Re: Health and money purrs needed - Update 2
- From: "CatNipped" <CatNipped@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 16:01:20 -0500
Well, I got some good news. I can take ferrous sulfate instead of the
Nifierx - the ferrous sulfate is $5 per month as opposed to $150 per month
(or $46.95 per 10 day supply) for the Niferex.
They took more blood this morning to do the "iron panel", but I won't talk
to my doctor about it until I go see him on the 27th (his office will call
if the results need more urgent attention). I have to go for another blood
test in two weeks.
At this point, since they're letting me take the ferrous sulfate, I would
have to assume that it's just iron-deficiency anemia either from poor diet
or a problem I have absorbing iron. Either case is treatable with continued
iron supplements - the only thing I'm worried about now is my stomach (I
have to take Nexium daily for acid reflux and iron supplements tend to make
that worse).
Thanks for the purrs everyone - they did their usual exemplary job! ;>
Hugs,
CatNipped
"CatNipped" <lcrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I had scheduled a visit with my doctor because the pain from when I broke
my arm has just continued to worsen over the last year. I've been to
several orthopedists and all they do is take an x-ray and shoot cortisone
shots into my funny bone tendon - yet the pain continues to worsen. I have
a feeling that when I fell, since I was airborne for a second and my right
hand was the first part of my body to hit the cement, that I did more than
just fracture and partially shatter my wrist bone. I think I injured
something in the spinal column of my neck (the pain there is really bad and
when I move my head around it sort of crunches there). Also, not only has
the ring finger of my right hand started feeling funny and numb, but the
corresponding toe on my right foot is feeling the same. Anyway, I thought
I'd see my GP and get him to recommend a neurologist. Besides, I've had
quite a number of other health issues lately.
Since it's been a while since I've seen him, he wanted to do some blood
work before I came in, so I went to have my blood drawn this morning.
When I got home Ben told me that I'd gotten a telephone message from my
doctor's nurse asking me to call her back immediately. I did and she told
me that I was *severely* iron deficient and anemic and my doctor wants me
to go back to the lab first thing Monday morning to have an iron panel and
a hemoccult done. He also wants me to start taking Niferex 3 times a day.
From the symptoms I'm having, having looked them up online (I know, bad
idea since it only scares you more), two possible causes of the severe
anemia are leukemia or colon cancer.
Now the really, really bad news. My new insurance only pays for
preventative treatment up to a $1,500 deductible per year and then after
that still only pays a portion of your cost. So I have to pay for all the
testing and all the treatment out of our non-existent savings!
Some purrs for both my health and my pocket book would be greatly
appreciated.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
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