“What is elevated intraocular pressure (IOP)? This is a condition where the pressure inside the eye is higher than normal. LATISSE™ may decrease IOP. So talk to your doctor if you are using IOP-lowering medications. Concurrent administration of LATISSE™ and certain IOP-lowering medications in ocular hypertensive patients should be closely monitored for changes in intraocular pressure.
Err…how do I monitor THAT? Is there a --
***”Why do the directions say to only apply LATISSE™ solution to the base of the upper eyelashes?”
Right, rather than the actual eye itself -- I’ll field this question, Steve. Because who would want hairy eyeballs???
Latisse may not be right for you. Ask your doctor.
It’s happened.
I’m a little embarrassed to say ours boys down in Research and Development here at UnlimitedLicense couldn’t get this accomplished first…but thankfully, the miracles of modern medicine found a way, and the pharmaceutical company Allergan – which previously brought us Botox – got the job done.
After years of waiting – and I can tell you, this has been keeping me up at nights – we finally have prescription medication – PRESCRIPTION medication -- that will grow longer eyelashes.
It’s true. I can hardly believe it, as I’ve waited decades for someone to come along who could solve this problem. Never again will anyone suffering from hypotrichosis (no, I’m not making that up – it actually is a valid medical diagnosis) have to suffer through the embarrassing agony of wishing for slightly longer, thicker eyelash hair.
Who goes to their doctor for this? Who is actually so embarrassed about the length and thickness of their eyelashes that they’re asking a medical doctor if there’s any medication available that will grow longer hair on their eyelids?
And what doctor is on board with prescribing this stuff???
I’d make the suggestion that if you’re that embarrassed about your eyelashes, you may have something more than a medical problem, and perhaps instead of looking to the pharmaceutical industry for help with this problem, it might be time to seek a solution elsewhere…
And of course, EVERY medication has its side effects. Most of those listed for “Latisse” – the trademark label for the drug bimatoprost – are predictable: redness of the eyes, irritation and
itchiness.
But then there’s this, from the Latisse.com website frequently asked questions:
*** “What is skin hyperpigmentation?” This is a common, usually harmless condition in which areas of skin become darker than the surrounding skin color. This occurs when there is an increase in the melanin, the brown pigment that produces normal skin color, in the skin. Skin hyperpigmentation is a possible side effect of LATISSE™, but may be reversible after discontinuation of the product.
Um, ‘may’ be reversible? Just how reversible are we talking, here? I don't know if I --
***“What is elevated intraocular pressure (IOP)? This is a condition where the pressure inside the eye is higher than normal. LATISSE™ may decrease IOP. So talk to your doctor if you are using IOP-lowering medications. Concurrent administration of LATISSE™ and certain IOP-lowering medications in ocular hypertensive patients should be closely monitored for changes in intraocular pressure.
Err…how do I monitor THAT? Is there a --
***”Why do the directions say to only apply LATISSE™ solution to the base of the upper eyelashes?”
Right, rather than the actual eye itself -- I’ll field this question, Steve. Because who would want hairy eyeballs???
Latisse may not be right for you. Ask your doctor.
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