I didn't think I would ever see this come alive again! I didn't realize how alone I would feel without being able to check in! I pray we never have to again!
It has been particularly rough since I lost my job. I have filed for SS disability but with no insurance, no medical assistance, and not enough money to be able to afford medicine....it will be tough to get. I qualify for no assistance since I have a small pension from my ex and my unemployment compensation (even smaller). Now if I give up my unemployment they will be glad to help.....except I would lose my apartment and then they couldn't because you have to have a utility bill to show proof of residency. Ain't life grand?
Right now I'm having to deal with cellulitis. Apparently I got bit by something and it has become infected. I'm on strong antibiotics but nothing else. I'm hoping this will clear up soon so I can try to get back to whatever it is that we call normal.
LuAnn
I am so sorry that you are having to deal with this now!
Blessings,
Marcy
LuAnn,
I'm so sorry you're going through such a rough time. RA is difficult enough to handle during "good times"! I will be praying your situation improves. Hang in there.
LuAnn,
I know your plight all too well, at this time I cannot afford the Enbrel and I will tell you this, it definately helped me. WHen you do not have insurance, cannot work because of the disease and are in constant pain, it sure makes life hard on us. I wished I had some advice to give you but I have tried most things as well and quite frankly, it is like falling through the cracks of life. THe wealthy and insured are the fortunate ones, as always.
THe scary part of all this for me is knowing , just knowing, that each and every day I cannot take the Enbrel, that day the deterioration increases, damage that is irreversible occurs and there is NOTHING I can do about it because of lack of money or assistance or insurance. IT must just be the way life is to be for people like me.
Good luck and try to keep a positive attitude, that is one thing that you do not need money to buy, that you do not need assistance from a state organization or a drug company for, nor do you have to have insurance to get it. Besides, I don't know about you, but it is the only thing I have. lol
Odd, the way some things turn out in life isn't it? I only have my family, no spouse, and the kids are grown, and got this disease that I cannot do anything medically about but ease the pain. Never figured my life would end up like this. But sometimes you just have to deal with what you have, and that is at times the largest battle. I know that it is easier to live the way I am now without the meds oppossed to the way I was living a year ago.
lynndee