I am now in medication rationing mode. Before leaving Boise and before my health insurance expired back in May, my generous docs prescribed three months worth of drugs for me. I am coming up on that third month and with no relief in sight (no decisions made yet by Principal Life, still awaiting my psych eval) I’ve begun rationing.
What does this mean? It means slightly lowering dosages to get more bang for what’s left of my meds, make them last until I can get some kind of determination that will lead me to health care.
There are of course consequences, but I’m managing. What keeps me sane is knowing that at the end of the month there will still be pills in the bottle.
PS I think my nonfunctioning pain pump has started beeping at me. (This means it requires attention from someone with the tools to tell it to stop beeping, AKA an expensive neurologist.)
Okay to be truthful the beeping made me smile...not the fact that you have to go to an expensive doctor, but the fact that you beep! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you're rationing. I do wish that things could just get figured out and so you know what "plan" you're going to have to go on! Ugh!
I hope that everyone's speedy and that you don't have to ration for very long!
Yes, the occasionally beeping is kind of funny. This time it's okay because I'm not always coming down off fentanil!
ReplyDeleteThat would make a difference! How often do you beep?
ReplyDeleteRarely, and certainly not often enough to be annoying or anything!
ReplyDeleteGood! I was imagining like every hour or something, and that would definitely get annoying!
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