Lollipops, lip balms and rectal rockets, oh my!

So,I've been in Houston this week for compounding training since I start my new job in a week.

The bad: I have to get up by 4:00 or 4:30 our time every morning for 10-12 hours of class. I'm in Texas. Due to the hurricane, instead of taking 10 minutes to get from the hotel to the center it takes 45 minutes because all the traffic lights are out. And lastly, when I'm around a lot of people with southern accents for too long I start to pick one up again, y'all.

The good: Compounding is so cool! I made my own pineapple lip balm and watermelon lollipops, in addition to a bunch of other stuff. I always knew I liked it, but this week really opened my eyes to just how much stuff compounders can do. It totally turns how I've thought about medicine on its head. We saw examples of how people who would normally need surgery or amputations have been healed by using combinations of medicines in a way that isn't commercially available. Or how cancer/hospice patients who can't swallow anything anymore can just rub on a cream to get their medicines. Or convincing kids to take their medicines because we can put them in a gummy bear form. Did I mention it's cool?

One more day, then it's on a plane home. I can't wait to see my kitties! Oh, and Adam, of course. ;)

And yes, there is such a thing as a rectal rocket and I even have a rubber mold of one to prove it.