Tomorrow, and rest of week
 

Tomorrow I go to my regular doctor for a check up.

I went to get my blood work done today. Even explained
to the girl because its the one that takes Derrick's a lot of
the time.

About my fobia of having blood taken. We had a nice talk.
She even complimented me on how I did.

Anyway tomorrow, I see primary. I am going to try and switch
anxiety meds. I can't afford cymbalta without insurance.

And even though my husband thought we had it again. Its not
gone into effect yet. So there is no way to know until the 15th
if its going to happen.

I also need to call and schedule with the migraine doctor because
I take the generic for imitrex. Can't afford $500.00 for 9 pills either.

Ugh, its time to change a couple of things I guess.

Have to also ask my pharmacist how much topamax is. I had enough
to last a while. I really stretched it somehow. But will be out soon.

So life is going to make it impossible to not buy two new meds again.

My personal life is okay, I'm working a lot. Till the last two weeks,
when I seem to have crashed and just stopped. So I am working
on making sure my families are okay.

And will be ready the first of the year.

Donna:grouphug:

hi donna,
you sound busy.
sorry about your insurance cliff hanger.....
medications are so expensive it is crazy!!!!!
Hope your week goes well.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Dear Donna,

You do great work with your families.

Topamax is available in generic. Cymbalta is not. Maybe your doctor can find something similar.

M

Yes I take the generic for topamax. I can't ever spell it.


I have been trying to research for a alternative to cymbalta.

I have not found something yet.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

Donna, :grouphug:


I don't think that there is a good match for Cymbalta. Maybe you can talk to your pharmacist. My pharmacist had some good ideas when I needed help like that.

M

Yes Mari,

From what I have been able to determine Cymbalta doesn't have a
good match. Nothing close.

I am not sure what I will do. Thinking it through.

Donna:grouphug:

Okay, I am going on Celexa. I think its spelled. Of course the generic.

I was waiting almost 2 hours for the doctor. He is thorough with all patients,
and hospital times. So it takes a while.

But sure hate the time. So I didn't get to pharmacy too. Will hopefully
tomorrow, but that is according to how Will feels.

donna:grouphug:

Good luck with the celexa...I hope it helps you.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Picked it up. And the other two prescriptions.

Not very happy. Seems the pharmacy didn't think to tell me.
That is I had 600mg pills for the gabapentin it would be a lot
cheaper. Gosh what a bunch of money I could have saved.

I needed more anyway. Just hated to think of more I was spending.

I will probably not be going back to pain doctor as long as this works.

Will think on this for a while.

I also paid uh, $3.00 for the celexa, guess I should have asked my
doctor earlier. He seems to know. Wow. I am impressed with this.

And then of course my simvasting.

Donna:grouphug:

Also thought I would add very tired. But Will did great, other than
he didn't want to drink for a while. But got it done. After I sent
mom, for some food. She needed to not be there when nurse and
I started to kind of force it. He had slushie type cherry drink.

He did wonderful, he was batman. And is now home with mom.

Donna:grouphug:

Dear Donna

i am glad Will came through fine with the tonsils. i think the not wanting to drink/swallow may be normal. i had mine done at 4, and i didn't want anything not even icecream. they had made a tiny cut in my tongue by accident and it hurt. i don't remember a lot of things from that age but i remember bits from the tonsil dealy, including keeping my tongue curled where it hurt, and my parents bringing icecream, and my refusing it.

good luck with your meds. the state only covers a few of mine, the rest are out of pocket. i can't have triptans because i can't afford them. i have to pay for nsaids out of pocket and they are not cheap in the amounts i take, except for indomethacin, which is not always effective and can give me bad side effects. generic gabapentin helped with prevention, but it is out of pocket and it is expensive. i can't even use it now because my depakote dose is still too high to combine with it. i should try to get an exemption for migraines as well as for bipolar, then the state would cover more stuff - probably not triptans though. but right now i just can't even handle embarking on that process.

all that to say, i understand about not being able to afford meds and being stuck with compromises or without stuff you need.

i hope your insurance kicks in soon and takes care of a good chunk for you.

i did pretty well on citalopram - i hope it helps you.

:hug::hug::hug:

~ waves ~

Thanks Waves

I also think the raising of the gabapentin the other 300 will really help me.

I then just will have to have the topamax generic prescription gotten.
Because I forgot it. But I'll work it out. Oh and the imitrex has to
be figured out. But that can wait for now. I haven't needed it as
much.

Mainly I will need the topamax.:grouphug::hug:

I understand all to well the cost of medications. If you contact the manufacturer they do a certain amount of patient assistance programs. Your Dr will complete some information and will send in to the manufacturer. If you qualify the meds are sometimes free!

