Sunday, January 25, 2009
Ah....the joys of gettin older
Greetings from the frozen apple. I've been away from the blog for a bit because I have pneumonia. Turns out all that coughing I was complaining about a while back just kept getting worse and worse until I thought I had contracted the flu even though I had gotten the flu shot. It cost me several auditions last week and some other work. Fed up with feeling so bad all of last week, I went in on Friday to see my doc on a cancellation, and was xrayed, poked and prodded and sent home with a diagnosis of pneumonia and 10 pills costing 130 dollars! I'm still coughing, but at least I don't have the constant low grade fever and feel like I have to take a nap every five minutes. I have generally considered myself a fairly healthy person, but apparently pneumonia is not an unusual complication in people "our age". I know there is a one time shot, but my doc doesn't give it until age 65 which for me is Oct. Seeing the talk about medicare below and my current health crash once again put "getting older" on my mind. My union has someone I can go to for help with selecting all those part abc's which I have only just started to think about and seems a total jungle to me. It should not be so complicated or difficult for people to stay healthy and medicated in 21st century America. But...on we go. Stay healthy all.
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Richert,
So sorry to hear about your bout with pneumonia. Medicines can certainly be expensive. I was prescribed some cough medicine a few months ago at the cost of $127.00. Had a terrible allergic reaction to it. I did not realize at the time I purchased it that it cost so much. I took that medicine back to Wal-Mart, told them what had happened, and they returned my money.
Ron ended up with pneumonia, too. He went to the doctor this week and got five pills for $120. That is after 10 days of another medicine that didn't work. I don't remember what they cost. Onions are a lot cheaper!! Mine is gone, so maybe they did work.
Renee,
I hope Ron is on the mend. I believe
the doctors just roll the dice when they prescribe medicines. The drug salesman are drug pushers. The pharmacist probably know more about what drugs should be prescribed.
Richert, let us know how you are doing.
Ok...turns out I do not have pneumonia. Went back to the doc yesterday and she said...surprise the xray is normal. So I've just taken 5 13dollar pills for naught? In my gut I didn't think I had pneumonia, but what can you do. I still have the cough to a degree, but no fever. It's all more like the remants of a very bad cold. But I've got my energy back so I'm on the mend. Thanks for the concern.
Richert,
I rest my case! Doctors just roll the dice and hope for the best.
Glad to hear you are on the road to recovery.
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