I don't want my son, who has narcolepsy, to be tired all the time.
But the medicine that helps him, Xyrem (GHB), is $20K a month.
Pay it, don't pay it, neither option truly reflects my priorities. It only reflects the hand I've been dealt by other people's priorities.
> Retail price of $21,239.97
The site is misleading in that they indicate you can just buy it from any pharmacy. But that's not how it works.
More details at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_oxybate#Cost
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In this week’s newsletter, I want to give you some personal insight from my own experiences that I think will help explain where true personal satisfaction comes from—it comes from many places, not just one—and how you create it every day, win or lose, by the way you show up in each part of your life.
Note the em dashes.
I also write using dashes like this. It seems to mimic speech more naturally to me - it seems intuitive. I'm also somewhat on the spectrum and I find myself (and apparently many others) more often than not trying to mimic social and language cues.
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