#i didn't choose SHIT it's this or dying if your uninsured ass ends up at the ER

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

my healthcare provider that is not doing in person appointments has decreed that I’m not allowed to get a bridge prescription even though I’m totally out, and the soonest absolute imaginary PHONE APPOINTMENT they can get me is at the end of the month.

for some reason, the appointment that entirely consists of “yes, I, a doctor, agree to refills for this medication you have been taking without issue for years and years” must be an hour long. and, again, the soonest hour long appointment I can get is a month away.

there is literally nothing else happening at this appointment. it will take less than five minutes. they could schedule me for a 30 minute phone call next week, but that apparently doesn’t count and will not result in a refill.

I spent almost two hours on the phone being like, who can I talk to about getting a small amount of my rx filled until the appointment? I got transferred from department to department. There is apparently nothing anyone can do. They know I’m out of meds. I am out of meds because their process for getting meds is so horrible and frustrating that I, the person with the biochemical imbalance that specifically makes this kind of task difficult and frustrating, did not do it EARLY, because I dread doing it, because it is terrible.

anyway i cried frustration tears how are all y’all doing? yep.

#i hate our healthcare system i hate it so much #this shitshow is WITH insurance #i also hate how all phone calls end with 'thank you for choosing [healthcare provider]!' #i didn't choose SHIT it's this or dying if your uninsured ass ends up at the ER