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  1. I got a call from the nurse of the shoulder surgeon and got a name of a surgeon who does that kind of surgery at UAB=so l.5 hours away. That was while I was at Publix, getting my Enbrel, and getting some food including an already roasted chicken which we only at half of and can eat again for another dinner. I made the easy dinner of leftover peas, Garlic couscous which takes only 8 minutes with our new induction stove, and fresh multigrain Italian bread with butter. I had a green banana for dessert, I do not like yellow bananas.\ Quest diagnostics really quickly answered my message on X (that is the way to get companies to do what you want) and I have messaged them back with all the particulars of the claim so they do not have to bother me again=just refile. The lady from Tarcog called while I was getting into the car to get my walker fixed, retrieve prescription and go to Publix and get Enbrel and food. I gave her my email address and she was going to send me two different directories of both home aid services and another one which was a directory of all their services. I am having issues with gmail today like it is not loading so I will see in the morning if it is here. I am going to start getting ready to go to sleep- I didn't get enough last night.
  2. And some meds I have to get at different pharmacies because 1) Tricare doesn't cover so 1 med at compound pharmacy one city away, another is at a specialed mail order pharmacy. 2) I use 3 pharmacies in my own city which are fairly close by-- Publix for most, a local chain fir specialized blood thinning shots and lately also one of my bp meds because Publix started using a amall white pill that looked the same as other of my pills also they make my magic mouthwash for when i have mouthsores. I also use CVS because they make the least offensive nystatin rinse.4) I get free overvthr counter meds at the Army Clinic. Plus Ibmay go back to having my lidicaine pain patches come feom there if they don't havevthebinea made in Tenn which are much worse than the ones made un France. 5) Finally I nowchavevtobfig7re out which meds go to Tricare Express Scripts and which to their new specialty pharmacy partner Accredo. .
  3. Yes, I do have that. I have to use levalbuterol because albuterol began to really notcket me sleep so badly that I developed sleep psychosis several times. My allergist who also cares for asthma changed me to it and I can sleep w/it. But there are so many drug shortages. I worry about my dd2 who needs adhd meds for both adhd and a strange type of narcolepsy she has. Plus she inherited from my dh being super sensitive to medications, where we had to hunt forvygr cirrect generic because other ones caused awful side effects or didn't work at all. And while I was okay w my plaquenil during Covid, other lupus and Sjogren's patients weren't so lucky.
  4. Tried to get Advair Hfa since my ovrrall neuropathy includes my face too so I can't use the more commonly used round kind. Last year, the hospital I was in had none and I really needed and there was such a hassle getting it into the hospital. ( I was there slightly morec than 3 weeks). Today i needed it as fast as I could get it. None of the pharmacies carry it so I will get it tomorrow when Publix order will come. I have been rationing my Adderall and will be cheching on that too. My executive functioning has basically disappeared. Adderal helps w both.
  5. call all doctors, etc who weren't paid because of the insurance mess of last week Doctors all done. I messaged on X Quest Diagnostics because their stupid computer system billing phone out me on hold twice and hung up w/out me reaching any humans. Call case manager Not doing until Thursday at earlier since I have an telehealth appt w Concierge doctor on Wednesday afternoon Call my shoulder doctor's staff left message Call vascular surgeon re when my next appointment is tomorrow Start calling home aid staff Agencies Talked briefly with women at TARCOG- a local govt agency that helps disabled and seniors (I qualify as both since I am 62 now). She was in a meeting and will be calling back Call Tricare Express scripts regarding the Advair issue. My prescription expired in Oct. Then I stupidly took the inhaler out of the purple tubing, and in putting it back in, I got it stuck and nonusable. Got my concierge doctor to put in script to Publix and so I will get it tomorrow but in the meantime, I will probably have to use levalbuterol Get either allergy or pulmonology appointment or both tomorrow Make shopping list for publix and fresh market Pick up Enbrel at Publix Pick up medicine at Propst drugstore plus bring in my walker to see if they can fix it. One of the tightening bolts is broken Talk w dh about plumbing issues -plumber told me my water heater is from 1989 and is a time bomb. Also, we need to replace w old water pressure valves/ shut of valves since our water pressure is way too high- over 85 so our new kitchen plumbing isn't even on warranty right now since max is 80 and he normally sets it at 65. That all costs about 5k. And we also need 2 toilets replaced and one toilet tank reworked. I want the first part done before dh leaves for his long trip in early April. Last June, when he was on a business trip, the kitchen flood disaster happened and dd1 helped a lot w that. Now dd1 is about to have a baby do some financial stuff
