Ramblings of An Aging Gay Guy

I FINALLY am back on my meds!!  Keep your fingers crossed that I get my meds without a headache next month.

I just received a letter from Express Scripts/Accredo that says "We are unable to dispense your prescription due to the reason below: the medication (Stribild) is not covered under the home delivery portion of your prescription plan".  I have ordered this prescription in the past and had it delivered to my home. Here is what I wrote in an email to Anthem BCBS: I am unsure of why I received a letter and not a phone call as I told both the reps at Accredo (I spoke with two different ones on two different days) that I am out of my meds and I need my order to be processed quickly.  I would think that a phone call would be much faster than a letter. I have emailed you guys before on this same exact issue: how unorganized it is to obtain my meds from Accredo. What can you do to facilitate this process so that I can get my medication? I gave all of my copay assistance information and my Ryan White information to both of the reps I spoke with, but I am giving it to you so t...

The worry that I feel about being off of my meds is mounting.  Every day I feel a cough or congestion or a swollen lymph node and I can't help but imagine the worse.  I can not help but to imaging the HIV growing and multiplying inside of me exponentially.  Understanding the growth rate of HIV, that it multiplies so quickly, makes me feel overwhelmed. Getting back on my meds is starting to feel like an impossible dream.  Trying to convince so many different entities to cooperate and talk to each other is becoming prohibitively exhausting.  I got approved for Ryan White.  I called my pharmacy insurance company to give them my Ryan White information.  The representative at Accredo (the specialty pharmacy that my insurance, Anthem BCBS, requires that I obtain my HIV meds) had no clue what I was talking about when I tried to explain Ryan White to her.  She did take down all of my information and is having my insurance information verified.  Gre...