Prescriptions

I dropped in at Student Health this afternoon to have my prescriptions filled. I'm still recovering from the sticker shock. Another $232.35! It's the oral malaria vaccine that's a killer: $165.85. But I learned that the vaccine actually lasts for 5 years. I thought it was only good for a couple weeks. But you're supposed to start taking it two weeks before you travel. I'm starting just in time -- I leave two weeks from today! In fact, I should be arriving in Beijing in two weeks and two hours exactly.

The prescriptions brings the total costs of drugs and vaccinations for my trip to $764.35. About $100 less than my plane ticket.