Journal

So the endocrinologist told me my levels are normalizing - YAY GOOD NEWS FOR ONCE!  I'm closer to remission apparently.  He didn't mention having a TT at all this visit.

He cut my medication dosages in half - YAY MORE GOOD NEWS!!! (especially for my bank account).

He extended the time between blood work and office visits by 1 month - YAY!  (more good news for my bank account).  Now I have to go every 3 months or so instead of every 4-6 weeks (unless something abnormal shows up, of course).

I was a little concerned when he asked me, " when did we cut your medication down to 2 times a day? "...  and I said, " it's always been 2 times a day."  Then he said, " oh... well, it should have been taken in 3 same MG doses, 3 times a day "...  o_0    but then he said, "whatever - it worked."  o_0

Then he told me to take it 1 time a day, but to make sure to take it at the exact same time each day without fail...  So if it was supposed to be taken 3 times a day, why is he telling me to take it just once a day?  *confuzzeled*

He pressed on my thyroid in four different spots and told me to swallow each time.  Declared my goiter smaller (YAY!) and made sure I didn't have any trouble breathing or swallowing with it (when I was first diagnosed, laying down on my side or back made swallowing difficult, and on my stomach, breathing was impossible).

He listened to my heart and said that it sounded great and asked about palpitations and fluttery and racing feelings (both happen a lot less than they did before) and gave me the OK to exercise again.  In fact, he recommended it and encouraged it...

And told me that if I didn't want to re-gain the 90 pounds I had lost before all this started (I've already regained 40....  ugh :( ) , I better eat less and move more LOL  I told him I was waiting for the OK on my heart to get started with the exercise (if anyone recalls, my resting heart rate was 150+ bpm and my blood pressure was 170/110!!! before my Graves' Disease treatment started).

So, now I am on 150mg PTU once a day and 60 mg Inderal once a day!

I used to pay 53$ for my birth control pills.  Then the price went up to 67$ a month.

Then I got insurance (woohoo) and they went down to 35$ a month.

4 months ago, they dropped down to 14$ a month.

I got them refilled last night and they cost me 50$!!!!! 

WTF is up with that?

I checked a current listing from the insurance company and they are still a Class 3 medication, so that hasn't changed.  (I'm honestly surprised they cover it at all....)  Class 1 and 2 are the cheapest, class 3 and 4 are the most expensive with bluecross/blueshield.  But since it hasn't jumped classes that I can recall, I don't understand the fluctation in pricing this year.

No real generic available for the Loestrin 24fe yet that I can find, so I'm thinking about asking the ob/gyn to put me back on a traditional 21/7 pack (instead of the 24/4 pack I'm on now) of something with a generic cuz I can't afford all the pills I have to take a month now.