OT- Rant

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I'm completely out of Actiq and Humana says I'll get my prescription in 3-4

weeks.

They've had my order since 9/12, they waited until 9/26 to tell me or my

doctor that they needed confirmation from my doctor before filling my

fentanyl patches because of the high dose (fill date 9/27). Why did they

wait so damned long? Just today, they're telling me that my Actiq requires

prior authorization, but I'm supposed to be excluded from prior

authorization for the first 60 days (Medicare coverage started 9/1/11 for

me). No one can tell me why they're not processing my script. My PCP will

not issue a 30 day script for local pharmacy.

My doctors office claims they already confirmed the prescription and a

pharmacist Humana confirmed

Between all of this crap and no one being willing to manage a pump for me

(I'm too much of a liability because I'm " too sick " ), I don't think I can

keep going.

I can't travel 150 miles or more (each way) to see a pump doctor. I've been

denied by every doctor in a 100 mile radius. What are the odds a doctor 200

miles away is going to be anymore willing to accept the liability that comes

with a cancer patient with Fibromyalgia (and half a dozen other diagnosis).

I cannot keep living like this. My 22nd birthday is supposed to be October

21, but I don't think I can make it. I'm really scared and I have no one

else to talk to.

If anyone has any words of encouragement or wisdom that they'd like to

share, please do so. Thanks on advance for everyone's anticipated kind

words.

I hope everyone's pain is under a lot better control than mine (so, under

any control).

Steve M in PA, age 21

" Pain makes us make bad decisions. Fear of pain is almost as big a

motivator. " -House MD