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90. This One Was Me

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:38 PM

Jan 5

Well, not ACTUALLY me, but close enough.

3."I went to Panama on vacation and accidentally went without my asthma inhaler. I had to do was walk into a pharmacy — with no prescription required — and Albuterol was $11. In the US, with a required prescription, it's about $150."

We were in Santorini, Greece in September. I was having trouble breathing because of the high altitude and the diesel exhaust. My inhaler chose that moment to run out. I walked into a "pharmakeia" and asked for an inhaler, and showed him mine. He reached behind the counter and gave me a box. I got that, an ankle brace for my hurt foot, and two Coke Zeroes for about 20 Euros.

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