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I'm a realist.  I know that Jenny is not getting the care that she deserves.  She deserves better care than I can give. This year marks 59 years since we married and 63 years since we met. Jenny i s a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.  I owe her so much more than I can give.  She's a wonderful person.  I love her so much. I have zero training in being a caregiver.  I can't cook or do many of the other  things that Jenny did for me and for our children over the past 59 years. I'm impatient. I struggle with the weight of all of the tasks that shift to me as her dementia worsens. I'm a lousy caregiver.  It pains me that I can't give Jenny the care that she deserves.

My wife's neurologist ordered this prescription: "Rivastigmine Transdermal System (24 hour patch) each system delivers 4.6 mg/24 hours Rx only Cash (List Price): $479.85 Patient Pay (including discount card, e.g. Good Rx, etc.): $71.27 "  WOW!   I'm speechless. We give Walmart Pharmacy a 5 out of 5. There's one small glitch however.  A few days before the monthly prescription ran out, we received a text message from Walmart. "Do you want us to refill your prescription?" YES "Do you want us to refill your prescription automatically each month?" YES "We will text message you when your prescription is ready to be picked up." That didn't happen. I checked Walmart Pharmacy's website. It showed that the prescription was ready for pickup. I mentioned this to Walmart's clerk when I picked up the prescription. She said that they were having to call people 7 days after their prescriptions were filled to come pick up their prescripti...

In three months we've paid Labcorp alone nearly a thousand dollars. Medicare paid next to nothing. Our UnitedHealth/AARP supplemental health insurance paid ZERO . Then there's prescriptions, whopping increases in  UnitedHealth/AARP supplemental health  insurance premium payments (the GALL !), etc. The cost of medical care in the US is OUTRAGEOUS ! Of course, I'll keep paying for Jenny's medical expenses--until my last dime. This year we'll be celebrating our 59th wedding anniversary.  I just wonder how soon we'll be spending our last dime. 😠