This was the last item I posted on the blog Nov 6 before we took it down a few days later to start the overhaul.  In case you didn’t get a chance to read it, I’m reprinting it.

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She was a saleswoman prone to bipolar mood swings, stable on a brand name prescription mood stabilizer.  It had originally been marketed as an anticonvulsant and her medication was doing its job.  She recently returned to full-time work after a manic attack had cost her both her marriage and the custody of her child.

“I don’t have the insurance I once did; I now sell home decoration instead of heating fuel like I used to.  The money is better, but now all of a sudden the cost of my medication is really ridiculous.  The generic is lots cheaper.”

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