Tuesday, January 15, 2008

as if my $12,000 wasn't enough...

I know, I know...there's no such thing as a free lunch, but gosh, I'm so freaking upset about this...I called the Dr office today because I have to go in tomorrow morning for a follicle scan & bloodwork, so I was wondering if while I was there, whoever did my bloodwork could just give me my AM shot of Lupron as well. The Dr. office calls me back and tells me that they can put me on the schedule at 7:30 (15 minutes before my ultrasound appt.), so that they can do my Lupron shot, but that there will be a charge of $30! I could not believe my ears - I mean, seriously, it takes like 10 seconds or less & the only reason that I don't want to do it is because I'm so scared of hitting a vein again...So it's not enough that I've already paid them $12K that we just DON'T really need to be parting with and they can't give me one little shot?! It's not like I'm asking them to do it everyday or anything...I'm so frustrated right now. It isn't that I can't do it myself...and I do understand that nothing in this world is free, but gee...when you're paying so much money OUT OF POCKET for a huge procedure like this, you would think that there would at least be a few little perks along the way. I'm sure this somehow comes back to the insurance companies or liability or something...

2 comments:

Kristen said...

That is absurd! Despite their ridiculous cost, I hope you get great news at your appointment!! Please keep me updated!

Nichole said...

Teri!!! Hello - how are you? Thank you for stopping by my blog. Now I can add your blog to my blog roll. I am so sorry they are being stinkers about your shot. Good luck sweetie and remember "Nothing with God is impossible."