As someone who had been raised completely responsibly with an understanding of proper maintenance of my health and regular visits to the doctor, it is somewhat appaling to see how I have oblitered foresight and proper planning at this point in my life.
For a good 8 months now I had been ordering insulin from a Canadian pharmacy--they don't require a prescription (which is good because when you stop going to the doctor you stop getting them). I didn't stop going to the doctor on purpose though--I swear!--I had reasons which included a 6 month stint of being uninsured, followed up by a move out of state before getting reinsured but once re-established I found, ha ha, that my new insurance only applied in Colorado while I was now located in California. (this is a much longer story, you understand =)
BUT last week I put in an order with my trusty Cannuck Pharmy only to find that Canada's recent nation-wide postal strike had put a stop to all mail delivery, thus blocking my ingenius and reasonable method of securing my meds. It was a hurdle I had not anticipated. I had to get creative. Which I did.
In the meantime now I have a single bottle of Lantus and a single bottle of Humalog dwindling down until the end of July when I make the trek to Colorado to go see my old doctor and hopefully get a goddam prescription at last. My doctor has never been good about renewing prescriptions for me when I can't come in for visits--which seems ultimately unfair to me considering that I need the insulin no matter what, but I'm not splitting hairs. I'm down with the negotiation and trouble. Bring it on! He is going to laugh when I tell him...
or he may punch me in the face...
see this is why we need to enlist CARRIER CANADIAN GEESE. I'm writing congress...
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