BRA
Aug 16, 2012, 12:11 PM
Hello,
I have buldging discs, central cord compression and a syrnix that a neurosurgeon will not "deflate" I guess is what they would do. The neurosurgeon has told me he feels that doing anything with it would do more harm then good. So, I believe the risks outweigh the benefits.
I do have insurance, not the best as I am a stay at home mother of two young boys. I pay close to $300 a month for my health insurance, the coverage is for myself alone which is a program called Healthy New York. This health insurance was my only option for coverage as my husbands income puts us over any program that is offered (unfourtantily) I'm sure you know how it goes, those doing everything the right way are unable or uneligible to get any help that they desperatly need. I should have said the working poor! Anywho- the Healthy New York insurance program that I am enrolled in has a $3,000 max limit on their prescription coverage. I have/had reached my $3,000 limit in May.
With the above information explained here's my question and what I REALLY need help with. I have been in cronic pain for years with my back and was prescribed pain pill after pain pill and then finally found a good pmd that sent me to one of our towns most well known pain management doctors, after moths waiting to get in to see him and after all the tests he ran he has also diagnosed me with fibromyelgia. The insurance I have wouldn't cover lyerica so more pain pills it was. Finally I had enough and the day after Christmas which was my next scheduled appointment, I went into his office in tears explaining to him I no longer wanted to live my life around a pain pill, espically with my little boys that I need to take care of and be here for. My pain management doctor then stopped all my medications that day and started me on 4'mg of Suboxone 3 times a day. I have to admit December 26, 2011 felt like the best day of my life, like I was reborn. The Suboxone was like a merical for me, I felt better then I did on any pill I had ever taken and I no longer had to live my life around a pill. I was myself again and the best mommy I could be again. Things were wonderful, the best that they have been in years, until May came! I went to the pharmacy to get my Suboxone script filled and wasn't able to because it was over $500, obvsiouly there's no way a struggling working class family could. I was crushed and mortified, I diddnt know what to do, all I did know was that I no longer had prescription coverage and had to get ahold of my pain management doctor asap! There was nothing that they were able to do for me and told me my only and last option was trammidol. I can afford that, the problem is, it doesn't help and I find myself wanting to go back on pain medication which is exactly what I do NOT want to do at all and obvsiouly that's not even an option with my doctor anymore!
I don't feel happy anymore, I'm in pain all the time and want nothing more then to be the best mom to my little ones that I know I can be and they deserve. Don't get me wrong I do, do the best I can for my but I know it could be even better, like it was when I was on the Suboxone. Everyday I struggle to even get out of bed, I force myself to do everything I possibly can, even smiles have to be forced. My children are my life and my world. This whole situation is also putting a strain on my marriage because my husband knows how much better everything was while I was able to be on the Suboxone, he just wants to help me however financially that's not an option or possability.
I guess my question would be is there any options for discounts on Suboxone, programs, anything at all? Is there anything that I could possibly do to make getting the Suboxone once again? What can I do? What should I do? Any help or input or even to point me in the right direction would basically be a life savor... please help me, I don't know what to do! I'm 31 years old and feel like my life is over all because of my prescription coverage ending and the ability the pharmacies have to charge such astronomical amounts on prescriptions, I guess I should say the companies as well. When I was first into my Suboxone I said it was a "LIFE SAVING, MIRICAL"drug and that it truly is. I would do just about anything and everything possible to have the chance to take this once again.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to read my story. I really look forward to hearing from you or anybody at this point. Any information you could share with how I might be able to get the life saving and changing Suboxone once again would mean the world to me along with my little boys and my husband. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU
I have buldging discs, central cord compression and a syrnix that a neurosurgeon will not "deflate" I guess is what they would do. The neurosurgeon has told me he feels that doing anything with it would do more harm then good. So, I believe the risks outweigh the benefits.
I do have insurance, not the best as I am a stay at home mother of two young boys. I pay close to $300 a month for my health insurance, the coverage is for myself alone which is a program called Healthy New York. This health insurance was my only option for coverage as my husbands income puts us over any program that is offered (unfourtantily) I'm sure you know how it goes, those doing everything the right way are unable or uneligible to get any help that they desperatly need. I should have said the working poor! Anywho- the Healthy New York insurance program that I am enrolled in has a $3,000 max limit on their prescription coverage. I have/had reached my $3,000 limit in May.
With the above information explained here's my question and what I REALLY need help with. I have been in cronic pain for years with my back and was prescribed pain pill after pain pill and then finally found a good pmd that sent me to one of our towns most well known pain management doctors, after moths waiting to get in to see him and after all the tests he ran he has also diagnosed me with fibromyelgia. The insurance I have wouldn't cover lyerica so more pain pills it was. Finally I had enough and the day after Christmas which was my next scheduled appointment, I went into his office in tears explaining to him I no longer wanted to live my life around a pain pill, espically with my little boys that I need to take care of and be here for. My pain management doctor then stopped all my medications that day and started me on 4'mg of Suboxone 3 times a day. I have to admit December 26, 2011 felt like the best day of my life, like I was reborn. The Suboxone was like a merical for me, I felt better then I did on any pill I had ever taken and I no longer had to live my life around a pill. I was myself again and the best mommy I could be again. Things were wonderful, the best that they have been in years, until May came! I went to the pharmacy to get my Suboxone script filled and wasn't able to because it was over $500, obvsiouly there's no way a struggling working class family could. I was crushed and mortified, I diddnt know what to do, all I did know was that I no longer had prescription coverage and had to get ahold of my pain management doctor asap! There was nothing that they were able to do for me and told me my only and last option was trammidol. I can afford that, the problem is, it doesn't help and I find myself wanting to go back on pain medication which is exactly what I do NOT want to do at all and obvsiouly that's not even an option with my doctor anymore!
I don't feel happy anymore, I'm in pain all the time and want nothing more then to be the best mom to my little ones that I know I can be and they deserve. Don't get me wrong I do, do the best I can for my but I know it could be even better, like it was when I was on the Suboxone. Everyday I struggle to even get out of bed, I force myself to do everything I possibly can, even smiles have to be forced. My children are my life and my world. This whole situation is also putting a strain on my marriage because my husband knows how much better everything was while I was able to be on the Suboxone, he just wants to help me however financially that's not an option or possability.
I guess my question would be is there any options for discounts on Suboxone, programs, anything at all? Is there anything that I could possibly do to make getting the Suboxone once again? What can I do? What should I do? Any help or input or even to point me in the right direction would basically be a life savor... please help me, I don't know what to do! I'm 31 years old and feel like my life is over all because of my prescription coverage ending and the ability the pharmacies have to charge such astronomical amounts on prescriptions, I guess I should say the companies as well. When I was first into my Suboxone I said it was a "LIFE SAVING, MIRICAL"drug and that it truly is. I would do just about anything and everything possible to have the chance to take this once again.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to read my story. I really look forward to hearing from you or anybody at this point. Any information you could share with how I might be able to get the life saving and changing Suboxone once again would mean the world to me along with my little boys and my husband. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU