brenda2262 said...
Nice Cup of Tea-Canada does have a public health care system but it dosent cover drugs. Typically people have coverage for drugs through work benefits however my benefits were cancelled because I have been off work for 3 months. Imagine that, I work for the government as a nurse and my health care benefits were cancelled because I am sick??? What sense does that make??? Grrr, sorry just venting!!
You have a very good point in that uncontrolled colitis puts me at significant risk for colon cancer!! I have had colitis for 19 yrs now. And yes Prednisone really is the drug to fear. I know that my GI dr wants me off it asap. She did say though that she will put me back on Prednisone (hopefully for the very last time) while we wait for the Remi to work. I can imagine how drs feel about the PLL in pkgs of meds listing ALL the possible s/e. If you read the Tylenol leaflet ,liver damage can occur with its use! Nice to hear from you again, I hope you are feeling better ! Did you get a puppy?
Hey thank you; I'm rather touched that you remembered that about
me :p Unfortunately the answer is no, though :-/ However, I haven't given up on it. Spoke to mum briefly about
getting a dog today. I said I think I would be okay with walking it in the daytime, but I know I would not feel like taking it for a walk at 11pm at night. She said I could just let it out in the garden at night - that's basically the first encouraging thing she's said about
getting a dog! (We used to walk our old dog around the block at night and to be honest it was a chore for whoever had to do it.) Daytime is different: there's loads of fields aound here you can take a dog for a walk; there's some nice scenery too, what with being on the edge of the chiltern hills.
Re Canada healthcare system: I did not know the public system didn't cover drugs. You learn a new thing every day, I guess :-/ Anyway, you have every right to vent: what is the point of even having health benefits in the first place, if they are just going to be stopped at the point people most need them? I'd be mad! I hope your GI can help you. Even in the US, they have Remicade assistance programmes, so I'm sure they'll have similar programmes in Canada; it's just a matter of finding the right numbers and the right people to call, I suppose.
I think being tested for TB is considered compulsory before you start Remicade. I'm not sure about
vaccine boosters: I had a couple, but my memory is so bad I don't remember which ones. Tetanus, I think, and hepatitis B. The last one was a pain in the ass tbh, because my GP's surgery had to order it in specially and made a bit of a deal out of it, IIRC.
Anyways...
Brain has officially stopped working (took a break from this post), so I'll just say ta to Pluot (new link works :p) and also agree with brenda about
CM's 10,000 dot anaology. I don't mind numbers, but I think most people respond better to images and that sounds like a really good one.