So, I suppose I should be embarrassed but I'm not. Since having the twins 6.75 years ago (perhaps a bit earlier), I have developed hyperhidrosis. I have tried all the fancy clinical strength antiperspirants but none have helped. It is embarrassing to sweat (it's not stinky, people), just wet and ugh. I found myself compensating by wearing tanktops in the summer and only black or white shirts in the winter. I suppose I haven't done a thing about it because I've been just a wee bit busy raising children, working full time, being room mom for multiple classes and multiple schools, etc. Well, I finally hit the wall. I got a referral from my GP and away I went. They asked me the standard stuff that I had googled they would and I answered honestly. It DOES interfere with my life, what I wear, my self-confidence, etc. The dermatologist recommended Botox. They told me that they would call my HMO and see if it was covered. About 2 months later...APPROVED! My insurance had to ship them the botox though, so I had to wait another 10 days.
Today was the big day. I wore...wait for it...a tank top ;).
Of course, my appointment was at 8:50am and at 9:15am I got mad. Finally, at 9:40, they called me back and had me lay on a table. The doctor came in about 5 minutes later - I almost found out everything that had happened in Hollywood last week... I put my first arm behind my head and the doctor took a purple marker. He made 25 dots. Then, he said, "This isn't going to be excruciating but it's not really comfortable." Um, OK. He was right. About 20 of those bad dogs hurt and made me wince. Halfway through he said, "Well, I can see you weren't lying. You're starting to sweat." Oh, AWESOME! Thanks for letting me know b/c I wasn't aware... (insert eye roll here). Finally done with that side and we moved on to the next. Oh wait, I forgot that the nurse/guy started cleaning all the purple dots off with alcohol and I almost hit him. About 10 minutes later, I was out of there. The doctor said that b/c I am so small, perhaps the shots will last a year but I qualify for 2 treatments per year.
It was weird and it did hurt but I am confident the little bit of ouch will be worth it!
On my way out, they told me that would pre-order the next treatment. I said, "If I don't need it, can you use it in my face?" They laughed. But not much.