  6. Good morning! I have a super busy day today. I am sure I won't get it all done. Done or ongoing finished preparing for plumber Took all morn8ng meds including Dupixent Plumber is here and just found out leaking water stream down our driveway is city problem. Dh used a online complaint service our city uses to report it to the city months ago and they took their time and replied it wasn't their fault. I will have the plumber write out how he tested that it wasn't our fault. Helping plumber as-needed To do and can't do most until plumber leaves call all doctors, etc who weren't paid because of the insurance mess up that I took care of last week. Call case manager Call my shoulder doctor's staff Call vascular surgeon re when my next appointment is Start calling home aid staff Agencies Call tricare express scripts re Advair issue Get either allergy or pulmonology appointment or both Make shopping list for publix and fresh market Pick up Enbrel at Publix Pick up medicine at Propst drugstore plus bring in my walker to see if they can fix it. One of the tightening bolts is broken Talk w dh about plumbing issues -plumber told me my water heater is from 1989 and is a time bomb. Also, we need to replace w old water pressure valves/ shut of valves s8nce our water pressure isxway too high- over 85 so our new kitchen plumbing isn't even on warranty right now since max is 80 and he normally sets it at 65. That all costs about 5k. And we also need 2 toilets replaced and one toilet tank reworked. I want the first part done before dh leaves for his long trip in early April. Last June, when he was on a business trip, the kitchen flood disaster happened and dd1 helped a lot w thar. Now dd1 is about to have a baby just did and it didn't go well. do some financial stuff
  7. Hi all, I have a super busy day today. I am sure I won't get it all done. to do Finish prepping for plumber Take meds including Duplixent Call all doctors etc, who weren't paid because of the insurance mess up that I took care of last week, Call case manager Call my shoulder doctor's staff Call vascular surgeon re when my next appointment is Start calling home aid staff Agencies Call tricare express scripts re Advair issue Get either allergy or pulmonology appointment or both Make shopping list for publix and fresh market Pick up my Enbrel at publix Pick up medison at propst drugstore Plus bring in my walker to see if they can fix it. One of the tightening Bolt is broken Deal with plumber Potentially deal with electrician
  8. Had a great time watching Jesus Christ Superstar- I had a regular kind of seat versus concert hall chair. I was in the first row in the orchestra pit. I actually could see the actors and dancers really well. I am going to buy a CD and/or DVD of it. I was surprised how well I remembered the music. I only saw it once before during video tape era, probably more than 30 years ago. More to do Amazon order Finish cleaning bathroom Run around and pick up stuff, neaten up for electrician inspection and plumber walking through to hall bathroom where he will fix sink drainage hopefully- one of them is coming from 8 to 10 Check if blood test results are available Sort clothes that are on my bed currently Make to do list for tomorrow
  9. It is a touring professional production. We have a non profit Br9adway League here in our city That was formed well before this was a boom town. And I just got the ticket Yesterday and it was great that I got a seat Right near the stage. Basically the best ticket in the house and I got it for the same price as if I was sitting teaching in the back row of the balcony. But thanks for reminding me to be looking out for local high school productions. I did go to one about 8 Years ago at the high school my daughter would have gone to if she went to public school and we were just absolutely astonished. It was Peter Pan and we could see exactly why the hill where we live on used to be called pill hill. It was because all the doctors lived on this hill. And many do live around here- new ones knocking down 60's homes and building 750K new ones. I couldn't believe how much money they spent on that production and that was all parental and business donations.
  10. Good morning! Breakfast done, dh left on rock hounding trip. to do shower and dress Instacart order Church Order Uber or lyft Go see Jesus Christ Superstar Order Uber or lyft if dh isn't home yet
  11. Our Access bus is a city specialized bus for disabled but semi ambulatory people like me or the blind, epileptics, etc who can't drive due to medical reasons .It has a lift that I use usually. You have to apply for the program w a doctor's document and when I applied, I actually qualified on more thanine category. You also have to live within .75 miles of a regular bus route. I just make that mark. People who are 65 and over and anyone who lives further away gets to go only if there is availability. I have gone on the buses around 14 times and only once did I have another passenger on the bus w/me. She was a legally blind person returning home from work. But why I want someone who drives as a part time caretaker is because if it is raining or icing, I don't like taking the Access bus because my driveway is long and steep so bus stops on the street and I haven't walk up and down it w a walker and my gear.
  12. A number of the agencies that advertise in the magazine of the local senior center say they do driving. I am not going to call one or two who specialize in alzheimer/bedridden types.
