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From: cindy shruhan <cindyandbobby@webtv.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:05 AM
Subject: TO ALL MY IAS SISTERS;UPDATE ON BREAK THROUGH PAIN MED
> GOOD MORNING TO ALL MY SISTERS AND GREAT FRIENDS..I POSTED THAT I HAD
> FINALLY RECIEVED MY NEW B.T. MEDICATION, ACTIQ..FIRST OF ALL A
> CORRECTION ON THE MG'S, NOT 20MGS....ITS 200 MCG, TO BE TAKEN 4 TIMES A
> DAY, NOT TO EXCEED THE 4..I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE TO USE THIS
> MEDICATION THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF GETTING, I THINK A BIG REASON FOR THIS,
> WAS FINDING OUT WHAT THIS MEDICATION COST, I COULD ONLY GET A 6 DAY
> SUPPLY, AND THAT COST ME 200.00, REMEMBER MY REG MORPINE IS OVER 100.00
> A MONTH, AND I TAKE 6 MORE MEDICATIONS, IM NOT SURE AT ALL THAT I CAN
> EVEN AFFORD THIS, AS A MONTHLY PRES WILL BE CLOSE TO ONE THOUSAND
> DOLLARS...MOST OF MY MED'S ARE EXPENSIVE, AND I HAVE GOOD PRES INS.BUT I
> DO MAX OUT EVERY YEAR IN MARCH, THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, I PAY UP FRONT
> FOR ALL MY MEDICATIONS, UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR IN JANUARY, YES MY INS DOES
> SEND ME BACK A CHECK FOR 80%, SO JUST THIS ONE MEDICATION IS LIKE HAVING
> ANOTHER HOUSE PAYMENT, AND I DONT ALWAYS GET MY INS CHECKS BACK IN TIME
> TO PAY THE BILLS THAT ARE DUE AT THIS TIME...SO ITS REALLY SCARY
> FINANCIALLY FOR US AFTER MARCH, IM VERY DEPRESSED BY THIS, I DID HAVE TO
> USE THE MEDICATION YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, AFTER WAITING CLOSE TO
> A YEAR FOR THIS, AND IM WAS HEART BROKEN FOR IT DID NOT WORK, SO IM
> STILL AT THE SAME POINT I WAS, KNOWING I CANT AFFORD THIS MEDICATION
> CRUSHES US, DUE TO THE FACT IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD STEAM, VIA
> MOUTH SUCKERS, IM SURE THAT IF MY DOCTOR, AND HE WILL UP THE MILIGRAMS
> IM TAKING, WILL STILL BE OF NO USE TO ME, I CANT AFFORD IT.....IM HOPING
> AND PRAYING THAT THE SIX DAY SUPPLY I DO HAVE WILL LAST A LONG TIME, AS
> IM NOT EVEN ABLE TO TAKE THEM AS DIRECTED, SO IM NOT SURE DOING IT THIS
> WAY IS GONNA WORK, CONFUSED, YES, AND SO SO UPSET, I REALLY THOUGHT IT
> WAS OVER, THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A LIFE OUT OF THIS BED...IM SURE
> YOU ALL WONDER WHY IT TOOK SO LONG, AND WHY IM IN BED SO MUCH....ITS ALL
> WAY TO LONG TO EVEN LIST, BUT I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ALL, AND IM PRAYING
> FOR SOME TYPE OF GOOD OUT COME FROM THIS LEARNING PROCESS.......ONE THAT
> I CANT SEEM TO GET OUT OF, YET I TELL YOU ALL, GET THE PROPER PAIN
> MEDICATIONS, NOW WE CAN SEE HOW THIS VICIOUS CYCLE NEVER STOPS FOR SOME
> OF US, SO IM CALLING MY DOCTOR TOMORROW WITH THIS NEWS, AND IM NOT SURE
> WHAT WE WILL DO FROM HERE, IM JUST SO SADDED BY THIS, HEART JUST BROKE,
> BUT WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN, WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AND KEEP PUSHING
> TO MAKE IT BETTER..KNOW I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND IF I HAVE ANY OTHER
> UPDATES ON THIS TOPIC, I WILL SURELY POST IT FOR YOU ALL...PRAYERS, AND
> TONS OF LOVE TO YOU ALL, YOUR SISTER CINDY SHRUHAN
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> I'M VISUALLY IMPAIRED, I NEED THE CAP'S IN ORDER TO TYPE, NOT TO OFFEND
ANYONE..THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.............. cindyandbobby@webtv.net
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