Consequences for missing shot?

[Kathy73]

I was supposed to get my prescription for Pegasys yesterday and it didn't come. When I called Curascript they told me they were supposed to notify me that my doctor hadn't sent int he prior authorization form for insurance. Then I called my doctor's office and they said the insurance wouldn't approve until they had my 12 week blood work. Long story short my doctor's office is terrible. When I saw them a week ago they never told me anything was needed for insurance. Now the PA is calling Curascript to see if they will release my meds. I was supposed to take my shot last night. It seems obvious that I won't be receiving it today or probably tomorrow either. What to do???

[Kathy73]

This is the reason I love this forum. You are each and every one a true angel. You made it possible to keep my sanity and not start screaming (at work) after spending multiple hours on the phone with the doctor's office, the PA and Curascript. It should be delivered tomorrow. You are correct, we all have to be our own advocates. If I had just rolled over who knows when I would have gotten this medication. FIGuy, thank you for your advice. I plan on following it. jmjm and Trinity, I agree, I wonder how many people go through this? I've gone through it repeatedly and I'm working with a Hepatologist. And they wonder why they have to pay such high malpractice insurance fees! I don't wonder any more!

[zazza]

My nurse told me to always order my new shots when I took my second to last shot. That way I would have two weeks to get them delivered. I needed those two weeks many times, because everything that could go wrong with delivery went wrong during the 72 weeks I treated.

[Emilio44]

I'm so glad it's sorted now.  If you can't get hold of a peg shot (anyone?) sorry I'm in Australia.  Maybe take an extra 100mg riba daily, but only if your hgb and rbc's are okay.  I wonder how many people failed tx due to bad doctoring?  I'd be down at the doctors making a pretty big noise, can you ring an advocate to deal with this for you. Do you have things like local state hep c councils?  Emi  

[nygirl7]

If they COULD call I know my personal pharmacies does get fedex deliveries from the drug company on Saturday - every company in the world COULD hit the "saturday delivery" box on the fedex form...it might be worth paying for it yourself if possible just to get it two days early.

Agree with FLGuy - switch back to the night of your "desires' for the next shot if you have complications like work and stuff to deal with.  Taking it early is fine taking it late is the problem you know?

Good luck either way Kathy.  I can tell you won't be letting this problem happen again any time soon :) Thank GOD you were well into treatment and it should hurt less :)

[jmjm530]

hey, nothing ventured nothing gained. It's only a phone call. Call me obsessive, but I'd be on the phone all day calling pharmacies trying to get the shot tonight. YMMV

[Trinity4]

Since we only represent a very very small percentage of people who are currently treating I often wonder how many people run into these same types of snags and what the outcome is when they have to postpone shots or even skip a shot due to substandard care from their medical provider.  
You've stressed considerably about all this Kathy.  Sounds like you are reasonably comfortable with receiving your meds on Monday.  It's 3:50 pm EST here so if you are in the same time zone that is probably the best you can expect.  No need to stress anymore than necessary so I agree with FIGuy, go for it first thing Monday morning.  I think you'll be fine.
Trinity