Texas travel update and insurance update

March 7, 2008

Hi all ~

Traveled down to Texas to see my son by train - I do not recommend train

travel with fibro and a bad back (long story). After that I was down there

for 5 days and got bit by some nasty bug and was itching and hiving out for

days - left early (was supposed to stay for 3 weeks) to come back and see my

doc. Didn't know if the bug bite was causing the hives or if the changing

from Effexor to Cymbalta was causing the itching - doc put me back on

Effexor full dose (they managed to find me a months worth of samples) and

cut me off the cymbalta. So we're not sure where the hives really came from

- could be one or the other. Also started having extreme bouts of crying

out of the blue - that was probably a meds change. I tell ya, when it

rains, it pours.

Flew home - no more train travel for me. And found a lovely little surprise

in the mail - a certified letter stating Anthem BCBS was canceling my

policy.

Isn't life grand - so now I need to work on applying for the high risk

insurance pool we have here in Wisconsin and to stop spinning from all the

drama that has been going on lately. Why can't things just go a little bit

smoothly? Why does it have to always be something? Needless to say, I'm

disappointed about the whole insurance thing but was kind of expecting it -

why should the insurance company pay out for anything - they'd rather just

have healthy people on their policies..but I guess I will just have to deal

with it. What other choice is there - nada ~

Sorry about not posting since last Sunday - but like I said, things have

been quite dramatic (which I dislike) in my life. Will try to answer some

of the posts sent to me and address some of the other posts of people who

are in need - but right now I've got to take care of business. But please

do know that you are all in my prayers.

On the bright side though - my son is doing much better down in Texas.

So I'm working on getting rid of the hives and hopefully getting back to my

regular dose of Effexor will stop the crying jags. I have to keep a

positive outlook on all this otherwise I will end up in the psych ward of

some hospital.praying big time.

Teri (central Wisconsin)

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