Hope this finds all of you not too stressed and enjoying the holiday season. I must confess this is my favorite time of year. Those who know me best know I LOVE giving gifts. Through the years I've tried to come up with special gifts meant for the person it is given to instead of just buying anything. Lately it has been hard since I'm not as mobile as I use to be but I have a few things I've picked out that have meaning.
Started the new chemo last week and hope this does the trick. Of course it wasn't without drama. I had the usual IV chemo last week and am also on two different pills. One is a chemo pill and the other a hormone pill. I had asked for a prescription of the chemo pill that I could have filled at Walgreens and another I could mail. I called Walgreens and they did not have this drug in stock but were able to order it and get it in the next day. So the next day I get a call from the pharmacist who advised me my co-pay would be $1,000!!! For 2 weeks of pills the retail is $5,000!!!! I politely told him I would call my insurance and get it straightened out. Instead I called the pharmacy warehouse (Trissent) where I received the last chemo drugs (2 weeks of those were $3,300). If anyone has to work with this pharmacy they are FANTASTIC! I have dealt with them several times in the past have not once got anyone who wasn't friendly and very helpful. They told me to take my precription to Walgreens and have the pharmacist fax it to them. Trissent is owned by Walgreens. HMMMM......so if I get it from a Walgreens retail store it's $1,000 and if I use the mail order service it's $50. Makes a lot of sense to me???? Anyway, Trissent rushed it through and called me 7:00 that night to let me know they received the OK from my insurance company and would set it up for FedEx next day so I could start immediately. So I am now in my 4th day of the new pills. This is a new chemo pill still in the trial stage that only targets the bad cells. Current chemo's cannot determine between good and bad cells and just attacks them all. This is why you can get hair loss, skin cracking and peeling, nails falling off, etc. It still has a few side effects but not suppose to be as severe as the last chemo I was taking. Let's all hope for the best. I go back next week for a follow up and chemo. We need to watch my liver functions since it can be hard on the liver.
Try not to get to wound up with all the activity Christmas brings. Take time to sit back, relax and enjoy the season. My favorite thing to do is to sit with a hot chocolate (use to be wine!), turn off all the lights except for the Christmas tree and enjoy the lights on the tree.
Until next time put on those fancy Christmas shoes and "Keep on Dancin"!
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