** Crankiness involved below. **<\/p>\n
Just got back from a doctor’s appointment – with my GP. This american health system drives me nuts<\/i>. I have to go see my GP every 6 months, apparently, to get a prescription for my Celexa… even though I’ve been on the Celexa for 5 years and if anything came up obvious I’d go talk to the doctor. But noooo, I have to go into his office and pay a $15 co-pay every 6 months just to tell him that I’m fine and need a re-fill.<\/p>\n
And,<\/i> of course I have to tell him everything that’s been going on to date with the RE and trying to get pregnant and such. Even though I just had to do this exact same thing with the OB\/Midwife. But they don’t communicate, oh no. My OB’s office does my yearly physical (pap, breast check, listen to heartbeat, blood pressure, weight). But then my GP has to do the weight and blood pressure, how am I feeling, etc too. Why am I paying for both?! I wouldn’t even go<\/i> to the damn GP except for the Celexa. (And I like him. That’s not the issue!)<\/p>\n
And of course when I mentioned trying to get pregnant he froze and gave me that, “Oh this could be a problem,” look. Oy. So I had to explain that I already talked in depth with my OB about it, that the OB is fine with me staying on it through pregnancy. GP told me that he either needs a letter from the OB to that effect, or the OB needs to take over filling my prescription while I’m pregnant… I guess for liability reasons? And trust me, if I could just keep getting my prescription from my OB I’d be FINE with that. (But I normally see the Midwife, who I am sure is not qualified to do that, so I’d have to see the OB for that and the Midwife for my other checks…) GP also said that I might have to go see a geneticist at Baystate (the big hospital where my RE is) to talk about SSRIs in pregnancy and risks, blah blah blah. I’ve been over this three times already!!<\/i> Every time I see another doctor I have to assure them, yet again, that I’ve been cleared to take it, that I understand the risks and benefits and have decided to continue taking it through my pregnancy. Can I just sign a freaking waiver or something?<\/p>\n
So yeah, not in the best of moods this morning.<\/p>\n
When I told my doctor that I was seeing an RE for reproductive issues he told me that “they only let you transfer a few now, don’t they? They used to let you transfer a ton. We did 5. Got triplets.” :shock: Apparently his triplets are now 12! Amazing who has gone through this. So at least he was sympathetic to the stress and moods! (I know what is due to my depression and what is due to outside stress. After this many years I’ve learned to tell them apart pretty easily.)<\/p>\n
All I want to do today is knit. But nooo, I have to work<\/i>. Which I’d better get to doing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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