A new battle

[district12ravenclaw]

I had my 28 week appointment today, and everything looks great! I've gained another 4 pounds for a total of about 18 (16 according to the Blue Cross program I signed up for), and my blood pressure was 108/70, fantastic! I met yet another doctor today, the one I originally went to see, and she was extremely nice. She found Owen's heartbeat right away, and because he's getting bigger, he wasn't able to run away from the Doppler this time. I go back in 3 weeks, which I thought was kind of an odd time, because I thought I'd be going every 2 weeks at this point.

At my appointment, I also got my RhoGAM shot, fun. That thing actually hurt, and I'm pretty good with needles. When I got the box out, the nurse looked at it weird, and was then shocked to find out that there were 5 syringes inside. I was only supposed to get 1 syringe, and the stupid ass pharmacy charged me for 5! That explains why it cost me almost $700. I guess they have to order them in boxes, and they gave me the entire thing, because apparently, they NEVER fill prescriptions for RhoGAM, which I find a little hard to believe. The nurse and the doctor both thought it was total crap that I was charged for the entire box, so they wrote a note to the pharmacy asking them to take back the other 4 and reimburse me. Here's where it gets fun.

After my appointment, I dropped Steve off at work, headed home to find the receipt, and drove to the pharmacy. I gave them the box and explained the situation, but they tried to give me all kinds of crap. They told me that I agreed to pay for it. Well yeah, I agreed to pay for it, but I didn't know that I was paying for FIVE syringes, when I only needed ONE! No one bothered to tell me that when I gave them the prescription. They tried paging the pharmacy manager, but apparently, he had just left, and won't be back until next Friday! Gee, that's convenient. What are they supposed to do if they have a real emergency and need the manager for something. I called Steve to let him know what was happening, and he was pissed. So when he gets home from work tonight, we're going back to the pharmacy. Wish us luck, though I doubt much good will come of it. Steve is usually really good about dealing with people when he's angry, but he was really pissed on the phone, so I hope he can control himself.

Comments

[luvbeingamommy.livejournal.com]

why in earth would they think you wanted 5 shots of Rogam?! hello!

Good luck tonight!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

No kidding, what a bunch of idiots! It's not my fault that no one goes to their pharmacy for RhoGAM shots; I shouldn't be responsible for the entire box.

[sloppy-drunk.livejournal.com]

Glad things went well at the appointment. That's such a crock that they charged your for 5 syringes!

[kmfroggi.livejournal.com]

wow, that is total crap!!! i would be so livid, my rhogam shot cost me nothing like that. i would surely fight that.

and yeah, that shot did hurt me too. it sucked getting in the hiney!hehe

[rockysmomma.livejournal.com]

That is total BS!

I hope you're able to get that taken care of with the pharmacy.

[pupsgirl.livejournal.com]

Ugh...that is really SO annoying and totally the fault of the pharmacy. Keep us posted. I can imagine that they would have hard time taking back medication since they can't resell it. It will be a huge loss on their side, but still it's not your fault! Fight back!

[cat-loverpq.livejournal.com]

Since when do pharmacies EVER dispense more than what the prescription is written for? I'm sure your dr's note didn't say "Refill 4 times" so why on earth would they find it appropriate to give you, essentially, an overdose? Crazy! I would definitely fight it!

[staciebratton.livejournal.com]

That is exactly what I was thinking. That is exactly the same as just randomly giving you 5 times more pain pills than the doctor prescribed. If they don't take them back there should be some other kind of repercussion that the doctor could bring against them for improperly filling the prescription!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I can't believe how ridiculous they are being right now.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I'm really pissed now that I know I was charged for 5 syringes and not one. Idiots. I asked for the shot in my arm, no needles in my butt, thankyouverymuch :).

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! No luck so far, but we've only just begun.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought! Just because they never order them and had to order an entire box at a time doesn't mean that I should be responsible for the entire box.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I know, right?!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

And that's what Steve was trying to convey when we went in there last night to talk to them. I'm sure that if they order an antibiotic, they don't order just one person's prescription worth. They probably order tons at a time, but yet they don't charge one person for the whole lot!

[kmfroggi.livejournal.com]

really?!? they told me i had to have it in my butt!!! i thought it was to go in my arm, but nope. dang it! hehe.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

It's an intramuscular injection, so they just need to put it in a place where there's muscle. That's too bad that they told you it had to go there, ouch!