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"We have the tools" always meant "if you can afford them."
by Bryce Oselen
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Michael Aycock says he couldn't believe the price of his most recent prescription, but he's hoping to overcome his illness and high drug prices.
Aycock says COVID-19 has him down in the dumps. After seeing a doctor, Aycock was written a prescription, but you wouldn't believe how much it cost.
“The doctor called in a prescription for me to pick up, and the pharmacy called me and said the prescription would be $1,400 — that's with my Blue Cross insurance," Aycock said.
Aycock says he simply can't afford the $1,400 bill.
“I immediately said no I can't pay that, and due to my ongoing medical issues, I’ve got diabetes type 2 and he said I’m a high risk for hospitalization and he suggest I really take this, the doctor suggested I take it,” Aycock said.
As Aycock suffers from COVID-19, he says time is of the essence.
“It disturbs me. It bothers me the fact that the doctor said what this will basically do, you've got five days to get on this medication and at the end of five days, the medication won't do you any good to take it, so you really need to get on it now,” Aycock said.
#mask up#covid#pandemic#public health#wear a mask#covid 19#wear a respirator#still coviding#coronavirus#sars cov 2
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Wish me luck today I’ve got a photography gig for the longest time and of course it’s an outdoor location and of course it’s -15 degrees Celsius outside and on top of that I need to drive over 100km and the roads are icy as fuck and I still have the shitty winter tyres I’ve been bitching about for weeks lmao
Let’s see how I’ll survive, running on faith at this point
#it’s not even six am and I’m staring outside like why#and I charged both of my batteries but I’m pretty sure they’ll die in the cold so fast#I really need to buy a battery grip#also I hate hate hate the idea of bringing my gear into those temperatures especially bringing them back in#I’ve got my mini grips for all my lenses and the body I know how to prevent the condensation but it still stresses me out#because that shit is coincidentally the most expensive shit I own#I’ve got insurance I’ve got insurance I’ve got insurance#also I’m manifesting not too horrible traffic this morning (I can always wish)#super great to be overly anxious about everything hours prior#also my pos car better start ffs#German cars aren’t built for this weather#but yeah I’ll give y’all an update if I survive#vee talks#photography
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kid hit my car this morning while I was parking for work and he looked fucking terrified coming up to me despite the fact that he was like 6’3 💀 he kept apologizing and it genuinely seemed like this was the first time something like this had ever happened to him cause he looked 2 seconds away from bursting into tears 😭
luckily it was just some scratches so I told him not to stress about it cause I’m not abt to give him a mental breakdown over something that I could literally paint over and he was like “are you sure?? are you positive??” and I was like “yeah dude it’s not like my rear bumper’s falling off, no worries!!” and he looked like he was abt to drop to his knees from relief he really said “god bless you” 😭😭😭
#he didn’t look more than 18#when he hit me I looked back and saw him literally gripping the wheel losing his mind#and by that I mean he was literally recreating the jack Chambers car scene IM NOT KIDDING#if I hadn’t been terrified (it was before I got out to Assess The Damage) I would’ve laughed DJFNWJDJJE#I was really like ughhh I don’t wanna have to deal with insurance rn cause I’ve never been in an accident either#and I was already running behind so I’m glad the universe took pity
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Update: the hygienist was one of the nicest ladies ever 🥺 I have some work to get done but I was also told I have very pretty teeth 🥰
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woke up at 4am feeling the weight of my life crushing me, so I’ve been sitting out in my car for the last couple of hours because I just need. to. be. somewhere else.
