It has been about a month and a half since my type 1 diagnosis. Today was supposed to go well.
I've had to pay out of pocket for test strips ever since my diagnosis due to my insurance. I was originally diagnosed as a type 2, and prescribed an amount of test strips that would support testing once a day. Due to the new diagnosis of type 1, my Endo gave me a new prescription for a larger amount and told me to test six times a day. (Before and after every meal.)
Due to me filling the old prescription meant for once per day testing, my insurance said that it was too soon to fill the new prescription once those test strips ran out. I've had to pay out of pocket for 25 strips every few days since then.
Today was meant to be the day my insurance would give me the okay to get the new prescription. I would finally not have to pay out of pocket for strips anymore.
The pharmacist said that my insurance declined it. Said that they needed prior approval. So, I call my Endo. I explained everything. She calls the pharmacy. I wait two hours and call the pharmacy again.
The pharmacist actually cusses at me. She keeps saying that she's "Trying to help me, but has other customers to deal with." She then just hangs up on me.
I call my insurance. They say they can't approve of the new prescription until I get prior approval from my Endo due the the quantity exceeding their maximum allowed amount of test strips and that she needs to call them and explain why it's medically necessary for me to test that much. I try to call my Endo, but the office is closed at that point.
So, here I sit. I had to pay another $30 for 25 more strips. All I can do is sit and worry that my Endo won't be able to work things out after I call them tomorrow.
What if this was my insulin? Test strips are important enough, but if this happens to something more important like my Novolog pens or Lantus, which I already have to pay over $130 for a half month's supply each, I'm a dead man.
This Country might kill me, and I don't have the money or the desirable skills to gain residence in a place like Germany or the UK.
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