Another Monday down - that means that Tuesday will be here soon. I look forward to Tuesdays now because they are my "markers" of how many more weeks. Three weeks from tomorrow - WOW. I'm so ready for this part of my life to begin - I mean, I'm not literally ready (so many things to do to get ready!), but I'm ready to move past dialysis and into the next phase of my journey.
This morning I had to call in for some refills on prescriptions and I looked at all the pill bottles on my machine - 11 of them - and I wonder how many will replace them once I get the transplant. I know I'll be on several at least at the beginning. I also know that the meds for transplant patients are very expensive. Medicare will help pay the first three years, but then I'll be on my own. It's really stupid the way that works.
Yes, the meds are expensive, but dialysis is about 10 times as expensive. If I can't afford my meds and don't take them, I'll reject the kidney and end back up on dialysis and back on Medicare. The bill for dialysis is about $30,000 a month. Don't you think the government would wise up and figure out that it's cheaper to pay for the anti-rejection meds? Oh, wait, this is the same group that thinks socialized medicine is the way to go - never mind! It was a stupid question.
I got a nice surprise on Facebook tonight - my cousin-in-law Meg "friended" me and she has The Kidney Project listed as one of her favorite causes! I love seeing people's comments and seeing the list of folks that say they are praying for Josh and me. We'll take all the prayers we can get and we appreciate every word sent to God's ears. We're almost at 100 FB friends and the blog is being well-read too. Josh is extremely busy this week because of month-end and budget, so I don't know if he'll post this week.
Time for bed.
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