Great Partner

DawnMarie spent the weekend helping me compile the information I needed to go to battle with the insurance company on Monday. When she was done with that she thoroughly research Creon^TM. One funny thing we have found during this last year is that we are regularly prescribed pills, capsules, shots, etc. with no real explanation on how to use them.

Some of these things like my pain medication TraMADol^TM is easy to figure out. There is a max amount allowed in one day and you can take up to that amount until the pain goes away.

For my Kineret^TM prescription I had to look up on google how to gicve myself an injection. I was given no classes, no instructions, in fact no guidance of any kind.

Now with Creon^TM it turns out the drug has very specific guideline for use. My doctor said take two pills every time I eat. However, DawnMarie read up on it and I don’t need to take any pills if eating foods with no fat (which I do a lot). In fact some times I will only need to take one pill. I know this because of my wife. The fact is I haven’t had a chance to do any research on this medication even though I have been using the sample I was given for the last 3 days.

Two things. First this lack of guidance and education is a problem and we must demand as patients better instruction and care from our health care providers. I for one would love to have a managing nurse assigned to me, one whose job was to manage my health not my cost to the insurance company. Second, my wife is awesome. I’m pretty sure I would be dead now if it weren’t for her.

If your doubting her awesomeness, here is a picture of her hugging our son while we are praying in Sunday School (yes my eyes were open). Life saving, praying, son hugging, sounds like she's on her way to sainthood.