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Mar. 22nd, 2011 07:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayIt looks like it will probably be a couple of weeks before I start Humira because the various organisations who pay for it need to figure out who, er, pays for it and how much they each pay. Hopefully the end result will be me paying a $10 co-pay for each prescription because the full cost is $800 per shot and I don't have a spare $1600 per month (a shot every two weeks) to pay for this treatment.
Thankfully, I have a lovely nurse-cross-case-worker who is doing all the financial work for me so I just have to wait. There is financial assistance available for anything my drug plan or the provincial program won't pick up, so it should all be fine.
I sort of miss NHS prescription charges, even though we'd probably have to go through a few hoops to get me approved seeing as Humira is a new drug and NICE is taking its time about approving its use in ulcerative colitis. The good thing is that my poor response to corticosteriods and continued bleeding make a fine argument for why the drug is necessary.
I feel that Humira is probably cheaper than transfusions every few weeks, after all.
And so, I shall put that worry aside for a while and focus on happier things.
Like Doctor Who!
Which starts at Easter! Only four and a half weeks! Woo! I'm going to be vibrating with excitement by the time it starts.
Isn't it about time for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tardis_bigbang to start? I've got an idea! And it's sort of actually plotted! With character sketches! So, you know, I want to get stuck in.
Also, I just finished a re-read of Pride and Prejudice for an online book thing (75 books in 2011 on LibraryThing - some of us are doing a complete Austen-athon this year) and it was even better than I remember it. Seriously, anyone wondering where to start with Jane Austen should start with P&P. It's pretty much a perfect book.
Thankfully, I have a lovely nurse-cross-case-worker who is doing all the financial work for me so I just have to wait. There is financial assistance available for anything my drug plan or the provincial program won't pick up, so it should all be fine.
I sort of miss NHS prescription charges, even though we'd probably have to go through a few hoops to get me approved seeing as Humira is a new drug and NICE is taking its time about approving its use in ulcerative colitis. The good thing is that my poor response to corticosteriods and continued bleeding make a fine argument for why the drug is necessary.
I feel that Humira is probably cheaper than transfusions every few weeks, after all.
And so, I shall put that worry aside for a while and focus on happier things.
Like Doctor Who!
Which starts at Easter! Only four and a half weeks! Woo! I'm going to be vibrating with excitement by the time it starts.
Isn't it about time for
tardis_bigbang to start? I've got an idea! And it's sort of actually plotted! With character sketches! So, you know, I want to get stuck in.Also, I just finished a re-read of Pride and Prejudice for an online book thing (75 books in 2011 on LibraryThing - some of us are doing a complete Austen-athon this year) and it was even better than I remember it. Seriously, anyone wondering where to start with Jane Austen should start with P&P. It's pretty much a perfect book.
