Muggle-sick is good, especially in this instance!

Def better than an autoimmune flare or some kind of urological cancer, sure. I would suggest, if you get a strange lab result from a doctor you don't know, it's worth getting checked by someone who knows you. he's feeling better now, just...his resistance is down because of the stuff he takes.

Scheduled a tit-squishing for September. Yay.

I really need to do that now that I'm 48.

Jacqueline just had her tit squished.

I'll go in the fall when I get home. They want a bone density at the same time and place. The DXA is much easier.

Fingers crossed for Tim, please. He had to do a urine test before he could get his Ritalin prescription in July (I assume that's a new state law) (he doesn't have to do it every month; I think just once a year). And the point of the urine test is to make sure that the drug is *in* your system -- if there isn't any, that could mean the patient is selling/giving the Ritalin to other people. (I can vouch that he takes it, 4 times a day. He has alarms set on his phone to remind him.)

But the problem is that when he called the doctor's office for a refill, he was basically out of Ritalin, and then he couldn't go do the pee test for 2 days. So his test result came back with no Ritalin in it. And his doctor emailed him and said "Your test results show no drug in your sample, and there should be measurable amounts of drug. Please come in so we can discuss this."

Tim didn't mention to anyone at his doctor's office that he hadn't taken Ritalin for 2 days when he did the pee test, because it just didn't occur to him. Anyway, he sees his doctor tomorrow. He's been seeing this doctor for almost 15 years, and they have a good doctor-patient relationship, so I think once Tim explains the timing, it should be okay. I mean, his doctor can look in his records and see when Tim filled his June Rx, and calculate when the Rx would run out, and then look at the date Tim took the pee test.

I'm sure it'll be fine, but it's just a huge annoyance. (Plus, it would be detrimental if he stopped taking Ritalin. So I just want it to all work out.)

Much~ma. My meds wrangler warned me I might have to do that if I needed a higher prescription or if I needed a refill sooner than they thought I should or something, but it hasn't actually come up. Anyway, I'm sure Tim's doctor will understand the situation, it can't be too unusual. I understand why they need to have controls in place but it's unfortunate that complying with them is so hard for well-intentioned ADHD peeps who need the regulated drugs.

Does remind me I need to make an appointment to check in with my meds wrangler...

Yikes, Teppy, that's tough.

I haven't gotten COBRA info yet, and had to refill my rx. Annoyingly, although yesterday the website said it was $230 at the pharmacy, today lo and behold it was $270. (And that's for the generic!!!) But I couldn't wait to get the COBRA stuff, pay for it, and then wait for them to acknowledge that, before refilling.

I expect the Tim's doctor will quickly and easily understand what happened.

The processes that exist, including pre-authorizations every renewal, are causing people to have uneven medication schedules. My brother takes medications for his MS and at minimum a couple times a year he goes a month with no meds because of the hurdles. I hear the same thing from people who are dependent on medications for diabetes and hypertension. These obstacles to people getting their meds is very short sighted for the insurance companies since without meds the patients will cost them more!

I understand the testing for abuse, from both taking too much or too little, but so much of our system of getting medication to people who need it is totally screwed up.

Don't get me started on the price of medication! Knocks wood that I don't take anything except a few billion OTC supplements.