#tumblr ate something like this but I think I deserve to shout uselessly into the void#shits rough dawg#I know it’s rough for everyone. I feel shitty even talking about myself. still… compelled to vent… big butts#haven’t really been on here much since it hasn’t really scratched that itch lately & just makes me feel lonelier#it’s cold#saw the Jazzercise studio open across the street. 5am for Jazzercise? wow. early.#and then everyone left an hour and a half later. lights out. everybody gone. weird schedule. I am perplexed.#went down the road and got a soda and I’ve been sitting in my driveway contemplating for the last 2.5 hours#guy at the gas station tried to talk to me but I just half assed a smile and nod and left#even though I know I’d love to just… talk to someone. I suppose it has to be ‘on my terms’ whatever those are#I miss having a therapist. or even just when my little brothers would talk to me. when anyone would. blegh#my insurance is still a mess and I’m about to run out of one of my blood pressure meds this week#maybe I’ll have a stroke. scary to think about. I think about dying a lot but that potential feels too real. just… pop! and I’m done.#I’ll try today to finally push to straighten it out but everything feels daunting#woke up with so much anxiety. about my health. my hearing. no money. my life. had to get out of the house even if it’s just right outside#hate to say it but I need(want) thc. haven’t wanted to spend money on it but I could have really used it this morning#can’t be sad if you can’t feel anything (jokingly but also not. whichever is less sad sounding)#actually treated myself to Dune 2 last week and it was so so good. wish I could go again. but it’s drugs food or movie right now. so…#I know. dumb priority but BIG SCREEN. maybe it’ll hit theaters again for the next awards season hopefully. just a real nice loud experience#anyway… I should go inside. almost 7am. need to take my brothers to school then drive my mom to her daily appointments#I’ve felt so hollow and angry and sad for so long it feels like. I feels so weak and sad and I’m tired of it. I’m so tired.#I’ve been eating about 1 meal a day and sleeping a lot. this is the worst my body has ever been. I feel like I’m just waiting to die.#is this relatable?#just have to look past it. it is nothing. this body is nothing. just enjoy your soda.#gonna look at pictures of butts now#ok gotta go I love you goodbye forever#you can ignore this#text
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man i think i’m 5 seconds away from a mental breakdown
#I’m actually running out of money now despite working 6 days a week and making 6 figures#Because I bought my acreage with my brother and factored him paying 1/3 of the expenses BUT he’s decided to be unemployed for 1.5 years#I pay the mortgage mortgage insurance utilities internet groceries#I have $800/month in student loan payments#I have to spend like $150/week on gas because my commute is 2 hrs round trip every day#I only eat one meal a day usually because I don’t have the time to grocery shop or cook usually and my brother only cooks for himself#I do all of the chores and at least 1/2 of the yard work#I have the heaviest workload of any of my coworkers (which has been acknowledged but my manager says his hands are tied#Because if he took work off of my plate he’s have to give it to someone else and there is no one else)#I’m being severely underpaid at my job ($4 under the STARTING wage for a pharmacist now despite me working there for 3 years.#But I “got the largest raise last year” lmfao#I’ve been seeing someone but he works nights and his schedule is wack and it results in me going to bed at 3am some nights#I’m also on call this week so I have to be ready to answer calls at any time past 11pm#My hair is legit pulling out in clumps and my hair is half of my personality :(#i’m about to mcfuckin lose it#Brain feels like mashed potato#Oh also I’m on my fucking period
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recreated what a white circle looks like on a black screen to me, im trying to figure out if i have an astigmatism or if this is just how eyes are
#this was based on a logo desk-distance away on my desktop#as the distance changes or i squint it shifts#i’ve gotten through my eye exams by squinting#i’m gonna go to the eye doctor once i’ve got insurance again#i don’t think anyone is gonna see this but#i’ve been overthinking how i see things#bc i feel like i can’t see shit#so i felt compelled to make this?#idk why i’m posting it tho lol
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Self employment tip: you HAVE to have solid boundaries. If you don’t, people will walk over you. Money won’t mean much if you’re completely burnt out by never saying no.
