Posted on April 11, 2009 by raandme
Ok, everything is set and my surgery date will be April 27th.
They will be doing my left knee first. My right knee is actually a bit worse, but doesn’t hurt as much as my left knee. My rheummy said it was because the right one is more chronic whereas the left one is still active.
The [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2008 by raandme
For one month my medication costs were just under $1600. With my new insurance, I only paid $6.25.
Enbrel is the biggest expense. It runs a little $1500 a month, but I now only pay $3.1o. It’s still hard to get used to.
Also, I’m almost out of visits from my home health physical therapist. My right knee went [...]
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Posted on September 27, 2008 by raandme
I believe I was detained in unnecessarily cruel conditions as a result of being discriminated against because of my physical disabilities.
Thursday, I turned myself in because I had two old minor traffic violation tickets. I decided to take care of it and scheduled an appointment to turn myself in because I could not afford to [...]
Filed under: Complaints, Medications, disability, pain, rheumatoid arthritis | Tagged: Americans with Disability Act, Department of Justice, disability, discrimination, jail standards, Medications, pain, police standards, R.A., rheumatoid arthritis, suffering | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 6, 2008 by raandme
Ok, I’m aware that this is hardly worth posting. But I am excited.
I have been pretty much sticking to a diet. And while I have still not lost any weight, I finally stopped gaining!!!!!! Which is huge. I’m so glad to be almost rid of this evil foul horrible medicine. Damn it for being so effective [...]
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