One might meekly and obviously think that a prayer to birth control pills should be something like:
"May you always keep me infertile in a time of financial despair."
Or perhaps...
"May you always integrate my upward mobility with my desire to not have children."
Both are perfectly worthy prayers and observances. I recite both regularly. Though I also put just as much faith, hope, and respect into my ovaries to obey the orders of said birth control pills. If they didn't obey, well shit son, I'd be on the RU-486 train headed straight for abortionville in no time flat.
So what kind of prayer does one recite when one's insurance company up and decides that it's female constituents formerly on Yaz are not to get the generic form, Gianvi?
Apparently Bayer isn't throwing a big fucking party with clowns and boucny castles about it. They're suing the maker of Gianvi, Teva Pharmaceuticals.
I've had many bad experiences with random birth control formulas. While Gianvi is supposed to be a generic of Yaz, and so downright similar, that like I said before, Bayer is suing the maker, I just am not quite sure.
My fiancee has been out of town for week. Therefore I have no barameter for my mood. My previous experiences with birth control alterations have been rather nasty.
I was absolutely what mysoginistic men want to believe women are: batshit fucking hormonally crazy.
I yelled at everyone. For no god damned reason (which I suppose is only different from my present disposition, because I yell for humor and for some insight, kinda like Lewis Black).
So this prayer to my birth control is now something like:
"May you keep me from becoming impregnating, and additionally, keep me from being thrown in jail."
Or...
"May you keep me from becoming a stereotype."
So please, insurance companies, when you're going to fuck with a woman's birth control, imagine who the client may become when you have to get on the phone with them after fucking with said birth control. Perhaps that's worth a lot more than a supposed $15 savings per Yaz customer, eh?
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Amy A
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Have you considered Planned Parenthood? The doctors who work there tend to listen to women who have specific complaints and prescribe accordingly. With other OB GYNs, I often felt that they were too eager to just shove some hormonal BC at me, but at PP a Dr. actually talked with me about all the options.
PS- Your insurance company sucks.
Thanks for your comment.
This is really all about my insurance company, as Bike Lizard mentioned, they suck ass. They made this decision. However, your point is still valid, a woman would likely not (I can't say it would be consistent, because what do I know) decide that it's a corporate mandate to modify how womens' health reproductive health is managed and maintained.
So far I haven't had any fits of madness, so hopefully that continues. If I do have problems, I'll first go to my gynecologist to see if she can do anything to overrule this. I'm not opposed to trying something new, I just don't like that it was not a health care provider's decision.
Yes, my insurance company (Blue Shield of California, FYI) is fucking crap.
Ah yes, I'm here. I actually didn't write anything for about two weeks because I was hugely distracted by a demanding social schedule - I guess I shouldn't really complain about that though. That's like saying, "gee, it really sucks, this whole looking like Gisele Bundchen thing."
Anyway, I'm trying to get my ideas rolling again, and yes, trying to keep my hormones under control. So far I haven't lost my head.
Thanks for stopping by. :)