Despite being positive, May was a really bad month here.

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OH, was it ever! Son had a surgical procedure. It didn't go as planned and he was in the hospital for days. Then, for some reason no one can explain to us, his old Blue Cross health insurance was suddenly listed as the primary provider for his meds, etc. No one, not his former employer nor him or anyone else, has paid it since last November. It had been removed from the pharmacy files, etc. Suddenly the first of May, there it was again. We contacted the company, after endless phone calls back and forth, they said it was probably a computer fault on their end and they would ''work on it''...um, when someone needs meds or they are going to be in grave danger, ''working on it'' is not enough. He cannot work right now; he is just too sick. He applied for and got a medical card. And they had been paying for his pharmaceutical needs. Then the snarl hit. Then Medicaid claimed it was Bue Cross's fault, and Blue Cross claimed it was Medicare's. In 2 weeks, I drove him to the state office TEN times, 24 miles round trip when he was feeling so terrible. Friday, they told us it would be fixed in a week. Meanwhile, still NO MEDS!! Mama Bear doesn't hardly ever get mad, it's just not what I do as I know it solves absolutely nothing. But this was so frustrating, 'round and 'round they sent us, from one place to another. Finally yesterday, I went to the pharmacy. I waited a long time to talk to the pharmacist, who had been trying in vain to get around all of this mess and get son his medications. She found a number patients of Blue Cross could contact if they had problems. She called them, but even she was on hold for so long, she had me call them as of course they are short-staffed and busy. FINALLY, I found a person with empathy and a brain!!! They fixed it at last, said it would clear in 24 hours when their computers re-set. No, I didn't believe them. But today, the pharmacy called a bit ago and told us they were ready for pick-up!!!! I battle for myself and my loved ones, but this was just a month of pure hell. I hope we never have to do that again. Oh, and add to it that we have been in the ER twice this week, as the lack of meds made him so terribly ill. Hopefully, we, or no one else, ever has to go through all of that. June just has to be better now than messy May was!! Picture from Pixabay.