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August 17, 2010

Holy cow

I am stunned and feel like I've been punched in the face.

I have been receiving letters from my prescription plan company informing me they are refusing to cover some of the medication needed for IVF. They completely deny that there's proof I need the meds despite my doctor saying so.

This could make my medication cost three times as much, upwards of 15k!! On top of what I've already paid for the services!!

Shortly after letting the fertility clinic know of the denial, they had another pharmacist call me who said he could possibly help me. He said worse case scenario he should be able to get me a slight discount because he has a direct line to the drug manufacturers. He chose this as a specialty because his family went through IVF.

Despite that small ray of light, I'm bummed. It is hardly a ray of light because things have gotten worse, just not quite as bad as I thought.

This process is devastating. And it is a little hard to talk about it to people in my real life. My husband, if he knew I was being run through the mill like this, would probably encourage me to bail completely.

I don't know how crazy people think I am for doing this.

I feel very sad that this process isn't made more accessible (ideally covered).

Right now I feel sad and anxious.

Posted by hopeful @ August 17, 2010 12:19 PM