Glenda's journey with prescribed treatments

[glenda grant]

My problem is my knees it's the Psoriatic Arthritic

Glenda am I right in saying I seem to remember your are only on 1 shot of Enbrel per week ?

The reason I ask is that the usual dosage is two shots per week, this could be worth you asking about as that could be the reason for the psoriatic arthritis problem.

Fred yes I am on one shot a week and I will ask my Rheumatologist when I see him November 18 th.I doubt my insurance will pay for a second shot as it's $750. a shot so that's $3000 a month.I will be on Medicare here in America they will take $104 a month out of my Social Security check.Then once I get the Medicare from our Government the Embrel Co wont't help me like they are doing now.Right now I pay for my own health Insurance and Enbrel pays $600 a month to help me out.My Blue Cross/Blue Shield pays the $2400 for me.I am going to a place that specializes in Health Insurance and hopefully they can help figure out what to do.Maybe I might have to opp out of Medicare and keep paying for my own Insurance if they let me.I will find Out Tue what I am going to do.Right now I pay $235. a month and $5000 out of my own pocket then after that I am covered 100%. There is no free insurance in America like some countries in other parts of the world.I hope this makes sense!