Health Boards
Wed-01-07-2015, 20:48 PM
Ok so I have my drugs!
Yipee!
Unfortunately not those kind of drugs.
Boo!
Anyway I digress. Firstly the trials and tribulations of having the blood test and getting my meds. I went to my GP surgery with the notes from my consultation and he has put me on an emergency NHS referral and was going to delay the whole thing until I explained several times what was happening. I went private and self paid so it will be expensive. I had my bloods taken the next day and had to wait and after no calls back made an appointment to get the results, some more confusion as to whether all the tests were completed and a late update yesterday that I was good to go.
I had a GP prescription for folic acid and dovobet to keep me going and the pharmacy gave me diazepam (2mg) instead of folic acid. No harm I just wouldn't care about my psoriasis or feeling ill or the cost, could be more useful in psoriasis treatment than they know. Anyway they remedied the error and explained they were in the same colour box! Leaving that there, but yeah I would have expected them to read the box!
I got my script back from my GP as he wouldn't prescribe the MTX and got that done at the private consultants pharmacy he referred me to, why he couldn't I don't know. Result as the MTX I thought would be horrendously expensive came out at £7.75. So I am ready to roll.
Tonight I will be taking MTX followed by a little Greek yoghurt for supper(doing my bit to help Greece).
Not looking forward to it as I anticipate either feeling nauseous, tired or um having to stay in close proximity to the bathroom.
Obviously I may sail through it but everything I have read indicates I will be lucky if I do. (I am doing this for the team).
Friday I will be mostly taking folic acid, my life is so rock and roll.
Yipee!
Unfortunately not those kind of drugs.
Boo!
Anyway I digress. Firstly the trials and tribulations of having the blood test and getting my meds. I went to my GP surgery with the notes from my consultation and he has put me on an emergency NHS referral and was going to delay the whole thing until I explained several times what was happening. I went private and self paid so it will be expensive. I had my bloods taken the next day and had to wait and after no calls back made an appointment to get the results, some more confusion as to whether all the tests were completed and a late update yesterday that I was good to go.
I had a GP prescription for folic acid and dovobet to keep me going and the pharmacy gave me diazepam (2mg) instead of folic acid. No harm I just wouldn't care about my psoriasis or feeling ill or the cost, could be more useful in psoriasis treatment than they know. Anyway they remedied the error and explained they were in the same colour box! Leaving that there, but yeah I would have expected them to read the box!
I got my script back from my GP as he wouldn't prescribe the MTX and got that done at the private consultants pharmacy he referred me to, why he couldn't I don't know. Result as the MTX I thought would be horrendously expensive came out at £7.75. So I am ready to roll.
Tonight I will be taking MTX followed by a little Greek yoghurt for supper(doing my bit to help Greece).
Not looking forward to it as I anticipate either feeling nauseous, tired or um having to stay in close proximity to the bathroom.
Obviously I may sail through it but everything I have read indicates I will be lucky if I do. (I am doing this for the team).
Friday I will be mostly taking folic acid, my life is so rock and roll.