i have to leave in an hour to head to atlanta for my injection training class. i’m still so pissed that i have to waste the time and gas to drive to emory. it would be one thing if i had never given myself a shot before, but i’ve been doing it every week for the last 3-4 years or so (time flies when you’re having fun!). bum-mer.
i found out today that my insurance company doesn’t cover clomid or ovidrel. in the grand scheme of things, they’re not *too* expensive, but combined they cost about as much as enbrel does each month. i just don’t understand why insurance companies don’t cover fertility medicines or treatments. is everyone anti-procreation?
i’m helping my mom, and ori’s sister and mom plan ori and ryan’s going away party. i said i would send invitations since i’m an hour away from everyone and it’s really the easiest thing for me to do. what was i told to do? message their friends on myspace. boy, have times changed. so i did. ori’s best friend told her she had received my message. that’s it. did she bother to send me her email address? no. i already don’t like her.
i really hope my mood changes because right now, even *i* wouldn’t want to be around myself!
Fortunately for some people, some states require that insurance covers fertility drugs and treatments, like Arkansas, Massachusetts, Hawaii, etc, and there are several states that require some other lesser levels of coverage. Too bad neither of us live in any of those states.
Just the Follistim for one IVF cycle cost over $500 per cartridge…and we had to have five! That’s not including all the progesterone (not covered by my current insurance), Ovidrel (not covered), and other meds (none covered). It really does make me sick sometimes.
I get that it’s not “medically necessary” and people don’t want their premiums to rise b/c of expensive treatments for people they don’t even know….but I read somewhere that it only causes premiums to rise something like less than $2.00 a month. Even though we’re not going to be in the market for anymore reproductive assistance in the future, I’d gladly pay $2.00 extra month if I knew how much it would help all those people out there in need.