I am glad to hear that Will is home and everything went well.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Will kept his mother up all night, with pain. I'm not sure that she what
she was doing about the meds for pain.

But she also had something else happen about midnight, that would
make it impossible to sleep. So I'm not sure what happened.

But I do know that while in town today. He was in lots of pain, and
getting liquids in him, was really hard, and at times almost impossible.

Ive had him this afternoon, and will tonight. And I'm doing the best
I can to get liquids and popsicles or anything else in him.

We will see.

Donna:grouphug:

ps. Found a comic type old batman movies, the walmart had it for $20.00 it has 640 minutes. 4 disc. Will found it I should say. Then we found, batman toys and he found PJ's batman at Goodwill.

Oh gosh, my daughter-in-law had to bring Will's ear drops down.
His ear was really bothering him.

She got her, and it was bleeding. So she called the doctor and
its okay.

But it was hurting and things so much. He wanted to go home.
So I think it was such a surprise (pleasant in a way to his mom)

SO I am Will less tonight after all.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

How old is will? just curious....:o

Will is 5. But he has the developmental age of a 2 year old most of
the time. And speech of I'm not sure.

Donna:grouphug:

I am sorry I have responded incorrectly before...I thought Will was an adult.:confused:
He is your grandson?
Glad that you are there to help.
bizi

Its okay Bizi.

Yes he is my youngest grandson, the one with the severe speech disability.

Its hard to keep people straight. And I didn't notice a wrong response.

Heehee, shows how off my concentration has been lately.

Hoping with the celexa generic, I've not learned its spelling yet. I will
start to do better.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

Dear Donna,

Tell us how Will is doing.
Sending good thoughts to your whole family.

M

Will is really having problems with his ears.
But he otherwise is doing okay, because the pain in his throat
area is normal. But we still are having lots of trouble getting
him to eat or drink.
So what ever he will drink which is usually tea, or eat we use.

Popsicles are a normal, but he wont eat ice cream, for some reason.
Its to cold I think but not sure. And he ate some chocolate pudding for
me. And he likes chips. So we are going with whatever he will eat.

Oh and he is eating 3 musketeers which is probably not what his mom
wanted, but when nothing else was working. Heehe

but I don't like this little boy in so much pain. But hopefully he will
slowly feel better before christmas.

He still is our little batman.

We need more batman things, but he has watched two of the four
cartoon versions in the new package we found for him at my house.
So he has two more to go. They are two to three hours at a time.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

Dear Donna,
I hope Will gets better soon.

Snickers has some protein that is good for him. :)

M

hi dmom
 

Hi from Fla. I just wanted you to know I understand about the insurance issue with medication. Without insurance sometimes the drugs we need are out of reach. My doctor wrote a letter to one of the companies that produced a medication I needed. they provided the medication to me at no charge until the time I qualified for SSD. I don't know if it is possible in your case, but you might want to ask your doctor. Also your doctor may be able to provide you with samples to last out the month. In some cases where insurance is a problem they are willing to do this. When you go to your appt. it might be a good thing to ask about. Glad you got through your blood test. I don't like them much eithor. I hope the results turn out OK. I also hope your up coming appointment turns out OK. Have a peaceful holiday. ginnie

My meds should be good. I am now able to get a $10 a month 600mg gabapentin. Wow, its so good, yippee. Its new I think. But it wasn't possible before. Then I get my simvastin, hychlordine, medformine, all
for $ 4 or $10 for 1 or 3 months. So I can afford them all fine. So I
just have to find out how much the topamax generic is going to be, then
the imitrex is $500.00. But I can do without it if I have too.

I didn't use much a month or year.


Drum Roll!!!!! We have insurance again as of the 1st of December it
seems. So I have to get things called in and get my pharmacy
taken care of.

So we will see.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

Yeah!!!! :yahoo:

i'm happy for you Donna!

also i hope little Will is doing better tonight. LOL on the 3 musketeers. will he do jello? you could try put some fruit in it. also he seems to prefer sweet but have you thought of trying like chicken broth? you can make it up with half the water, then add cold so it's room temp for him.

ear problems are really painful. i had them as a toddler. i remember some. :( ugh. i hope that clears up quick too.

:hug::hug::hug:

~ waves ~

great news about you getting insurance!!!!!!!
Yey!!!!!!
very happy for you and your family.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

Donna, http://bestsmileys.com/exercising/10.gif

I am happy to hear about the insurance! :) :D :)

M

Seems Will got Mom up at 4am, so he is home again today.
Which I honestly didn't think he was ready. I hope he is getting closer.

But just was't so sure about today. I will even give her the money
to drive him on Wednesday if necessary to school. He rides the bus
almost 2 hours, since they take the older kids first.

So maybe it would be best. If they are going to have a party I hate for
him to miss it.:grouphug::hug:

donna