Day 263. Today I went to the eye doctor's office. I went back on Plaquinel when I had to go off Enbrel. I had to go off Enbrel because I go meningitis most likely caused by taking Enbrel. It is a side effect. Once I get meningitis, I can not take Enbrel anymore. Hence the Plaquinel.
When taking Plaquinel I have to go to the eye doctor every six months to get an eye check to make sure I am not going blind. That is part of the reason I went off it a few years ago. I was feeling really good on Enbrel so I went off Plaquinel. Why take a drug that might make me blind when I can take a drug that can give me a life threatening illness like meningitis! Haha.
Now I am back on Plaquinel and today was my eye doctor appointment. They tested my ability to see dots in a machine. I had to look into a machine and click a clicker each time I see a dot. I call it Pac Man because I end up clicking so many times it is like the noise of Pac Man. Then they calibrated my eyes. Not sure what that means but I know they wanted to get a baseline since I just started taking the drug again.
While I was at the office I spoke to the billing person. Back in March I went to the eye doctor when I had meningitis and my insurance company paid nothing. I would have thought they would have paid something since it was a medical issue. I asked them to check the billing code and it turns out they used the wrong billing code. They are going to resubmit and I may get some money back. Whoo hoo!!
Until tomorrow...
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