well that just sucks!

It's so frustrating sometimes to be poor. Medicaid of Florida makes you pick out HMO to use. I never used mine because I get my health care from the VA. But they don't really treat Fibromyalgia. I finally started using my HMO because I wanted to see a rhymutoligist for my fibro. I got in to see a doctor and he started me on Lyirca with samples. I told them to call my HMO to see if the plan covered Lyirica before he prescribed it. Well he calls in a script and my pharmacy puts in a special order to get it. Then the doctors office calls me and tells me that the HMO will not cover Lyrica and oh by the way the doctor is no longer taking your HMO.

So I spend Friday getting it canceled and talking to the medicaid people. The battery in my phone dies in the middle of this and I have to go off and find another phone. I am now supposed to pick one of four other HMO's. I spent Sunday at McDonald's in the playplace area because thats the only place that has plugs for my laptop. I have way to much to look at to use just my battery. I notice that the doctor is listed under 2 of the other HMO's. OK maybe I can still see him.

First thing Monday morning I call his office and ask about him taking either of them and the girl who answered the phone said that he wasn't taking any of them anymore . The next nearest doctor my first HMO could find was 40 miles away. I just can't do that right now. Not even if they provide transportation like I think they said they would.

So I'm back with the VA I have a new doctor there and we will see what he can do or set up for me. Also learned about a medication that has been used for fibromyalgia for years that nobody even told me about let alone tried on me. I will bring this up to the new doctor.