Day 1 - We've Got a Lot of Work To Do People

November 8 : Day 1 on Accutane (gulp)

Make sure to get my best side.

Feeling good, excited, ready to get this on!

Oddly liberating to strip down and share my dirty little secret.

Beautiful, vibrant TV news reporter by day, Annie Acne pimple warrior by night.

I'm having a cape custom made.

2 years ago it was tears after each Dermatologist appointment.

Now I'm proud to be able to share this experience with anyone else fighting the same fight.

Got my backpack full of my generic brand Accutane scrip from the Pharmacist.

Looked more like he was packing me a carryon than a pack of pills.

Take 1 pill 2 times a day. Do not suck on or chew on the pills. Well there goes that plan.

I felt like I was conducting a science experiment downing my first one.

In my brain: "How will I feel? I hope there are no side effects? I think I'm getting a headache. Not possible you just swallowed the pill 2 minutes ago. You're fine. This will be fine. I think I'm nauseous".

Great. 5 minutes in and I've already convinced myself that like everything else I've tried (proactive, chinese healers, holy water, sheeps blood, etc.) this isn't gonna work.

It is. It will. So what the hell, I'll be a bit wack for 6 months. I've been a bit wack for 24 years.