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TIL that nearly half of US adults struggled to afford healthcare last year
(coloradonewsline.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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I'm so sorry. I wouldn't wish endo on my worst enemy. It is a hell that anyone who hasn't experienced cannot understand.
My meds were $1300 a month without insurance. It required pre-authorization from the insurance that needed to be redone every 6 months and I could only get 28 days filled at a time, but it only cost me something like $20. The side effects were awful, but not nearly as awful as the alternative.
I'm eternally grateful for the fact that after years of pain and begging dismissive doctors to treat me I found an amazing surgeon who went "why are you still dealing with this when you don't want kids, you want a hysterectomy, I'll do one" and by some miracle my insurance company also approved it without arguing about it. I also got lucky that I had my initial visit just before my employer's year end open enrollment for insurance, so I did the math and figured out that I'd save a lot of money if I switched for the year to the higher premium/low deductible insurance they offered. My entire surgery, pre-surgery labs, pre surgery surgeon visits, prescription and OTC medications, and other little stuff I needed for recovery all cost me less than $1000 total.
The surgery was hands down the best thing that ever happened to me.
That's great. I'll probably end up going down the same route. Hormonal suppression is the only thing that works for my pain so getting my ovaries out will probably be the only thing that works in the end.
Good luck! I still have my ovaries and so I still have some pain, but it's so minor compared to what I used to be living with (like a 3-5/10 instead of a 9-10/10 on a daily basis) and not having to deal with bleeding 3 weeks out of the month is life changing.
biologics are expensive but my dermatologist recently reccomended a biologic for atopic dermatitis, because how extensive and and severe it was. i checked on peoples experience trying to get the injections, they have to go through a whole slew of pre-auth(taking more generic drugs, testings)