Posted by Maxime on June 23, 2005, at 17:53:01
In reply to Re: Down and out » Maxime, posted by Mildred on June 23, 2005, at 17:29:26
Hi again Mildred!
I don't know if my doctor has any contacts. I am moving to a small town. Well compared to where I am now!
For 3 months I have to use the medicare card from my Province. I pay into a medication plan through my Province. So there is a price cap on what all my meds cost for the month (of course I am paying for this "insurance"). So for three months I am going to call the pharmacy for my refills and my mom is going to ship them off to me. There will be one month where I will have to pay out of pocket (ouch!) because my benefits at work don't kick for 4 months! It's going to be so expensive because I have asthma and the inhalers are expensive. Plus the mood stabiliser alone is over $100 and the AD is about that as well. I will have to shell out about $400! Not sure how I am going to afford it.
I guess I just have to trust that everything will work out. I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET SICK! I'll lose everything.
Hugs,
Maxime> Maxime -
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> > (((Mildred))) You are so sweet! I would love to meet you in person!
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> I would love to meet you, too, Maxime! The closest I am to Canada is that I have a friend who is visitng Montreal right now . . . she is actually from there, but lives here now - I'm way down in Florida.
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> > No doubt about it's a good thing. But I am worried about my meds and not having a pdoc or even a regular doctor for several months. I guess I can go to a clinic or the ER if I have to.
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> I certainly understand that you are scared. I never had the guts to take any risks in my life, and, consequently, I have been kind of limited. Not that I have a bad life . . . I just often wish I had been a little daring. Perhaps things might be a bit more exciting.
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> > Plus it's going to be a stressful job. I hope it doesn't through my body chemistry off too much and affect my meds. So I am scared from that perspective.
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> There is nothing wrong with being scared - as long as it's not keeping you from taking action. I think it is great that you have identified your fears and know how you will address them if a problem should arise. Now, the trick is to let go of them - a lot easier said than done, right?
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> Do you have enough medication to keep you going until you actually do see a new doc? I know you are not secure with your meds at this point - can your current pdoc make some contacts for you in your new province - so that you might be able to have continuous access to a doctor should you need it?
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> Such an exciting (and scary!) time -
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> Warmly (literally - well, actually, it's only in the high 70's right now - a cold front!),
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> Mildred
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