Well, today was definitely an interesting day. It started off well enough. We went to the RE's office this morning for my pre-cycle blood work and ultrasound. They took four vials of blood for infectious disease testing, blood typing, Rh factor, etc. By the time she got to the last one it wasn't flowing out nearly as well. I think my vein was tired! We went into the exam room, and I got ready for the ultrasound. He did a saline ultrasound this time. He did it to get a better view of my uterus. Using a catheter he put a small amount of saline into my uterus to expand it just a bit in order to get a better view of it. He said everything looked good. The weird tissue string from last time was gone. YEA!
They processed my blood work, and Dr. H came up with the protocol he wants to start me on. The head nurse called me and we scheduled my protocol appt. for tomorrow morning. She's going to go over my calendar so I understand what to take and when to take it. I'm anxious to get my calendar and see what all is going to happen. I do know I start some of the meds next Tuesday.
The morning was easy. Lunch came and boy was I thrown for a loop. I received a phone call from the pharmacy that the RE's office uses to order all the medicine. He told me that they ran it all through the insurance and that insurance was picking up a big portion of the cost. Our out of pocket though was still almost $900! I almost dropped my phone. He was very nice and told me that there was a possibility that the two most expensive meds would be slightly cheaper by going through this other pharmacy. He said if I wanted to do some investigating and let them know that it was fine. So of course if we can save a little money, we're going to. I told him to please keep the med order on hold for now until I was able to get some other answers. I called this other pharmacy to try and get a quote on the price of the meds. Of course it couldn't be that simple. I had to fully enroll in their pharmacy program, they next have to get the prescription from the doctor's office and run it through the insurance to see what the cost to us will be. Then they will get back with me. I'm really hoping this whole process goes quickly. I want and need to know (for my own sanity) where we're getting the meds, so that I can get them shipped. There is going to be A LOT of stuff coming our way, and I need to get it organized in order to keep myself from going crazy! I don't want to be hunting and searching for the right meds, needles, syringes etc. every night.
Did ya catch all that? It's been a bit of a whirlwind day! Hopefully tomorrow is better!
Sounds like quite a whirlwind... but great to have a plan and be on the verge of starting :)) Cycling with you xoxo
ReplyDeleteHoly Moly! $900 is a lot! I sure hope that the new pharmacy can save you some money. Exciting that you get your calendar today though! Good luck to you. Also, I thought that was you in the Dr's office yesterday morning. But I couldn't quite tell. We had to go in for DH's appt at 8:30. And we were there about 8:15-8:20ish. Did you have a green shirt on?
ReplyDeleteYep, that was me. We were there at 8 and left around 8:40ish. I'm still waiting to hear back from the other pharmacy. They have the Rx from the doctor's office, now they have to run it through the insurance and get back with me. Hopefully they do it soon!
ReplyDeleteWell I told DH I thought it was you but I wasn't 100% sure so I didn't want to say something. Next time I will. I really hope they can lower that price. Did they give you an estimate on how much time it would take before they got back to you? Again, Good Luck!!! :)
ReplyDeleteHopefully I hear back today or tomorrow. They said 72 hours and I know they received the Rx on Monday afternoon/evening, so it better be soon.
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