Still hanging in. Still not up to speed. Today I slept pretty much all day. I woke up as usual this morning, grabbed some meds and a snack, and laid back down on the couch. And that is where I spent the entire day. I slept and slept and slept some more, and I still feel as though I won’t have any difficulty sleeping tonight (it’s nearing 6 p.m. now). Obviously my body is trying to tell me that it’s not very recovered yet, and some r & r is definitely needed. Why do I still feel so guilty for wasting today on the couch? I’m quite sure that I overdid it yesterday with a huge grocery shop. I felt the need to take advantage of the fact that the kids were gone and I could shop in peace. Is that why I’m so tired today? Is it just the pneumonia still doing its job? My breathing and overall feeling is that I’m still improving, but not quite there yet.
On a similar note, I hope that the antibiotics I finished half a course of via IV in the hospital were not really essential to my recovery. This sort of thing frustrates me to no end, and it needs to be remedied. When I left the hospital, the discharging doctor said that he was prescribing an antibiotic that was kind of unusual but it was comparable to the one I’d been receiving via IV there as as such he thought it prudent to continue the course. He said that my insurance might balk at the idea, but to have the pharmacist call this number and he’d take care of it. Well, guess what. That night, the pharmacist called the number and no one called back. The following morning, I called the pharmacy and spoke to my regular pharmacist and told her the situation, and she tried again. At 1 p.m., she called back and said that no one would return her calls and asked if I had a different number. I called my pulmo and left a message with the nurse there, who called me back within 10 minutes and said they were taking care of it.
To make a long story short, I still do not have the antibiotic, and it is now two days since my discharge. I do not understand the need for the jumping through hoops to get a medication. If my doctor prescribed it, then he obviously thinks I need it. Why the need for the extra bullshit? Now it’s the weekend and there is no one there to approve it in the insurance office so it will be Monday before it can go through. At that point, I’m thinking I will have either relapsed from not taking the antibiotics, or I”ll be well on my way to recovery on my own. I don’t think I’ll *need* the antibiotic Monday, and if I do then wouldn’t I have to start over with a brand new course? There’s no one else for me to call, I’ve called every number that I have to complain and beg for antibiotics. It just isn’t happening. So instead I’ll hope that what I had via IV was enough to kill everything.
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