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OK. I am annoyed.
I have asthma but rarely have any problems. So rarely that I did not have an inhaler when I had an attack on Sunday night. Seriously, it had been three years since I had needed an inhaler and that was only after a cold had turned into something worse, which was not caught, and then became pneumonia. Stupid on my part, I should have had an inhaler, but recoverable.
I went to the Doctor yesterday. When I called, the Nurse told me that my Doctor was booked but she would see if she could get me in. My Dr told me as soon as she heard my name she made sure to get me in. It took 10 weeks that included two bouts of pneumonia, multiple respiratory infections, full blown asthma treatment (steroids, inhaler and a nebulizer) so there was no way she was ignoring my calling in with early problems. Great Doctor. Love my Doctor.
She orders me a specific inhaler and Singular as a first step to stopping this from progressing. I go to the pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions only to be told that my insurance will not provide for the inhaler I was prescribed and wanted me to use a totally different medicine. It took three hours to get the medicine worked out. The pharmacy had to fax the Doctors office, they had the wrong number but only found out when I called the Pharmacy after calling the Doctors office to follow up. I ended up with a different inhaler, that insurance would pay for, but have to take a higher dosage of the medicine on a more frequent basis.
Why the hell is insurance screwing with my meds? My Doctor had to justify giving me the pneumonia vaccine three years ago and that was after I had had pneumonia twice. Really? Seriously? Let the Doctors do their job and fill their scripts. Just freaking annoying.
On another note, even if you don't have many attacks make sure you have an inhaler nearby if you have had asthma. I'll be getting a new script every year at my annual check up now so I have a working inhaler that is up to date from here on out cause that really, really sucked.
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