So, yesterday I had my infectious disease appointment and Jen said that I don’t need to come back unless I get another sore. She gave me something to prevent pressure sores on my tailbone. I have decided to call them my, “Butt Stickers.” I asked Jen yesterday if she could prescribe them to me so therefore Medicaid will pay for them. Since I am on both Medicare and Medicaid because I no longer work and I am disabled, I pay for some stuff but Medicaid will kick in when they feel that I have paid far enough. I met my spenddown a couple years ago on December 28. That means I only had until January 1 to get all of my medical care covered because on January 1, my spend down begins again! So, with these being prescribed to me that can be something I have to pay for that will take off from the amount that need to be paid before Medicaid kicks in.
It is a very complicated process that I am just beginning to try to navigate and it’s quite frustrating but Jen tried to order them for me but she said that since I do not have an active sore, they won’t pay for them. The whole point of using them is to prevent getting a pressure sore because these pressure sores on my feet are excruciating and I cannot even fathom how much it would hurt if this was on my tailbone AND I am in a wheelchair?!
So here is my Mayday of sorts to a anyone in the medical field:
These are the, “Butt Stickers” and we counted them yesterday and my Mom said that I have 20. I’m changing it today so that means I only have 19 more, “Butt Stickers.” So, since I wear them for three days, that still only gives me 57 days of tail bone protection?! I have a little bit of time before I have to add that into my monthly expenses because I DEFINITELY will do that but if anyone has an
In” somewhere, hook a girl up?! 😂😂😂
