Hey everyone!
Just joined this forum and think it's great. So here's my story....
For the past 4 years I've had some serious issues. Constant loose stools, random pain etc. However I just thought everyone was different and dealt with it. The past year my pain became really severe so I finally saw a gastroenterologist.
2 days before this past Christmas I received the wonderful news that I had Crohns. Merry Christmas! I know a close friend with the disease so I'm pretty sure I was in denial at first. Christmas helped with that as I threw myself into holiday activities and being with my family. Then the shock kind of hit. I began taking Cipro, Flagyl, Entocort, Pentasa, Aciphex.
I was just finally starting to feel better!! (aka no pain!!) When I got another bummer of news. I just switched insurance companies and my new insurance company will not cover ANYTHING with my Crohns until April 1st. Sweet, they won't cover doctors appts, prescriptions, etc. This may not be soo bad to all of you, but really I'm graduating from college in March, $500 for a month of Entocort is not going to fly.
So I'm sad to say that I now have to stop seeking treatment until my insurance picks it up, or I can afford it. Any suggestions on this??? I called my doc today to see if there was anything he could do. We'll see what he says.
So far 90% of the days I'm fine with living with this dumb disease but I think reality is starting to set in that I have to deal with this everyday forever. Great! So many days I just wish I didn't feel sick and didn't have to deal with this! I'm sure many of you have felt this way too. Thanks in advance for the support!
Nikki
Just joined this forum and think it's great. So here's my story....
For the past 4 years I've had some serious issues. Constant loose stools, random pain etc. However I just thought everyone was different and dealt with it. The past year my pain became really severe so I finally saw a gastroenterologist.
2 days before this past Christmas I received the wonderful news that I had Crohns. Merry Christmas! I know a close friend with the disease so I'm pretty sure I was in denial at first. Christmas helped with that as I threw myself into holiday activities and being with my family. Then the shock kind of hit. I began taking Cipro, Flagyl, Entocort, Pentasa, Aciphex.
I was just finally starting to feel better!! (aka no pain!!) When I got another bummer of news. I just switched insurance companies and my new insurance company will not cover ANYTHING with my Crohns until April 1st. Sweet, they won't cover doctors appts, prescriptions, etc. This may not be soo bad to all of you, but really I'm graduating from college in March, $500 for a month of Entocort is not going to fly.
So I'm sad to say that I now have to stop seeking treatment until my insurance picks it up, or I can afford it. Any suggestions on this??? I called my doc today to see if there was anything he could do. We'll see what he says.
So far 90% of the days I'm fine with living with this dumb disease but I think reality is starting to set in that I have to deal with this everyday forever. Great! So many days I just wish I didn't feel sick and didn't have to deal with this! I'm sure many of you have felt this way too. Thanks in advance for the support!
Nikki