No more incivek! As of this morning, I no longer have to eat $250 worth of pills every 3 hours but only an $25 pill twice a day (+an $200 shot once a week)! (Sorry, the surreal nature of the prices involved is still addling me...) Anyway, I get to find out exactly which side effects belong to ribavirin alone! Of course, I fully expect the rash to be gone within 15 minutes....why is it still here??? :) (At least I remembered to have some pictures of it taken yesterday--at what I suppose would be its greatest extent). Also, from all reports, I gather that my general energy level will go up a bit now. Yay! We shall see; so far I am still in bed.
PS, Paul McCartney's "Ram" is of course the greatest album that silly motherfucker has ever recorded, and the new, remastered and expanded, version is even more silly and wonderful. And sounds awesome.
Showing posts with label costs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costs. Show all posts
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
News, costs, and experiments
One drug less on my prescription! I picked up my latest batch of meds today--and no incivek! Yay! However, my out-of-pocket expenses are still exactly the same as they were. That means that I did not pay a dime for my 3 months of incivek--and that is about $48000 of meds! Whatever my insurance did not cover was taken care of by the manufacturer. Of course that confirms my suspicion that despite having been approved by FDA almost exactly a year ago, this treatment is still pretty damn experimental. If tentacles start growing out of my ears I'll let you know.
Went to the cheery lab vampires to squeeze out several tubes of blood. Blood cell counts, etc; viral loads (if detectable), thyroid function. The results should be in by Wednesday--I am waiting with bated breath and on the verge of blacking out. If they are good, perhaps I will allow myself that half-a-beer I've been craving lately. Yeah: the other day Erin was having a beer and I took a sip of it. (Mind you: it was a very tasty beer, yet I am reasonably sure the same thing would have happened with Coors Light). Anyway it tasted SO GOOD I nearly fucking cried! I still have 12 to 36 weeks ahead of me until I can actually have a couple of my own! AIYEEEE!!! Everyone will be invited to that one; I'll let you know the details as they develop.
And, finally, the rashes are nasty. Lots of them bled last night. Once more, they are supposed to start getting better after this weekend. Huh! They'd better!!!
Went to the cheery lab vampires to squeeze out several tubes of blood. Blood cell counts, etc; viral loads (if detectable), thyroid function. The results should be in by Wednesday--I am waiting with bated breath and on the verge of blacking out. If they are good, perhaps I will allow myself that half-a-beer I've been craving lately. Yeah: the other day Erin was having a beer and I took a sip of it. (Mind you: it was a very tasty beer, yet I am reasonably sure the same thing would have happened with Coors Light). Anyway it tasted SO GOOD I nearly fucking cried! I still have 12 to 36 weeks ahead of me until I can actually have a couple of my own! AIYEEEE!!! Everyone will be invited to that one; I'll let you know the details as they develop.
And, finally, the rashes are nasty. Lots of them bled last night. Once more, they are supposed to start getting better after this weekend. Huh! They'd better!!!
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