Lois Jenkins
December 21st, 2007
I love spending time with my family, especially my daughter and my grandchildren. Taking care of my family and looking after my own health are major parts of my life.
I suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes and chronic arthritis in my back due to multiple surgeries I have had on my back. My various conditions require me to take more than 12 different mediciations on a monthly basis. Things are even more complicated because some of my medications cannot be taken at the same time due to harmful effects from the combination of the drugs. When I lost my insurance I was unable to afford my medicines and was afraid to ask for help. To make matters worse, my mother passed away around the same time that I lost my coverage. It was truly a difficult period for me.Since I was without coverage, I had to rely on my personal finances to pay for my medications. With some of my prescriptions costing more than $300 a month, budgeting my finances became a major stress in my life. My finances were stretched extremely thin and the stress made me unable to function.
Now that I am able to access my medicines consistantly, a great burden has been lifted from my shoulders. I no longer have the lingering stress of whether or not I will be able to obtain my prescriptions and feel healthy each day.
I am now more relaxed and able to focus on more important things in my life like being with my family, especially my daughter and her children. My church is extremely important to me and now that I am healthy, I am able to be a more active member. I am no longer consumed by stress from my finances as I was before, and I am in much higher spirits. I am able to go out and treat myself to something special because I am able to get my medicines on a consistant basis.
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