in which we become smugglers

Our time in Mexico was amazing, unforgettable, life-changing but we're back in the States and looking for a home here. So many reasons but the 2 biggies- we miss our grandson horribly and Tommy's meds. He uses an opium pain patch that isn't available in Mexico. The closest available drug is oxycontin which Tommy can't take. Not a big deal we thought as our health plan sends a 3 month supply to our US mail forwarder who bundles our mail and ships it on to wherever we are.

While a 3-month supply is legal to bring into Mexico for personal use it is illegal to mail any drugs to Mexico. When we crossed into Mexico we had just received a new batch of meds so we were fine for 3 months. We found out about the mailing restriction when we were very low on drugs and so a dear friend shipped us a new supply in a package labeled-Correspondence. We were lucky, the package wasn't checked and we got the meds and headed back to the States. If they had been confiscated, driving through Mexico with Tommy in withdrawal would have been more than I could have dealt with.

We're renting at the Oregon Coast for the summer and searching madly for a home.