New to Crohn's, dealing with life changes and expenses of disease.
Hello all,
I am a 26 year old who's symptoms first began about four years ago with chronic gnawing upper abdominal pain. My first complication was an abcess, which I drained myself, and thought nothing of how I came to have it. The stomach pains would come and go for the next three years. Then last year I had my second complication, dual fistulas. This passed year has gone by rather smoothly until early April. I had a freeway pile up of emotional stress that I think led to this latest flare up which a majority of the symptoms described all over the internet began to appear. Thankfully I have an extremely supportive family who is helping me through the hard times right now. Literally the week of my diagnoses, when the symptoms were at there worst, I was moving, dealing with my brothers graduation from college, and having my ex girlfriend sabotage my standing at work. So you could say that my world was crashing down. When I first received my medication: Pentasa, and Entocort, my mother picked up my prescription but failed to tell me the price of the medications. I now discovered that my health insurance only covers generic medications and will not cover these new pills. The expense is a huge burden and I have been contemplating giving up my plan of graduate school and continuing my track to becoming a Film professional. Literally my life of about four weeks ago has done a 180 in almost every aspect of said over used statement. I think my number one priority right now though is managing the expense of the disease. Does anyone have any information or insight into helping to pay for the meds?
Oh also Ive been reading a ton about medical marijuana, is this legit , or just a bunch of stoners online trying to make there habit seem noble?
Yours Via Forum,
Colin
Hello all,
I am a 26 year old who's symptoms first began about four years ago with chronic gnawing upper abdominal pain. My first complication was an abcess, which I drained myself, and thought nothing of how I came to have it. The stomach pains would come and go for the next three years. Then last year I had my second complication, dual fistulas. This passed year has gone by rather smoothly until early April. I had a freeway pile up of emotional stress that I think led to this latest flare up which a majority of the symptoms described all over the internet began to appear. Thankfully I have an extremely supportive family who is helping me through the hard times right now. Literally the week of my diagnoses, when the symptoms were at there worst, I was moving, dealing with my brothers graduation from college, and having my ex girlfriend sabotage my standing at work. So you could say that my world was crashing down. When I first received my medication: Pentasa, and Entocort, my mother picked up my prescription but failed to tell me the price of the medications. I now discovered that my health insurance only covers generic medications and will not cover these new pills. The expense is a huge burden and I have been contemplating giving up my plan of graduate school and continuing my track to becoming a Film professional. Literally my life of about four weeks ago has done a 180 in almost every aspect of said over used statement. I think my number one priority right now though is managing the expense of the disease. Does anyone have any information or insight into helping to pay for the meds?
Oh also Ive been reading a ton about medical marijuana, is this legit , or just a bunch of stoners online trying to make there habit seem noble?
Yours Via Forum,
Colin
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