  13. I am not going to be able to depend on any of my kids to help me. My oldest daughter has a high risk pregnancy and will either be giving birth then or right before. My son and his wife are taking two trips during this period. My youngest daughter is taking a trip too and is having surgery too. I can't drive due to me having an old car and my neck being partially fused and my left arm not working well. I also should not be alone so long. I am quite disabled w all my autoimmune diseases and still prone to falling though it is much better than before my back surgery. But j7st regular stuff like taking out the trash is hard for me. I will switch my meal schedule to reg breakfast, main meal, light supper. I am only going to hire aide that can drive me places, help me w/laundry and hanging stuff up, maybe help me cook, stuff like that. I don't need help dressing, bathing, etc. I know of a number of agencies in town, Any helpful suggestions of how to get help and what to look out for would be appreciated.
  14. A lot of the parade wasn't Irish. Dance groups dancing to a Lizzo song, and 0ther pop/dance songs. A Cajun restaurant reusing their float from Mardi Gras parade with the slogan Laissez les bons temps rouler ( which I am not even sure it happened this year because I think we may have been having downpours). And also lots of different car types rolled by which was fine except the Mustang group liked roaring their engines which bugged both my dgd and me. But we also had several groups of Irish dancers, some Irish wolfhounds, and cars carrying signs w/ Irish province names.
  15. We went to a St. Patrick's Day parade today and dh got a shamrock sticker w/ yeeaaah on it. He wants me to find out howcto pronounce it - yee- aaah or a long version of yeah? And I don't think either version had anything to do w Ireland but neither did a bunch of stuff in the parade.
  16. Parade done Off to a diner for lunch because picky dgd wants pancakes
  17. Good morning! Had a leisurely breakfast, took meds and did switch out my wallet. We are off to meet ds, ddil, dgs, and dgd and go to St. Patrick's day parade. Then lunch after that.
  18. I just asked my dh this- first he said he hates looking back anx would rather look forward. Then he said he regrets not having a huge workshop cause I haven't won the lottery ( we don't even have thr lottery here do I only play occasionally when in a neighboring stste and even forgot to do that lasr mini vacation in Fl). Then he said, he regrets we didn’t have more time to choose a house to buy ( we had Memorial Day weekend) because it has expensive problems that we didn’t quite know about all of them. I married youngish and well. I don’t regret my education even though it meant I wasn't eligible for SS disability.
  19. The only actual experience I have had with Geico was when our car was hit and we had problems getting them to pay when we had been stopped and the person ran into us. I think USAA just decided they would pay first and go after Geico because the delay was ridiculous.
  20. Got blood test Found out that Rx order came through and I will be able to pick-up o. Monday after it arrives ( and I am fine w that, I didn't want to pick up tomorrow or Sunday) Arranged for plumbing repair and figuring out if outdoor leak is our problem or the city's Arranged for electrical inspection and a hvac inspection (those are free Found out that Health Advocate did nothing but get wrong info- very upset. I wanted her to find experienced surgeon's who can do the very specialized shoulder surgery that few surgeon's do. She just gave me my own surgical center where I already know from the shoulder surgeon that no one there has any experience w that type of surgery. She also told me about the other surgery practice in town but used the same stupid language She used in describing my clinic. I had another health advocate and she did acgreat job. One more thing I will do today is transfer from my heavy old wallet to ,my new one
  21. Good afternoon! Slow start this morning. It was a rough night because of the storms, and it was still raining this morning. Done Breakfast and most morning meds And breakfast included the last of the pie. Start cleaning up the bathroom and got trash together Unloaded the dishwasher and Started reloading Set up lab appointment for blood test More of my Enbrel struggle- 1st I called Publix Pharmacy to check if my Enbrel order was ready. They told me that the system was saying I needed a preauthorization. However, my rheumatologist nursearth had called in the preauthorization yesterday and then the prescription to Publix.. Next I called tri cure express scripts who looked at their system and said the preauthorization was in the system. I asked them for a number that the pharmacy should call if the system was still saying I needed a pre authorization. So next I called publix right back. The person who answered the phone must be new because she got it all messed up. She listens to my explanation and starts asking me for BIN .number. I Have no idea what she is talking about and And so she gets a supervisor. The supervisor asked me for a BIN And I ask where would I find this. She replies it Would be on my insurance card. I reply.I don't have a insurance card but I do have my military ID( That is used as an insurance card along with other purposes) Now I have been getting prescriptions at this publix pharmacy 413 years and I never had anyone think I have regular insusince.I get so many prescriptions there and therefore all through tricare express scripts. She tried to run it again.And of course the express scripts system wasn't working right and said I still needed a pre authorization. So I was happy.I got that number and she took it down and was going to call and she said that if there were any problems.Yes she would call me back. I told her that I needed by next Thursday at the latest. Ate lunch and took midday medicines Figured out I am halfway there to being able to earn some money on X. To do Figure out some concerts, theater,etc See if my health advocate emailed me Get ready to go to Lab Not sure what else
  22. The ambulance was Dec 28th and thd surgery wax mid Jan supposedly. That could mean it was both emerged and planned.
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