Deciding to stop, on cost, with no drama

My review appointments cost money too, and building those into the annual figure changed my sense of the total considerably.

Something practical: I set up a separate account for it, which sounds excessive and means I always know where I stand.

What Llian described happened to me too, in a slightly different order.

What I found is that the cheapest route was not the most reliable, and I paid slightly more for something that did not run out.

My honest position is that this is expensive and I have chosen it, and I do not need anybody to reassure me about that.

Something I got right was deciding in advance what I would do if the cost rose, so that I was not deciding it in a difficult week.

The pharmacy price varied more than I expected between places, and one phone call round three of them saved me a meaningful amount.

I found that being honest with my partner about the number was harder than the number itself, and better once done.

Read, understood, and glad you are here.

What Nadir described happened to me too, in a slightly different order.

What helped was somebody here being completely frank about their own numbers, which gave me permission to look properly at mine.

I would gently say that if cost is about to force you to stop, talk to your prescriber first. There were options in my case.

I keep a small buffer specifically for this so that a bad month does not force a decision I would not otherwise make.

The thing I underestimated was how the cost affects the decision-making. I was reluctant to raise problems because of what a change might cost.