It was just a weird call. I was going to call around 2pm, that is when the patients seem to slow down for them.
Anyways... Shannon the lady I talk to all the time, called me back FINALLY. Yeah she was calling me back in regards to my trip to the ER. What a whole 2 weeks later?! Told ya call backs were a bitch to get, even if you bother them.
She said RD was looking for a pain med that would not act like a Lortab, that was long lasting and something that Medicaid would approve. She said the Combunox I wanted would not be approved thru medicaid because it is too new. So she is trying to find one that would get approved, but still do what almost what the Combunox said it would do.
They seemed very sorry, about me not being on the Remicade yet. I guess RD got on to them for it.? Shannon said she wished she could hurry the insurance up for their approval, but they cannot. She said now we are just waiting on the insurance companies to approve. And that they will call me back when they get the approvals to schedule me for my remicade. She said she was sorry about me not having it by now, and I should have had it back in the first October.
She asked me if I was sleeping... I said yep, but I need to be up anyways. She said no as much pain and how you have been doing according to the calls we get from you, you should probably not even be outta bed. I laughed and said you try that with a 3 year old. She said I am sorry, I just want you to get on remicade real soon.
We talked for about 15 mins. I went over what all I needed RD to fix. Like an alternative to the Zyrtec, to Lortabs and all that good med talk.
Anyways... was just a really weird call. But anything to save me my long distance bill
How do you feel today? Any better?
Yeah, Lortab 10 seems to be working fair for everything. Just makes me want to sleep.
Squeaky wheels, squeaky wheels, I do not want any squeaky wheels; will mean I need brake pads replaced.
That is really good news Joonie. So she will be calling back today with a pain med???? I hope soShe said so, but if I do not hear back in a couple of hours, I will call them back. They seem to call in RXs and not call to let me know they called them in. I am telling ya, ya trade one crappy RD w/a good staff for a good RD w/a crappy staff.
At least my swelling in my knees are down. I will try to post pics of it for ya'll that care to see just how well the Imuran is doing for the swelling.
Glad to hear about the call JOonie. Good luck w/the new med.
Joon,
Sounds like they are trying to help..... What do you take the zyrtec for if you don't mind me asking???
Hugs
The Zyrtec was RXed for me to take an hour before my remicade infusion. I think it is like an anti-hisamine (sp?) to keep me from having an allergic reaction.
Well... I just called Rd's office about an hour ago. She has not addressed my new pain med RX yet. Hopefully by the end of the day they say. Oh well... I am happy with the Lortab 10's, for now. Seems to be working well, but if I get a little nutty ya'll know why.
I also asked if I could do the 18 day pred thingy again, she said if it would make me do better than feel free to. Just try not to run outta pred before my next visit.
Right now 10mg is not helping, like it should. So, she says probably in flare.
I asked if there was anything else I could do, to lessen my pain and problems, I told her what I have been doing taking all my meds before going to sleep and all and splitting my pred up, and she said that what she would have suggested, so I was doing everything right. Wow! Me doing something right for a change. And here I was "thinking" I was to be doing more.
Anyways... Lortab 10's are pretty cool. Ya get the drunk feeling without even touching a bottle of jack daniels. Yeah, hubby thinks it is funny that I stagger around like I am drunk
I hope they get the insurance situation resolved quickly and you can begin your treatments very soon.
That's great news, Joonie!
Hip, Hip Hoorah!!!I did not talk to the Dr, just her assistant. So if that is dr contact... well I be a monkey's uncle. To me talking to the dr is when my last RD used to take time outta his schedule (inbetween patients) and call me back himself. Now that is dr contact. This is assistant contact, which is no where near Dr contact.
I am just sayin I have a different definition to "Dr contact" than most of you might have. Assistant contact is just that assistant.
I'm terribly sorry for supporting you. I was actually happy for you that things were moving along. I don't feel that my post was any different than anyone elses.
I'll think hard next time I want to let you know that I'm happy for you. Apparently, that's not what you're after.
No, you can it is just that I do not want you to think you helped me to get to the point I am now. I do what I need to do, always have. I just do not want you to think you had something to do with it, because frankly you did not.
Like I said, if I did not want to get better, my meds list would not have growed, and I would still be stuck on pred & IBU.
I luvs ya, Katie we have childhood in common, and we butt heads, because well.... one of us was brought up different.
I said it before, I've come at you with every angle I can think of, and you still post the same things over and over. And if you're looking to "just vent" you do it in a strange way, I must say. You claim progress, but until you're provoked - like the other day - it's never told or shown, so how are we to know? You're right, we don't know all, we just know what you post. And we know that it gets old, seeing the same thing, and seeing you given the same advice over and over, and never seeing you take any of it.
I *AM* glad you're getting this crap together with the Remicade. I really don't give a crap how it happens, it just needs to happen.
I am better... just some people cannot go out & get fixed up on a whime. Ok fine, I am depressed... but not getting fixed until I get other things taken care of first. There is a process... and I have to follow it. Not my process... but hey gotta play by the rules. Not like you would know anything about that. Ya ever hear nothing in life is free? Well, it is sooo true when you are dealing with the government. You have to play by their rules and do as they say.
I sorry about your trip the ER.
Oww!! Vicoden aka Lortabs! Well at least it was not suck ass Darvocet. Now those just knock me out let me keep feeling the pain. IBU works better than Darvocet for me.
Yep Lortab 10's have been my friend before bed the last 3 days. All because I am outta 2.5's and 2.5's will not even fix this pain I got. Darn clumzy me! Mo'Nana knows what I be talkin about.
Hope you feel better soon, JSNM, as I am waiting on replies to my PMs I sent ya while you were hitting on McDreamy on your ER trip.
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