I HAVE A NEW ACCOUNT
OMG I am having to wait for a MODERATOR to APPROVE my POSTS!!!!!!! Sighs........
So anyhow I have had so much crap going on with my health it is not funny!!!
OK the toothache needs a root canal...put that off til after the first of the year...I do not have almost $600.00 for my share to cover that!! 
Ok my pap test was NORMAL...Woohoooo!!!!!! BUT........Dr found a white spot down there. 
I about freaked out right then and there!!! My mom and sister BOTH had cancer on their vulva!!! Dr set me up for a biopsy...ok had that done. Worry worry worry....went in for the results...negative. Oh thank GOD!!!!!!! BUT....what I have is rare and hard to treat. GREAT!!!!! It causes severe ITCHING. Oh YES!!!!!!! Dr called in a script for a steroid cream for that. Ready for this?? My cost WITH insurance...$61.00!!! for 2 little tubes of it!! But it does work on that awful itching!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
OK my scopes both were NEGATIVE also. Did the Pill Cam...also NEGATIVE. So I still have NO clue where I am bleeding internally!!!
Friday I go for my Mamogram and Bone density tests.
I am so sick of going to Dr's and going to testing I could scream and cry!!! Yesterday I wanted my mom so bad and all I did was sit here and sulk then cry. I am so dam broke it is not funny.
I go back for check up to see how my biopsy area is healing up in 2 weeks. Yippeee.
I Pray and Yes I do Thank GOD that every test that I have had so far is NEGATIVE. But the money is not there to pay these people even with my insurance. So they better be nice and wait until I get some.
So anyhow I am not sure WHY I can't get in with my actual account. Keeps telling me my used name and or password is not right. ????? I tried reporting it to Obesity Help and it was back and forth and they ended up saying they needed me to call them so they could help me. Well I was always working and couldn't do that so I just tried setting up a NEW account and here I am!!!
My life just sucks right now.......but here I am again....lol
HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Hey Judy...I hear your financial pain and frustration from medical stuff.
For the 1st time in my life I met my out of pocket maximum due to surgery in January 2018. I have been making monthly payments to the hospital since then on my deductible which will probably take another year to pay off!
However, I have gotten tons of dr. visits, specialist, bloodwork & other testing done with NO COPAYS since then! I know once I go on Medicare in 2019 I will never experience THAT again! A once in a lifetime deal.
That being said Jim and I have tremendous medical debt and are considering bankruptcy because we will never have sufficient income to pay it off. I don't want a lien put on the house or the kids held responsible after we go.
The American medical system truly sucks. Its not like the average Joe is out randomly buying medical services like shoes! We need these services to maintain or safeguard our health!
Anyhow glad most of your issues have been resolved! Jen had mentioned the iron deficiency...could that be a factor?
And just a FYI...I have 2 unopened in the box steroid creams. If you want them I could mail them to you. Obviously not sure they are what your doctor prescribed, but I can't use any hormone creams due to my cancer history. My PCP prescribed it before realizing I couldn't use it.
Well its been crazy busy around here. Getting ready to head down to my sister's new house with my 2 daughter's and Jazz. Its an hour south of us so coming, going & visiting will take up the majority of my day.
Hope all is well with everyone.
Kathy
Kathy
Kathy not sure if that cram you have is what I need. Does it take care of ITCHING? This is what I need it for.
I am also thinking of doing the bankruptcy thing also. This not having money to live is making me so stressed its not funny. But I don't have bill collectors after me so I am not sure I qualify for it. ??
Google RnY gatric bypass and iron absorption. 15% or more of RnY ers become iron defficient, nothing to do with hidden bleeding, everything to do with no big stomach lining to absorb iron from food. Sleeves and banding dont get iron defficiency.
I have to supplement with daily iron, others unluckier, need iron transfusions periodically...
Amazing how many health professionals including family doctors are unaware of the link between anemia and RnY gastric bypass. Do your internet research, there's tons of reliable info and studies done linking the two. Print up whatever you need to show your doctor it isn't necessarily hidden bleeding, just lack of INTRINSIC FACTOR found in stomach linings needed to absorb iron from food, and we now have little pouches instead.
But this Dr IS up to date on RNY people and KNOWS all about my lack of absorbtion etc sighs..... I just give up other than ODing on my vitamins lol.
Waiting for my family Dr to get back from his vacation and get back to seeing him and see what HE has to say. Maybe I can have a unit of blood and will be up and running again... ??
Judy, it is not the usual lack of absorption responsible for the anemia. It is the lack of Intrinsic Factor, of which most people are not aware.
A unit of blood is not going to do it! That would be irresponsible. You havent lost blood, you are just iron defficient/anemic with low ferritin levels. Your volume of blood in your body is normal.
You should not go straight to iron infusion, and no responsible health professional would allow you...you should try taking prescription iron supplements orally first and after a few months see if it helps improve your ferritin levels, checking of ferritin (iron) is done by a blood test, repeated periodically to see what is trending.
For me a year on supplementation was enough to boost me back up..I continue to take iron supplementation by mouth and never needed iron infusion.
