Yes, the liquid restrictions are annoying - and yes, I did fly this past weekend. (I have very dry eyes and need my eye drops, not allowed! If I am traveling somewhere that is a long flight, I will ask my eye doc to give me a prescription for the over-the-counter drops that he wants me to use; I was allowed to carry on my 2x a day prescription drops.). I was lucky in that I was staying with my sister, so I opted to use her toilet articles rather than check baggage (in which case I could have carried all of my own liquid things in my checked bag).

But I think (no, I know) that I'd rather that extra precautions are taken than not. And we should feel lucky that our domestic flights didn't have the restrictions that flights to from here to the UK and back had over the past couple of days - no carry-on items at all except for a wallet and passport.

The severe liquid restrictions for medications have been eased somewhat this morning (looks like my eye drops problem is fixed...). Here's the updated "allowed liquids list" from the TSA web site:
Exceptions: Baby formula and breast milk if a baby or small child is traveling; prescription medicine with a name that matches the passenger’s ticket; up to 8 oz of liquid or gel insulin and up to 4 oz. of non-prescription liquid medications.
--- Denise