Due to COVID?
That sucks bro. Sorry to hear it.
First mri i no idea what to expect and almost had a panic attack.
But now I find the noise pretty soothing and doze off after 5-10 minutes, Iâve been offered music but being stuck in there having no control over the music seemed like it would be torture
I always ask for the mirror. I like being able to see out
Thanks. Most likely due to a cold-like sickness I had 3 weeks ago (definitely not Covid), but maybe connected to a shingles vaccine I got last week. Doctors seem optimistic that itâll start to get better within a week or so but I canât tell if theyâre just trying to keep my spirits up.
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Good Christ. Letâs hope not.
I get the warm wash cloth over my eyes and ask for NPR. The mirrors make it feel even more like a 2001: A Space Odyssey torture device to me.
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Well fuck. Thatâs a tough one. Good chances at full recovery but obviously scary as shit. Good luck
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Knock on wood, but this seems to be spot on. They confirmed Guillain Barre, I guess mainly through symptoms and by ruling out other things. Doesnât sound like thereâs a direct test for it.
They put me on a 5 day course of IV treatments. On about day 3, I reached my nadir. Couldnât walk at all and my arms were too weak to shift my body in bed. When youâre immobile like that you really learn to appreciate the nurses and staff (and to be annoyed at the occasional bad ones). Almost all of them were fantastic: competent and compassionate.
At my worst I was worried about if and how long it would take to recover. You read things that say âmonthsâ and hear about some who never fully recover, and it gets scary.
But I seem to be bouncing back quickly. After being discharged to an inpatient rehab center where Iâve been for 5 days, Iâll be ready to go home tomorrow. Iâm able to walk by myself without a walker now, which I was afraid would take a lot longer to get to. So yeah, it sucks but it could have been much worse.
I definitely appreciate the care Iâve gotten. Maybe the system works? I still havenât seen any bills, so that could change my mind. But the money side of things never got in the way of getting my treatments and therapy when I needed them, so Iâm grateful for that.
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I still donât understand this whole drug discount card thing.
Weâre on a marketplace insurance plan right now, as my wife lost her job over the summer and she wonât have new insurance through her new job until October (she starts Monday - was supposed to start last week, but they erred on the side of caution when our son got COVID, which then spread to the rest of us).
Had to refill a prescription, which cost about $150 at Walgreens with insurance. I Googled âdrug discountâ and ended up at SingleCare, which is like GoodRx. Typed in the drug and we can get it for $23 at Kroger.
Literally all I did was a two-second Google search, had the doctor send the script over to Kroger, told Kroger the codes on the web page, and I save about $130. I didnât sign up for anything. If I didnât think to do quick internet search for some random code numbers, I wouldâve been gouged. Itâs absurd. Makes no sense whatsoever.
Itâs because doctors are scammers. Good job looking out for yourself.
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How is the doctor making money off of dlk9s if he pays the $150? Whatâs the scam, exactly?
Edit: I got scammed on my pony
Lol come on
IIRC this is because when the insurance companies negotiate with large chain pharmacies, they put in a bunch of clauses about retail prices and not discounting anything to people who walk in off the street. The cards like goodRx etc basically are a workaround.
If you walk in off the street at some electrical supply places you might pay $2000 for an electrical service panel. An insurance company might pay $1500. A contractor with an account might pay $200. Same panel might cost $220 at Home Depot. There are a lot of reasons for pricing. Some of it is that a distributor wants to protect their regular clients. Some of it is that people who donât know better get charged more. Some of it is that people who pass on expenses donât care what things cost.
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I really wanted to hear how he was going to connect those dots.
Appreciate the kudos, but as others said, it has nothing to do with the doctor. She just prescribed the medication (generic, not brand name, FWIW). The price has nothing to do with her.
The cost savings for customers at cash pharmacies can be eye-popping, depending on their specific medications and insurance plan benefits. One Freedom Pharmacy customer who lives in Florida but frequently travels to the Columbus area for work recently began taking a generic form of Tecfidera, a multiple sclerosis medication. His pharmacy told him the prescription would cost $650 per month. Hesitant to essentially be âpaying rent for another apartment I canât use,â he said he began looking for cheaper options, including contacting Freedom Pharmacy ahead of his next business trip.
He reached Hux, who told him that he could pick up a three-month supply of the medication for $85.
After boarding a flight home in May with three bottles of medication and a wallet only $84.55 lighter, the customer said he plans to become a regular. âFortunately my work requires me to go to Ohio quite a bit. But if work doesnât send me, then I can make a trip on my own. Even then it will be cheaper.â
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