My work gives us something called a benefit credit which we can use towards health or wellness. We have to decide which one. This was tricky for me, because if I calculated correctly, it works out to about $400 a year. Now, being as I have Crohn's and barring some miracle, I will require prescriptions. My coverage is 80%. So I could use that benefit to refund me for my portion of prescription costs, or I can use it towards wellness costs. For wellness, my work will pay gym memberships, athletic clothing, stuff like that.
I've decided to use it for a gym membership. It was difficult to decide, but I figure that:
a) My doctor has taken me off Pentasa ($40 every 6 weeks)
b) I'm also not going back on Entocort ($120 for 3 months)
c) Prednisone only cost me $55 total for the whole 10 week prescription, as I didn't have insurance at the time.
Being that the expensive pills are not going to be prescribed to me, and prednisone is dirt cheap in my eyes (compared to the others), I think it will be more beneficial and useful to get the gym membership.
Plus, I'm ballooning up and it's not cool. I saw a girl last night I haven't seen in months and she squeezed my chubby cheeks saying "they're soooooo cute!" Thanks! Moonface is totally super cute! Not.
I've gone to yoga and cardio dance class so far. My body feels broken but I feel great that I'm moving and working towards getting my normal body back. I know once I'm off prednisone (6 weeks!) I will get back to normal naturally, but even before the meds I wanted to get back into shape. I love the feeling you have after a good work out. Since there's not a lot of exciting things happening in my life these days, I gotta grab some extra boosts of happiness where I can find them.
Tonight on my way home the subway had issues. Trains were turning back before my stop, and it was madness. I kept my irritation in check until I saw sneaky people going up the empty platform on the other side and sliding into the train before any of the other 500 people on the right side of the platform got a chance. We all had been waiting atleast 20 mins and 3 trains left full we couldn't get on. You can't even blame me for being mad, I'm sure everyone else waiting with me thought it was rude. Anyway, despite me wanted to offer them a few choice words, I kept cool. I was proud of myself!
One last thing...I ate half a bag of Smartfood Popcorn the other day. Didn't die, didn't feel pain, nothing. What is going on?!?!?!
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