MP 42

Matt: Brief updates and prayer requests. My last scans at the end of August showed many areas of improvement in the chest, but also some new spots in the lungs. Visual interpretation of lung spots isn’t always a conclusive way to determine whether a spot is a malignant growth, or benign inflammation, scar tissue, or left over infection. Given my pneumonia infection in the summer, the decision was made to continue monitoring the situation with another round of scans in November.

Separately, our insurance changed over in early September with Annie’s new job. This also meant a new pharmacy to distribute my specialty targeted treatment. What should have been a simple phone call to transfer my prescription to the new pharmacy led to multiple phone calls, messages, general confusion, and a lack of connection between the specialty pharmacy and my doctor’s office.

I’ve advocated for myself beyond what should be expected of any patient; battling poor communication, no communication, and getting hung up on by the pharmacy when I’ve called their support line. Unfortunately, I was off my targeted treatment two and a half weeks before the pharmacy refilled the prescription.

Prayer requests:

Please pray that refilling the targeted treatment prescription will be simple and smooth going forward. I’ve advocated with my doctor to postpone the scans so I can stabilize back on my medicine. Please pray for a straight path through the nonsense and wisdom for my doctor.

Annie should know sometime tomorrow whether she needs to move her horse with immediacy (by Halloween) or if there will be more time to consider the best options for boarding. Please pray for clarity and a good landing spot if a move is imminent. This also adds stress to Annie’s already very full plate–please pray that the peace of Christ would reign in this time.