#self employment#work tips#labor rights#unfortunately employees do have quite a few protections it is the one perk#me? I’ve got enough pto to take half the year off (and disability insurance if that ever ran out)#but mr.61below? he RARELY takes lunch bc people stop by all the time. but it is also HIS problem for not saying ‘I’ll be back in 20 minutes’#I literally cannot remember the last time he… no. the last time he took an actual vacation was a long weekend in 2018 😑#fuck the grind
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Sitting down to floss and brush my teeth has been lifechanging. On a completely unrelated note how the fuck am I supposed to have this skeleton for several more decades. It’s all over for me lads 😔
#knees hurt. hips hurt. back hurts. wrists hurt. swag#it’s not this bad most of the time but by the end of the day it’s like auuuugh#it really is too bad that I’ve got extreme doctor fears because of the IssuesTM!#and oh yeah I don’t have health insurance LOL…#which I am using as a convenient excuse to avoid going to the doctors LOL#i have some doctor ~traumas~ I think LOL!#im working up to it. it’s glacial. sometime this year maybe?#I went twice as an adult and both times were for health forms for college enrollment#I’ve been to the ER and an urgent care once or twice though so clearly I’m FINE…#this is BAD do not be like me#but it’s only become clear to me in the past year or two that the incidents in my childhood reeeeally affected me#and to have US healthcare be such a profoundly difficult and punitive process basically means I am just never going to like jump through#those hoops only to be confronted with a severe phobia lol#im not saying that’s a reasonable train of thought but it’s more that that’s my subconscious reasoning#but it is a 2024 goal to get seen by a doctor#but the other thing is that it’s so fucking clear to me that they will do NOTHING for either PMDD or my joint pain which are my chief#complaints at the moment#but like i should probably be like getting routine panels and Pap smears :-(#everything’s SO EXPENSIVE…#They’ll be like give me your blood. ok all normal everything is healthy. ok that’ll be literally $200#:-(#ugh I’m upsetting myself just thinking about doctors. ok Goodnight#(with full intention to keep scrolling)
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who has $300 they can send me before my next psych appointment ahahaha :’D
#wordvomit#IM KIDDINGGGGGGG#UNLESS…………..#since my insurance ran out without me knowing my doctor gave me a balance#3 months I’ve been going to appointments and nobody told me my insurance got canceled#so now i have backlogged payments and no way to pay them :3
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i have the type of adhd that makes me try aggressively harder until it consumes me when it’s extremely difficult to acquire medication, instead of giving up because phone calls scary
#an hour and a half of my work day has been dedicated to this#honestly at this point it’s out of spite i take like 10mg twice a day#some insane part of me is like ‘oh there’s a shortage? this bullshit is def making other ppl with adhd give up but i am the alpha’#‘and i will persist and acquire the limited resource’#is this the medication or just my personality and the way i’ve developed with condition? who can say#but i’m not going to be beaten here#i will choose to go off of it but only if i genuinely think it’s the right call#and not bc i’m unwilling to do what i need to do to get it#only allowed to refill the day i run out every single month? i’ve got it hand me the phone and calendar#insurance changing coverage guidelines? doctor’s appointment made to get prior authorization or otherwise change dosage#widespread shortage? i will call every pharmacy in the area to figure out who has it this month#and call my doctor’s office as many times asking them to send it there#until they get it right after two inevitable failures#all in the same 7 hour period bc i’m legally only allowed to fill it when i’m literally about to be out of it#all while i have FUCKING ADHD
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I wish it was easier to know when you still needed to wait something out & when it was time to get a check up/second opinion…
got 3 fillings on 8/26. went in for a followup on 9/4 (8 days later) cuz one of them in particular was really hurting still, with weird under tongue sensations too. they do x-rays & say it looks fine, best they can do is file it a bit to make the bite feel better. went back the next day, 9/5, to get another filling close by shaved down too cuz the bite still feels weird. now it’s 9/7 & things still feel off, can’t really chew on one side. but also i have no idea how much is the actual dental work vs my anxiety & bad sleep adding to it. even went to urgent care to see if i’d developed something in my mouth that could be helped & was tossed some antibiotics & a shrug to go see another dentist. what if another dentist tells me it’s nothing too?? do i have to wait until something’s bad enough to show up?? which is when??? Meanwhile i’m going crazy trying to find enough soft stuff to eat & get to sleep amidst crazy, nauseating anxiety that my teeth have been ruined
#what if it’s getting better just REALLY slowly (& driving me crazy while it’s at it)#on monday it’ll be two weeks. i’ve never had dental discomfort this long except for maybe during braces 😵💫#and I’ve got shitty dental insurance on top of it!!#tbd
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I'm sorry to hear that planning has been stressful, but best wishes this Saturday!!! I'm so excited for you and your wedding and your marriage and wish you every happiness 💕.
