The deal. Another deal? So many deals.

[sonneillon_v]

A few days ago we got a letter from Job and Family Services saying our Medicaid coverage would be terminated on 4/30/12 because of non-compliance with the reapplication process. I made a confused phone call to Job and Family Services which basically amounted to, "But we were there two days ago. We brought all our paperwork. We were told we were

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[kittenmommy]

I've been praying for you and your family every night. I hope it does some good. *hugs*

I hate to suggest this, but... could he self-medicate with booze? Yeah, I know alcohol comes with a whole other list of problems, but if it helps in the short term... IDK. I'm at a loss.

[sonneillon_v]

Husband has the weirdest reactions to booze I've ever seen. For one thing, he shouldn't drink anything with the meds he's still on, but for another, booze sends him into a manic phase. It makes him wide awake and insomniac and energetic and a little raw, and also gives him heartburn. XD And aggravates his ulcer. So it's not a good thing for him to have.

[kittenmommy]

Sorry. I was trying to think of legal, powerful drugs and that's the first one I came up with.

[sonneillon_v]

Honestly, pot would probably be best. But neither of us have ever smoked, and we don't know anybody who smokes, or who grows it, so even if I WANTED to break the law and get some, I'd be utterly at a loss. XD

[isabelknight]

I am so sorry. About all of it. Do you have a paypal account? It doesn't do anything for the systemic problems of an unjust society, but I can at least chip in a bit towards the meds, and I think some of your other readers might also want to try and help. I'm also bipolar, and I just spent the last three months going through bi-weekly med changes, as my doc and I tried to figure something out to keep me relatively functional - I wouldn't wish unplanned/unsupported med changes on anyone.

[sonneillon_v]

I appreciate the kindness, but the husband refuses to borrow money from friends, even internet-friends. ^_^ He has a complex about it that I accept without really understanding it very well - accepting it makes him feel really shitty, so when he tells me 'no' I just take that as my answer.

I think at least part of it is what you mentioned - this is a systemic, societal problem. The charity of friends might theoretically pull us through this rough patch, but the next one? And the next one? And the next one? And we could never pay it back, not unless a miracle happens and I manage to vault up the corporate ladder somehow.

[isabelknight]

Well, to clarify, I didn't mean a loan, but I do get it. And yeah, it's a band-aid solution to a wading-through-a-river-of-angry-piranhas-and-also-the-river-is-radioactive-because-the-conservatives-stopped-regulating-things-that-need-regulating problem. ...I think that metaphor got away from me a little bit there.

I'm not really a praying kind of person, but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and your family - I really hope things work out OK somehow.

[sonneillon_v]

But the metaphor works on a literal level, what with the flammable drinking water and all.

Thank you. I'm not picky about the form in which good wishes come. ;)

[rikibeth]

aw honey. I just looked through our partials of "didn't work" meds but it looks like I already sent the kid's unneeded Seroquel to another person in the same boat. I am so, so sorry.

I'm back on the Trileptal (my bipolar cocktail is Trileptal + Lamictal) after a week without (fucking prior authorization) and I'm dizzy as fuck (because fuck titrating) but I sympathize SO HARD.

As for pot -- do you have any favorite small restaurants? kitchen staff notoriously smoke weed.

I use the Hang In There kitten because I care.

[sonneillon_v]

You have a Hang In There Kitten icon. I think I'm kind of in awe.

Unfortunately we can't afford to eat out enough that we know the staff at any small restaurant. Of course, now I'm visualizing walking into Steak & Shake and beginning the grand adventure of trying to buy pot from total strangers without getting arrested. XD

And it's okay, I appreciate you looking, but I'm pretty sure mailing Seroquel is a federal offense. I'm still peeling away all the layers of crap surrounding the term 'class 2 restricted substance' so that may or may not be right, but no point taking the risk if it is. @_@

I hope your new cocktail works out. It just figures we'd find a halfway decent blend for the husband and then this would happen.

[rikibeth]

screw federal offense, like they'd open the envelope and check

I've been on this cocktail for months now. It WORKS. That's why prior authorization on the Trileptal - I was on that alone for a while and it's been over a year so rather than automatic it has to go to prior authorization. fuck that, I'll probably need to be on it the rest of my life.

shame about the restaurant thing. :(

I send my Swedish Chef icon in the hopes it amuses you. Feel free to swipe the Hang In There Kitten. Ijust ganked it off a Google Image search, because it's SO necessary.

[sonneillon_v]

I'm so glad it works! I know what a relief that is to find the combo that works better than the rest.

[zornhau]

This is one of the reasons I am happy to pay taxes. If you were in the UK, you'd still be skint, subject to all sorts of oddball "back to work" schemes, but the medicine would be there. Hugs.

[sonneillon_v]

Yeah, in the UK or Canada this would never happen. And I don't know how it works over there, but I AM working, and husband is disabled.

[actionman_101]

First off *hugs* I wish there was something I could do, and that I knew of a way to send pot through the mail without getting caught