Saturday, November 10, 2012

November 10, 2012-Trouble Finding Pharmacy

It's been a nerve wracking week. Since my original pharmacy closed up in Ilion and never let us know I've been stuck trying to find one that will fill my prescriptions for my Ostomy supplies. All my records went to Rite Aid. but they don't deal with the Medicaid part. Only Medicare. That means I'd have to pay out of my pocket for the balance that Medicare doesn't pay. The 20%. So after they gave me the run around for a couple weeks and got my stuff and then tell me how much my bill will be when they deliver, I said NO WAY! Keep the stuff! So then I called The Medicine Shoppe in Ilion. They aren't sure about the Medicaid part either so I have to pay the 20% and if they get reimbursed then they will give it back to me. So this means I will only get my stuff monthly instead of the three months because there's no way I can afford to pay all that.
I had my doctor send all the scripts to Rite Aid at first. Now they are no good and I have to have them send all new ones to The Medicine Shoppe for only one month at a time. By the time I got all this straightened out it was too late in the afternoon on Friday. I never got a call back from my doctor's office nor the SS Dept. I wanted to ask them about all this. Now it's a long weekend with Veteran's Day so I won't be able to do anything till Tuesday. I have one flange left and only a few bags. Hopefully I'll get the bags and the flanges by Wednesday. That's all I'm getting for now. I got enough of the other stuff for a month, thank heavens. By then the pharmacy will know if they will be getting reimbursed or not.
I checked into ordering by mail from a place that said they took medicare and Medicaid but after talking to them, they say they won't deal with NY because of the low amount that they pay.
If for some reason this doesn't work out then I will have to get Home Care in. Then they will get my stuff. That means a nurse or aide coming in at least once a week to help me. I hat anyone in my space but if it has to be that way then I will get them. I know I could use some help. I can't clean my place like I used to. Trying to vacuum and walk with the walker at the same time is sort of tough. Ha! The other women in this building have people helping them all the time and it doesn't cost them anything. I'm just too stubborn to admit I need help I guess.
Besides all that crap I guess it's been an okay week. As you can see on my header photo, I have a new critter. A black squirrel showed up on the 3rd and is still here every day now. I had never seen a black on in my whole life. And I've asked lots of people and no one has seen one around here. there are some in Utica. I like them. he or she is so pretty. Maybe we'll be having a family in the spring. They do mate with the gray ones from what I've read.
The next two days are going to be in the 60's before the temps drop again. looks like nice weather for a while except for a little rain maybe on Tuesday.
I don't know if I mentioned this gurgling under my left breast bone but it's been doing it for a month now and it's getting worse. It feels like a muscle spasm that won't go away. No pain or anything with it though. Just is the weirdest feeling. I thought it was my heart at first or maybe fluid building up in my lungs but I would have had pain. Every time I move or get up it twitches like crazy. I can even see it! I've been searching online and lots of people have it and most say the doctors can never find the cause. Then another forum said it might be the beginning of Pancreatic Cancer. Well, I don't think so.  Or I'd have some kind of pain.
When I first started having it is when  I thought I had a mini TIA because my head felt funny that day and I asked the lady upstairs for some aspirins. it was like that for a few days and then went away. I guess if it gets worse then I'll go to the doctors but for now I'm not.
Oh! I saw two fat raccoons out here the other night! I never see any of those things much. Got a few pictures. I had to open the window and they ran at first then one peeked around the corner at me and they stayed still long enough for me to get a few pics. I kept hearing this strange noise so looked out with a flashlight and saw them. They have the cutest faces. I won't talk to them because I don't want them to become used to me. They were eating leftover nuts and seeds I guess.

I see two different skunks but that's all. One is a black one that lives up in the woods and the other is almost all white and he lives out front somewhere. I only see the daddy fox now and then at night but not his mate nor any pups now. :(

I guess that's all for now. Take care everyone.

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