Thank you! I am very excited too! Mostly because I get to marry the love of my life 🩷🩷🩷 but also because there are only four days left and judging from my track record this last month that means I will probably have to deal with🤞🏼only🤞🏼four more things going wrong! 🎉 And then I’ll be married to my favorite person and the stress will probably be gone! ✨
(Please send good vibes my way it’s been a very weird hectic month 😂)
#if anyone’s interested in all the stuff that’s gone wrong#I’ve had to deal with my venue#my caterer#and my photographer all cancelling last minute#I still might not have a photographer bc I need the venue to sign off on his insurance and he still hasn’t sent it#my fiance asked me to wear a Pakistani dress and the one I ordered came late and was terrible#like who uses BLUE MARKER to mark out where the embroidery is going on PAPER THIN WHITE SILK????#I got a new dress tho and the tailor should be done by Friday morning#our guest list just keeps growing bc his family doesn’t seem to understand the idea of an RSVP#my fiancé’s family also doesn’t seem to like the idea of specifics 😬#or understand that we are trying to keep things small#aka his mom invited five more people last week and told me about them today after I already submitted a final guest count#communication has just kinda been terrible all around tbh#my phone keeps trying to commit suicide#we were informed of a serious allergy like two days ago#so now the menu has to change and our caterer is super unhappy about that#my fiance asked me yesterday if I was wearing a veil and then asked me to wear one so now I have to find a veil#I realized on Sunday that I never actually asked my cousins to be my bridesmaids#which isn’t so bad since no bridesmaid dresses but it was embarrassing#and my anxiety caught up with me yesterday and I spent the night stress puking!#it’s been great 👍🏼#but I’m going to marry the love of my life on Saturday and that’s what matters#even tho it kinda feels like the universe is trying to tell me otherwise
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Mark my words I’m going to make a dentist’s appointment tomorrow
#planned on doing it tonight but you have to call and they’re closed#ally is talking#now that I’ve posted this I can’t put it off so ha#going for the one with slightly worse ratings but significantly more time open#cause both are an hour away so that feels like a safer choice for some reason#it’s 4.2 vs 4.7 so *shrug* either one can probably fix my cavities#my insurance will only cover these 2 unless I want to drive to Colorado#which isn’t super far but I’m not driving in Fort Collins unless I absolutely have to#someone fix my teeth so I can chew with reckless abandon again#got some ouchy cavities
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fuck it’s 3am and I can’t get my wheezing under control and I’m tempted to use my nebulizer but it’s loud af 🙃 I’m tempted to wait until my mom leaves for work but that’s in like 3 and a half hours
#We’ve also got so many dishes and I gotta do at least some of it 😭#I’ve literally been wearing a mask to sleep hoping to reduce how much dust and hair I’m breathing in#But I didn’t hydrate well enough today and my nebulizer session today felt like it was wearing off quicker than usual#I really need to see someone…#We’re working on getting me disability so I can be on my mom’s insurance#Covid has genuinely ruined my life even before I caught it earlier this year#And now it’s seemingly destroyed my lungs#I had agoraphobia like 2 years before Covid and I started getting it under control in early 2020#Now I have agoraphobia because im terrified of unnecessarily risking illness#That was before my lungs got so fucked up now I’m scared a second infection will actually kill me#I keep thinking of how much I let my guard down at that small NYE party/wedding party at my cousin’s house why did I not keep my mask on?#The pressure of social a situation that I felt wrong footed in might literally kill me great 🙃#What’s so fucked up is the fiancée literally was going to have heart surgery soon and I have no clue if he got Covid#I’m convinced I got it from the bride’s relative who I literally had never met before#But who I felt socially pressured to hug for NY I just hate it I feel so stupid
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Happy early birthday! I hope you’ll have a great few days and get to celebrate with something fun 💕
Thank you! My local movie theater is doing a Studio Ghibli weekend, so I’m going to go see at least Howl’s Moving Castle. Other than that, I’m mostly going to be cleaning my apartment because my whole family is descending in two weeks for my retirement ceremony.
#everything in my life is all about this retirement#I apologize to all the people around me because it’s the first thing out of my mouth in nearly every conversation#14 days left in the Navy#and then I get a decent pension for the rest of my life#it’s very weird to think about#I’m in the phase where it just seems fake#listen kids#there are good reasons to join the military#(and bad ones)#and it’s definitely not for everyone#but pensions are getting rarer and rarer#and the military is pretty much the only one that pays out young#someone who joined at 18 can start a pension at 38#I joined at 20 and will be getting a pension starting at 41#hopefully for the next 50+ years#also free healthcare while in the service#huge benefit#I’m probably most nervous about dealing with that once I get out#because I’ve never really had to do anything with insurance#ok this got very rambly and off topic#thank you!
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