Sjogren’s Syndrome has been hitting me really bad lately. I guess it has to do with the lack of sleep and a lot of blogging. The computer monitor hurts my eyes a lot. And not sleeping puts me into a flare. Plus not being on Humira has my immune system in havoc.

One thing I know that I need to do is to upgrade the indoor lighting in my home office. That will help my eyes a lot. I need a good desk light and some better lighting over all.

With President-Elect Obama only 58 days away from becoming President, we know that change is coming our way. One thing we can expect is an overhaul of the present health insurance issues we face now.

I am very fortunate to have coverage from my husband’s insurer and Medicare as my secondary. I still do have to pay a co-pay for prescription medications though. It is not bad considering what others pay and for the amount of medications that I take. We just got a letter in the mail, though that shook us to the core. The price of our co-pay for prescriptions has increased $30 for Brand Name drugs. Many of the meds that I take are not available as generics. So we are in a bit of a bind here, especially knowing how badly the economy is going.

We really don’t have a choice to look for a health insurance quote because we have the best policy my husband’s job offers. It’s just another thing that we have to consider in our budget. We do hope that there will be changes to include people like us that have coverage but the money that we spend out of pocket still continues to be a burden. I believe that Obama will take these issues into consideration.