It was a frustrating day but now that I am at home and have had my shot, I am relieved.
First of all, my boss was great about letting me leave early to go get the meds. I am so fortunate to have folks at work that understand that I am miserable and are accommodating when I am unable to be at work. This disease makes it hard to move and walk so it seems like some days I almost have to crawl to my desk. Here’s hoping that I will feel better soon and leave the crawling to my baby.
I got my Lupron Depot 3.75 shot, after driving a few towns away since that pharmacy had it last time I was desperate, just like today. What luck that there was one dose in stock!
However, it was a bit annoying to be met with such resistance when I arrived at the doctor’s office in town and asked to have the shot given to me there. The receptionist gave me a hard time because it was ordered from another hospital, but I am not blaming them at all since they have their rules to follow which are set up for safety, but it was annoying and when I am already on the edge. It was not a great experience. The receptionist that has taken care of me dozens of times asked if I was a patient, that made me feel a little strange since I have been in the office a lot lately and she has processed my visits each time. It’s funny how the staff at the Big Hospital are so much nicer and actually treat you like they know you even if you are a new patient. They welcome you are grateful that you chose them to provide your care. Here in town, at the local hospital, I personally do not feel that way.
Let me start at the beginning, after being told that the mail order company the Big Hospital uses did not contact me to verify my information, I called the Big Hospital and spoke to the nurse there, who is an absolute angel who goes above and beyond the call of duty to make me feel at ease and helped.
This angel told me that she would call the company and find out when I can expect a call from their office and expect shipment of my Lupron, which will suppress my ovaries and control my pain. (Goodie!) She called me right back with in record time to suggested that I get the meds here in town like I did before if possible since the mail order place was too buy to process my order yet. She even told them it was an emergency, but hey told her that all of the orders were emergencies. That's not true though since this med is used for lots of other reasons. But i digress. I called the pharmacy a few towns away and was in luck, they had one dose left. I was able to pick it up within an hour and rushed to my local OBGYN’s office to have it administered. The folks at Big Hospital suggested I do that, so when I got to the office, I saw the same woman who usually checks me in and she gave me run around to put it nicely, finally, after arguing with her for quite a few minutes, she asked the doctor on duty if they would give the shot, the same shot I had there at the office one month ago. She explained that it was an issue because they did not order the shot there, I understand but…How would I have gotten my hands on a shot from a pharmacy that costs $1,000? I am not that sneaky, and why would I bother to do that anyway? Do I have criminal stamped on my forehead? Noooooooooooooooo.
All in all this whole chronic disease has really opened my eyes to what folks with illnesses go through just to get help.
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