Get-it-all ~ma Tim's way.

United Healthcare rant: They are "making" me pay $125 for 10mg and $50 for 5mg for a combined one month supply of Trintellix (which my doc prescribed instead of something more typical because of concerns about interactions with my various health issues) -- they wouldn't fill a 10mg Rx in the amount that would have me splitting the pills; had to get two separate Rxs. So, that's $175 per month in Rx copay or whatever it's called. With BCBS, it was $30 and they allowed the pill and a half method. Total money grab on UHC's part. Vultures.

Anyway -- due to the preauthorization hoops, I've been off of it for more than two weeks and, frankly, haven't noticed a difference. DH's company switched from UHC to Cigna as of September 1, so I'm not going to fill it, and I'm going to talk to my doctor about whether I need to be on anything right now, but... I don't even know how Cigna will treat it, but I'm just so effing mad -- because I know a minor issue for me is magnified a thousandfold for some people in much more dire medical and financial situations, and it's so maddening.

Sending begone cancer vibes to Tim!!

Cancer Begone! All the vibes!

Bonus: Less hip pain for Teppy too.

That is ridiculous, Jen!

Vibes to Tim!!

Jen I have to do that with my antidepressant, fill it as two separate doses and pay twice. It’s obnoxious but only like $20 so not the worst. Still rude though, but since my migraine meds (old and generic!) are $180 it’s not tops on my list.

That is ridiculous, Jen!

It’s obnoxious but only like $20 so not the worst.

Yeah -- if they weren't charging me so much per Rx, I'd deal. And still grumble, but I'd deal. But, also, the fact that I'm not feeling ANY different without the meds for two weeks means I should revisit with my doc anyway, I guess.

Cancer Begone! All the vibes!

All the cancer was not removed, because, to quote the surgeon, "We can't remove something we can't see." The ENT hasn't been able to get visual confirmation of the cancer in Tim's throat, and that held true today. He took several samples for biopsy from around the area that lit up on the PET scan, but he said they may come back negative. One possibility is that when the weird neck lumps were removed (those lumps turned out to be lymph nodes), virtually all the cancer was removed. It sounds like the plan will be to target a minuscule area with radiation, but we won't know that until the meeting with the oncology team next week.

And, again, the type of cancer Tim has is very very susceptible to radiation, so whatever is still there is likely to get nuked back to hell.

For now, Tim's throat feels sore from being poked and scraped, and he's eating yogurt and counting the minutes until his next percocet dose.

Bonus: Less hip pain for Teppy too.

Yessssssss.

a minuscule area

I like the sound of miniscule.

Yay yogurt and percocet, and I hope the minuscule radiation (or whatever plan gets planned) does the job as easily as possible