Archive for November, 2007

Middle Age

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

I am a working lady in her early 50' s with no health insurance. I am on hormone patches that you use one week at a time and sometimes skip a week in between patches and I take celexa. This is very expense for me with no other income other than my own. I would greatly appreciate the help from this program.

Dot M, Fulton, MS

Fixed income

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

I live on a fixed income and of course the money does not go very far. My son helps me as much as posible. But I got where I do not ask him for help. He has a family to support. I just starting taking a new medicine for my feet and it cost around $ 165.00 per month along with the other medicines I take such as for my diabetes and heart medicine. i would love help in getting this medicine for me.

Geneva, Tupelo, MS

No health Insurance

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

I recently move to New York and I have no health insurance, I got sick and my prescription cost me so much. I can not afforded all of my medication at one time, please help me to get all my medication at once. Everytime i go to the Doctor my bills are so high and don t have a job and the prescriptions are so high

Ridhi Benny Ozone Park,. Queens, New York

unemployed college student

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

I lost my job about a month ago because after working there 5 years and only calling in twice( with a docters note) I woke up late. I have several bills such as car insurance, gas bill, power, water, and a docters bill from when I had to get a sonogram of my thyroids, all of these things add up to about $400.00. I lost my health insurance about a year ago when my dad was laid off from work. I take Adderal and even though I get the generic I still pay around $250.00 a month and about $90.00 every three months for my docters visits. In the last month I have applied for over ten jobs and counting, unfortunately applying for jobs doesn't pay the bills. I found this website I figured I have nothing to lose but only to gain.

Allison L, Carbondale IL

A Treatment for Opiate Dependence

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

I have been battling opiate dependence since the birth of my son. I had a caesarean section I was prescribed pain medication. I also experienced post partum depression. I was unhappily married and with the combination of pain and depression, I became dependent on the prescription pain medication for relief of my symptoms. This began my cycle of self-medicating. I was not aware of my depression, I just knew that I felt hopeless and the pain medication gave me temporary relief. For seven years I was in and out of hospitals seeking treatment for depression and detox. I also attended 30 day treatment programs. I also tried methadone treatment. This also did not provide a long lasting solution. In 2000, I was a patient at The Healing Place in Louisville, KY. I was there for 17 months. This seemed to be a working solution for dealing with my opiate dependence. After my treatment, I worked for the Hope Center for one year and continued in my recovery process. After living on my own and trying to raise my children as a single parent, I had difficulity dealing with my addiction. My psychiatrist recommended suboxone treatment. I also am prescribed Wellbutrin, Lexapro and Provigil. This combination has successfully treated my depression symptoms and successfuly handled my opiate addiction. It is my hope to ween off of the Suboxone under my doctor's supervision.

Susan F., Lexington, KY