Sweet Relief!

[prosodic]

I am finally eating! It turns out, I didn't have to fast. Once she looked over my medical records, she determined that a complete blood workup wasn't really necessary. GAH!!

Things went okay. I am supposed to go back for a mammogram and she has me on a new medication (anti-anxiety stuff), so I have to go back in a month to be monitored and see if that works or if something else is needed. I think I really just need a temporary fix anyway. I've been a big bundle of nerves since we moved here, but I think a lot of that will go away the more we settle in.

I don't have an insurance card...I just realized today that Tricare never sent one. So now I need to figure out how I'm going to do the prescriptions. I'm supposed to go to any of the pharmacies around here to get them filled...I just have a little co-pay. All I have is a letter from Tricare saying who my doctor is, but no actual insurance card. Must rectify this situation.

Overall, good impression of my doctor.

Comments

[hetterrific.livejournal.com]

Tricare doesn't use insurance cards. You use your military ID for prescriptions.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Does that work at a regular pharmacy though? I thought I could only do that at a military pharmacy.

[almightychix0r.livejournal.com]

Yes, any pharmacy. And you normally only have to pay between $3 and $9.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Okay. Yeah, I like that the prescriptions are so inexpensive, but not when you're getting 4 at a time, 3 months' worth each...hehe.

[almightychix0r.livejournal.com]

Walgreens never gives me more than one month at a time. Ticks me off. I have to go there monthly.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Noted. I won't go there, then. Even though it's just around the corner, that would still be inconvenient.

[hetterrific.livejournal.com]

It's for civillian pharmacies, too. I get mine filled at Target usually if I go off base. They just use the info off your military ID.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Okay. I was planning to go to Target too. Or Walgreens. They're about the same distance from our house.

[godchick.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you didn't need repeat blood test so soon but why do you need a mammogram at such an early age. Usually they are not started til age 40.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

My aunt died of breast cancer at age 30. So they feel I should start mammograms earlier because it's in the family.

[godchick.livejournal.com]

With history like that, it's good to have an early baseline test and keep testing to eye on things.