RE: Excellent news! (Enbrel)

[Guest guest]

Congratulations!!! I also got my number today for Enbrel. I will call the

Rhuemy tomorrow to find out about the Insurance. I keep praying.

You know that if you have something like pnemonia....then you will have to

wait to take the enbrel... ???

GOOD LUCK. And lets compare if we both get to start taking it at the same

time. I will let you all know if the INS is a go.

Janet

[Guest guest]

> I am so charged today.. I got my Enbrel ID # today,.......

, this is great news! How long did it take you to get your

Enbrel # after you submitted your enrollment form? I just submitted

my form. I don't have a clue how long it will take to get an answer.

Thanks! ...Anita

[Guest guest]

, Congratulations!! I know how hard it is to work with

insurance. Glad and thankful to have it, but sometimes it a pain in

the b...! Hope you are feeling better soon. Lee

In @y..., <rarelyindallas@y...> wrote:

> I am so charged today.. I got my Enbrel ID # today,

> AND Cigna approved it today also, with NO FUSS (Dr. B

> and I were both really shocked).. so, hopefully, I

> will have my first months supply of drugs and needles

> by next week sometime..

>

> ALSO.. Cigna *finally* overturned the inital denials

> for Celebrex, so they'll be paying for that, as well

> as the Enbrel. It's like Christmas in July.

>

> On the downside, I seem to have picked something up..

> either acute pharyngitis ( " hopefully " ), or pneumonia..

> if it's pneumonia, I'll be reporting to the hospital

> in the morning.. if it's pharyngitis, they're going to

> give it til Monday morning to start improving, or it's

> into the hospital for me.

>

> There are days when I *really* despise my immune

> system.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

anita...I am not but I found out yesterday after TWO weeks. And ALL I

have found out today that INSURANCE is going to pay for it. PRAISE THE

LORD. Now I hope it works. I can't even imagine less pain. very geeked

here.

good luck

[Guest guest]

Anita -

My doctor submitted the Enbrel enrollment for me last

Friday.. I got the number on Thursday, which is the

same day that Cigna preapproved Enbrel.

Now, I guess I'll just be waiting for Immunex to let

me start taking it, and then 3-4 days for it to be

shipped to Dallas to my pharmacy..

By the way.. it was " only " acute pharyngitis.. the

shot that I got in my arm on Thursday cleared it up..

but my arm is STILL sore!

Jnaet - we will definitely have to compare results on

a weekly basis or something.. that would be

interesting to see if there are major differences. If

it takes you a little longer to get your first set of

vials, though, I am NOT waiting. ;-)

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