Crappy Day Was Crappy

Anybody who knows me knows that when I’m sick, my coping mechanisms go out the window faster than you can blink. I can’t deal with stress (even in tiny amounts) at all and people like Mike usually go out of their way to make sure I stay calm.

That said, today was a complete and utter fiasco. I’m almost convinced that one of the contributing factors to me not being able to shake this sinus infection is the fact that I haven’t had my allergy medication in a couple days since I’ve frankly been too sick to go get it refilled. But today I was feeling okay this afternoon so I decided that I needed to go get all my prescriptions refilled, especially my inhaler since my asthma has decided to rear its ugly head the past couple days too..

I popped into WalMart around 1:30 to drop off the refills I needed from there, and then went on to CVS to get the inhaler refilled. I hate having my medications at different pharmacies, but when I didn’t have insurance it was a necessity so that I could pay as little as possible.

After being at CVS for almost an hour I am informed that my prescription coverage was terminated on 12/31 for no apparent reason. They can fill the prescription and have me pay full price, or I can wait and try to get it figured out. I decide to wait and have to go all the way back home to get my cell phone and call my mom (who the coverage is through). She hangs up and I go back to WalMart after she calls and tells me it’s all sorted out.

I wait in line for a half hour at Walmart, get to the counter, and explain my situation to the clerk who checks and says “no, it looks like your insurance didn’t go through” and then refers me back to the drop off window. Another fifteen minutes in line and I’m told “oh it went through fine, your copays are $53 and $173 for the two medications”. I tell her that no, there has to be some kind of error. I didn’t even pay that much for my allergy med (the $53 one) when I didn’t have insurance. She rattles off something I don’t understand and sends me away.

Now I’m starting to freak out. Standing in the middle of WalMart, shivering from being sick, coughing every few seconds, and desperately trying to talk to my mom and figure out what to do. She then has me call the insurance company who tell me that WalMart hasn’t tried to bill anything to them since the last time I got my prescriptions refilled. Back to the drop-off counter where I’m then told “oh we have a different card on file for you, everything is fine now.”

I’m torn between the urges to either hug her or rip her head off and stomp on it. Back into the pick-up line where I then pay $30 for both prescriptions together and practically run out of there. But I still have to go to CVS whose technicians have thankfully figured out that the insurance is good and have my inhaler waiting for me.

Almost five hours and several creative cursing episodes later I finally make it back home and feel worse than ever.. Yay me…