I got the call today that I have been approved for Egrifta!  I should be getting a call from the pharmacy tomorrow to discuss delivery, and I’ll have to go see my nurse to learn how to reconstitute the medication and inject myself.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to start it soon.

Just so long as they don’t take it all back like they did last time I was supposedly approved.  I asked the case worker about it and he assured me that I had nothing to worry about, so we’ll see.  I guess my doctor’s letter of medical necessity finally got through to them.

I feel very petty and kind of like a bad person, but if I can get my body back (even mostly back) I will be the happiest I’ve ever been.  This lipodystrophy shit has been absolute hell.

Oh, and I found this article that really nailed it with how lipodystrophy feels in its title: EGRIFTA: ERASING THE SCARLET LETTER OF HIV.  Scarlet Letter.  Exactly.

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