tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post99751604772674684..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Absurdity As ViceElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-78588793299529631962015-05-08T08:17:13.833-07:002015-05-08T08:17:13.833-07:00What a crap position Onfi puts you in. It wasn&#...What a crap position Onfi puts you in. It wasn't even FDA approved so you had to jump through hoops to get it, when it was the price was way up there, the benzo component in it is the drug you are so against, yet had to fight to get, and are now weaning Sophie from it. Good news in all of this is you are weaning her off of it, and you won't be using it again, unless..it's the least of the evils which is why she probably got on it to begin with. <br /><br />I'm sorry that you will be on the phone and having to scrape to get what you need with this. What's frightening is that there are many out there who are not as intrepid as you are, don't have the resources and they could need certain drugs and not get them. So it is with our medical system. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636670946994161261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46880093359039759272015-05-07T11:40:43.592-07:002015-05-07T11:40:43.592-07:00No, she won't be weaned for a good long while....No, she won't be weaned for a good long while. It's been a year since we began, and we're only 55% down. It's a horrible process.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12939643204280328582015-05-07T10:56:14.900-07:002015-05-07T10:56:14.900-07:00Don't get me started, either. Anyhoo.Don't get me started, either. Anyhoo.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36603126501064006312015-05-07T08:58:57.629-07:002015-05-07T08:58:57.629-07:00That IS absurd -- and for the record I greatly app...That IS absurd -- and for the record I greatly appreciate your sense of absurdity in all things.<br /><br />Will Sophie be weaned by July? I know it's a long process, so that's probably too much to hope for, isn't it?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16671669149912586182015-05-06T22:00:24.618-07:002015-05-06T22:00:24.618-07:00Joanne -- Me, too!Joanne -- Me, too!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-15935139708046845022015-05-06T21:59:45.375-07:002015-05-06T21:59:45.375-07:00beth coyote -- I can't even imagine the bullsh...beth coyote -- I can't even imagine the bullshit that goes down in the midwifery world. I'm glad you're still at it, though. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35080886295446703682015-05-06T21:58:54.645-07:002015-05-06T21:58:54.645-07:00lily cedar -- Yes, that too. lily cedar -- Yes, that too. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-63767797348660819342015-05-06T21:58:31.287-07:002015-05-06T21:58:31.287-07:0037paddington -- No, it doesn't. But it makes i...37paddington -- No, it doesn't. But it makes it all bearable.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34431897057681033922015-05-06T21:58:01.400-07:002015-05-06T21:58:01.400-07:00Allison -- I think the answer to your question is ...Allison -- I think the answer to your question is quite simple: bottom line profits. Money.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51146143138043895292015-05-06T21:57:12.948-07:002015-05-06T21:57:12.948-07:00Denise Emanuel Clemen -- A candle in lieu of dynam...Denise Emanuel Clemen -- A candle in lieu of dynamite?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5789403141177660732015-05-06T21:56:43.594-07:002015-05-06T21:56:43.594-07:00Radish King -- We truly live in an oligarchy.Radish King -- We truly live in an oligarchy.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-71899596347587901432015-05-06T21:56:06.392-07:002015-05-06T21:56:06.392-07:00T. -- That makes me happy.T. -- That makes me happy.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64576394403696181792015-05-06T21:55:49.137-07:002015-05-06T21:55:49.137-07:00Exactly, Marylinn. There's always this bizarre...Exactly, Marylinn. There's always this bizarre Alice in Wonderland quality to life's unfolding when it comes to insurance companies.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13125860315073407462015-05-06T21:55:06.329-07:002015-05-06T21:55:06.329-07:00Much appreciated, fullsoulahead!Much appreciated, fullsoulahead!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81589925994735706292015-05-06T21:54:43.957-07:002015-05-06T21:54:43.957-07:00Mary Lou -- And I'll continue to enjoy your co...Mary Lou -- And I'll continue to enjoy your commentaries as well. Thank you!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-65029036757261134212015-05-06T21:54:13.018-07:002015-05-06T21:54:13.018-07:00Deana -- I'm hoping you'll be spared.Deana -- I'm hoping you'll be spared.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49947080125026948322015-05-06T21:53:49.232-07:002015-05-06T21:53:49.232-07:00Thanks, kario -- and I LOVE when you get started -...Thanks, kario -- and I LOVE when you get started --Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51923159540504060172015-05-06T21:26:25.084-07:002015-05-06T21:26:25.084-07:00If your sense of absurdity - which I greatly appre...If your sense of absurdity - which I greatly appreciate - is what it takes for you to cope, more power to you. I can't wait until Sophie is off this drug and the insurance company can go f itself.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015888228309968515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-42560443038934457962015-05-06T20:11:22.295-07:002015-05-06T20:11:22.295-07:00WTF. We here in maternity care land are being deni...WTF. We here in maternity care land are being denied payment for initial prenatal visits because....wait for it....the insurance companies think, for some reason, that an MD should be doing the first PN, even though we (ie. midwives) have been doing all prenatal visits for effing YEARS. They're already refusing to pay for infant care past two weeks because it's not explicit in our law. I mean, who wi the person who sits around in the basement of the insurance company thinking of ways to keep more of the premium money and give us less. Even though we save those fuckers thousands of dollars keeping mommas and babies out of the hospital every year. Don't get me started. <br /><br />Thanks for witnessing the absurdity of our broken, very broken health care system. <br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />Beth the midwifebeth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-43764258376724887332015-05-06T17:19:47.028-07:002015-05-06T17:19:47.028-07:00I love your sense of humor. I often take a walk o...I love your sense of humor. I often take a walk on the dark side. My coping mechanism? Swearing. Those fucking assholes:)My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-474441245906086672015-05-06T16:29:12.300-07:002015-05-06T16:29:12.300-07:00I hold my breath over Sophie's weaning. I cros...I hold my breath over Sophie's weaning. I cross my fingers and squeeze my eyes shut and pray that the end is in sight. Oh Elizabeth. Absurdity doesn't begin to cover it.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-89550804815236516912015-05-06T15:45:09.874-07:002015-05-06T15:45:09.874-07:00This is criminal. Sophie has to wean for a reason...This is criminal. Sophie has to wean for a reason, cutting her off is just dangerous. Your sense of the absurd is getting quite the workout with these people. I used to take a brand named expensive drug. My insurance was always giving me grief about quantities - they were concerned. As soon as it went generic, pfft; no worries. How did we get to this place?Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-6382581154319735392015-05-06T12:41:45.164-07:002015-05-06T12:41:45.164-07:00May the weaning continue. And maybe light that can...May the weaning continue. And maybe light that candle.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88958470286934975792015-05-06T11:27:16.814-07:002015-05-06T11:27:16.814-07:00Well just fuck. Dealing with the same thing here f...Well just fuck. Dealing with the same thing here for my meds. The same exact shit. <i>Big Pharma</i> not my shrink wants to switch me up and off and on. They're calling the shots! Terrifying. xoRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-62291995514198893312015-05-06T11:22:06.550-07:002015-05-06T11:22:06.550-07:00I just read this out loud to my work partners (I&#...I just read this out loud to my work partners (I'm on a break).<br />INSANITY. No other words come close.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.com