My CVS is now officially a clownshow - they got rid of the experienced pharmacists that have worked there for years, or they left on their own due to being overworked to death. Last Wed I went in to pick up my first 3 month scrip of 2023, which was called in two days prior, and the asshats had it on hold because it cost so much - do they call me to tell me that? Of course not! So I go back on Friday to pick it up after telling them I knew damn well how much I cost because I've been on it for 10 yrs - I get home, open up the bag, and what do I find? GENERIC V from Teva! And my Cigna part D plan doesn't even cover GV! I'm thinking CVS pulled a bait and switch on me because sometimes they make more money on generics than brand names - how the hell did they get Cigna pay for something that's not even on my formulary?
So I take the GV back Sat. and tell them to give me brand name V - they don't have it, will have to order it - but did they? NOPE! Monday I go back to pick it up and they claim my doc wrote a script for icosapent ethyl and I need a script that says Vascepa - so I call his office when I get home and the clerk tells me he absolutely wrote V on the script, she was looking at a copy of the e-script on her computer. So I'm between a rock and a hard place - somebody is clearing lying to me - each side is blaming the other for the fuckup. So I tell the clerk please write me a paper script with DNS on it so I can take it to CVS and get real V - turns out the first script WAS for V but it didn't have DNS on it - still doesn't explain how the hell CVS got Cigna to pay for it in the first place.That 3 months of GV was going to cost me $549, but when I finally got my V today it cost me $436 for 3 months. I had paid $180 of my $500 deductible and my CIgna copay is $33/mo for V, so those numbers come close to matching up as far as my out of pocket cost goes. But it took a whole frigging week and 4 trips to CVS plus one to my doc's office to get the damn stuff - what a clusterfuck! This whole "put a scrip on hold because the patient might not be able to afford it but don't tell the patient you're not filling it" stuff they pulled is utter BS - all they had to do was check my records and they would have seen I've been on it for years and I know how much it costs.
While I was having this nightmare run around with CVS I was also suffering from the first day of symptomatic COVID - I've gotten every shot, including the 5th shot last Dec of MRNA's bivalent original/Omicron booster, but the first time this groundhog sticks his head out of the hole since going underground in Jan 2020 to attend a happy hour last Friday night I get infected! What are the chances of that? Worst part was I didn't sleep a wink Mon night - exactly 72 hours after exposure I started feeling symptoms on Mon, a nasty sore throat when I went to bed, then tossing/turning all night from fever, chills, and terrible fibromyalgia type pain in my thighs. When I finally give up on trying to sleep 9:30 am yesterday I got out of bed and try to take a deep breath, but that causes a coughing fit - feels like I went swimming the day before and inhaled a bunch of water into my lungs, I can't take anything more than shallow breaths, and my O2 level is only 93% - that's LOW. Thank god I take V and singulair - one or both calmed down the inflammation in my lungs and by 1:00 I was breathing fine, O2 was back to 99% - now I just feel like I have a cold mixed with a bit of flu, and I'm getting better by the hour it seems. But man I am pissed off I got infected after being so careful for so long - I had to cancel two week's worth of my regular PT and reschedule, meaning now it'll be 3-4 weeks before I'm able to get treatments again - I'm going to be a mess by then.
So enough of my lousy week - does anyone besides me think that Sarissa's proxy vote presentations are getting sort of childish and cartoonish, like investors need to be spoken to like they're 5 yr olds? The one they put out yesterday was filled with silly quotes from famous people and musical lyrics, like the first one from Pink Floyd - “Hello? Is there anybody in there?”, which is from The Wall's "Comfortably Numb ". I voted blue today, but do not like that all Sarissa has done to date is attack AMRN management, which they royally deserve, but they have put forth ZERO ideas on how to turn AMRN around, if that's even possible at this point. Do they have actual plans if they take over the BOD, or is their plan to pump up the stock and sell the company for a decent profit for them, but likely huge losses for most of us longs - pps has to triple from here for me to just break even.
The Thought Police: To censor and protect. Craig Bruce
