drama llama straight ahead!
an update on my rny drama: so the docs up there are quite fond of saying one thing then meaning something completely different and expecting me to know what they really mean instead of what they actually say. 2 examples: the psychologist called me LAST SEPTEMBER to say she felt i'd put n enough work to be ready for surgery. she said "ok i'm going to sign off on your case. your insurance might want you to see me again since its been over a year since i saw you last. i'll make some calls and if there is any problem i'll call you." what she actually meant was ' i'm not signing off on your case and i'm not going to call you at all to let you know anything so you only find out 7 months later that you should have called me months ago.'
the other example is the surgeon saying 'ok. we will go ahead and give you a surgery date but you must come in 2 weeks before and be 305lbs or less. if you arent we wil cancel surgery.' what he actually meant was 'we arent giving you any dates for anything. go home, lose the weight then call us when you are at 305." i dont work well with open ended things. i need specific dates and times, i need the pressure to accomplish things. i've always been like that.
so needless to say i'm not a happy camper. i'm also having horrible medication troubles. one of my medicines, for bipolar, has been changed to extended release.when i started this med my insurance so my doc graciously gave me samples every month so i wouldnt have to pay $500 for a 30 day supply. last month the company stopped distributing samples of the regular kind and only gave extended release. this totally screwed me up. it was bad ya'll. so i called my insurance and they said oh we cover that med now. great i thought, but i get to the pharmacy and even with insurance its still $180 for 30 days and financially i cant handle that. with insulin and all my other meds we probably pay $250 as it is. and we struggle to pay that. i'm horribly worried because i know extended release stuff doesnt work right post rny so i'm debating whether to try to stabilize on the extended release med or try to switch to something cheaper for pre and post op. the thing is that there is no other med like the one i'm on. there are other meds for bipolar but none of them work the same way as this medicine. frustration sucks
the other example is the surgeon saying 'ok. we will go ahead and give you a surgery date but you must come in 2 weeks before and be 305lbs or less. if you arent we wil cancel surgery.' what he actually meant was 'we arent giving you any dates for anything. go home, lose the weight then call us when you are at 305." i dont work well with open ended things. i need specific dates and times, i need the pressure to accomplish things. i've always been like that.
so needless to say i'm not a happy camper. i'm also having horrible medication troubles. one of my medicines, for bipolar, has been changed to extended release.when i started this med my insurance so my doc graciously gave me samples every month so i wouldnt have to pay $500 for a 30 day supply. last month the company stopped distributing samples of the regular kind and only gave extended release. this totally screwed me up. it was bad ya'll. so i called my insurance and they said oh we cover that med now. great i thought, but i get to the pharmacy and even with insurance its still $180 for 30 days and financially i cant handle that. with insulin and all my other meds we probably pay $250 as it is. and we struggle to pay that. i'm horribly worried because i know extended release stuff doesnt work right post rny so i'm debating whether to try to stabilize on the extended release med or try to switch to something cheaper for pre and post op. the thing is that there is no other med like the one i'm on. there are other meds for bipolar but none of them work the same way as this medicine. frustration sucks