It doesn't consume me, but I do worry about both my health and the cost of keeping myself healthy. Two of my doctors (the heart specialist and my local doctor) want me to have a comprehensive full blood test.
This means fasting, waiting until 8.30 am (or later depending on where I am in the queue) and then ending up black and blue because they can't find a vein that doesn't collapse.
For starters, at 6.00 am when I normally eat breakfast - I have to remember NOT to!
Next, I have to sit around at home for a while, then go stand in a queue outside the pathology office.
Then, I go through the wonderful experience of some poor pathologist trying to get blood.
All that, just so the doctors can tell me that I'm borderline diabetic, my kidney function is dodgy, my cholesterol is only just within the acceptable range, and my thyroid function hasn't really changed since last time.
At least, I hope that's what they would say.
I certainly don't want to move from being pre-diabetic to having type 2 diabetes.
I would also prefer the other health problems stayed within acceptable levels.
Hopefully once I get the test done, the doctors will tell me to watch what I eat, to get more exercise and write prescriptions for the five tablets that I take each day (at least that is down from the seven I was taking a couple of years ago).
And there's my next whinge ... the cost of prescribed medication.
I am 61 and not likely to get off any of these medications in the near (or distant) future.
Why then is it costing me about $70.00 per month to get my prescriptions filled?
Surely as a senior person with chronic health issues, I can get some help?
It seems not ... I am working too many hours and earning too much money to qualify for a health care card and my seniors card doesn't get me a discount at the pharmacy.
Thank goodness, I am only taking five tablets now instead of seven or I would probably be spending over $100.00 per month for medication I CANNOT stop taking.
No comments:
Post a Comment