Medication Mix Up

Getting my medication has been one of the most interesting experiences in surrogacy thus far. First, the pharmacy calls me on my birthday to schedule delivery. The woman asks for my insurance information and I tell her that they aren't covering this. She says that insurance will cover some meds for IVF, who is my insurance. So I give her my insurance information and she tells me that their pharmacy doesn't work with my insurance company. She is very nice and gives me the information for several pharmacies in the area and asks me to call them to see if they have the meds in stock and to do a test run on my insurance to see if they will cover it. Ok, fine. I get off the phone with her and call a pharmacy. They don't have it in stock, they would have to order it. I ask the pharmacist how long it would take to get in; she's not sure, she'd have to call to find out. So I give her my name and phone number and ask her to please find out when they would be able to get it in. In the meantime the first pharmacy calls me back -- they made a mistake. She didn't realize it was a surrogacy, so I was right, my insurance will not cover the meds. We go through all of my info and order the meds. Now the second pharmacy calls back and leaves a message (I was dealing with a screaming banshee child and cooking dinner) that they ordered the meds I wanted. WHAT? I didn't ask them to order them - I asked them how long it would take to get them in!! They call back AGAIN about 10 minutes later -- I guess she realized that she didn't have any of my information and yet she went and ordered this extremely expensive medication. I was still busy with the banshee child so Paul told her I would call her back (he didn't know the story at the time). I call her back and explain that I never asked her to order them, I asked her when she could get them in for me. She says "well, they will be here in the morning so I went ahead and ordered them". I didn't want to get into the surrogacy thing, so I just told her that I didn't have the script for the meds yet so I didn't want them ordered, I just wanted to know how long it usually takes for them to come in. So she cancels the order. Phew!

Now the meds are supposed to be delivered via FedEx on Thursday to my home. Paul works from home, so it shouldn't be a problem. He is only gone for 45 minutes a day when he takes Shayla to the babysitter. Guess when FedEx came? Yep, that's right, they came during those 45 minutes. Argh. So now I figure I have to drive out to FedEx that night to pick them up because I don't want to take the chance that they don't get delivered on Friday. Paul decides to call FedEx to try and schedule a time for Friday so that he knows he'll be home when they deliver the med package. They are very helpful and schedule a time with him for Friday morning before he leaves to drop Shayla off. A few hours later the doorbell rings - the FedEx delivery man came back to deliver the meds for us!! Yay for FedEx!!

Anyway, that is my med saga. In the end, everything turned out just fine. I have my meds and I am ready to start jabbing myself on Monday -woohoo :-P

And I guess I should get back to work. We are leaving early today so I need to get some things done. I'm going back to my hometown this weekend to spend Easter with my family. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! Enjoy your holiday, whether it be Easter or Passover. :-)