Posted on 02/10/2018 4:50:57 PM PST by Ennis85
Heather Holland, a second-grade teacher at Ikard Elementary School with the Weatherford Independent School District died over the weekend, the Weatherford Democrat reports. Holland got sick about a week ago and took medication, but delayed picking up the prescription due to the $116 copay, according to the newspaper.
By Friday night, Holland's condition worsened and she was taken to the hospital. Her husband Frank Holland told the Weatherford Democrat that she died Sunday morning.
"She loved helping people, helping the kids, and the kids loved her," Holland's husband told the Weatherford Democrat.
Charlotte LaGrone, a spokeswoman for Weatherford ISD, told news station CBS DFW that counselors are available at the school for the rest of the week to help students and school staff cope with the sudden loss. She added that custodians started deep cleaning the district's schools in December to keep students from getting sick, and that the specific campus where Holland was employed had received an additional cleaning on Friday, Feb. 2.
This year's flu season has been particularly deadly, with flu-related deaths being reported across the nation. Last month, five flu-related deaths were reported in the greater Houston area. The CDC reports the flu is widespread across America this year and possibly won't peak until March.
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Elderberry is great for prevention too. You can buy the syrup, but the wine sounds more fun.
Yep. God bless her family and her loved ones. Something is wrong if someone can't come up with $116 copay. Of course she didn't think it was life or death. Not many would.
And knowing the people here at the Free Republic, I don't doubt that even the most flint hearted among us wouldn't have given her the $116 had we been able to foresee the outcome.
The WWI flu epidemic of 1918 mowed down young people with great vigor. For whatever reason, young healthy people were the most susceptible to the "Spanish Flu". Take a walk through an old cemetery sometime, and you will be shocked at how many tombstones are dated from 1918, marking the grave of someone who was in his or her late teens or twenties.
What migraine Med comes in patches? After surgery I had to use the imitrex shots since I couldn’t take pills.
No one anticipates dying from the flu...I suspect no one informed her that failure to take this medication immediately could result in death...
And 116 bucks co-pay for an anti-biotic??? They must be charging the insurance company 7 or 8 hundred bucks for this stuff...
I’ve read a great deal of research and know the benefits that have been observed. In some customer reviews that sulfur taste, or aftertaste, is often mentioned and maybe some brands are better than others. Just wondered if you’d noticed any being better than others in that regard.
What is Tamiflu?
I haven’t had “the flu” in quite a few years (or even a cold in the past 5 years, used to get a cold and or flu every year or twice a year).
I’d let my body fight it for 3 days and if still not getting better (or even getting notably worse) I’d get a prescription for antibotics from my doctor. His office recommended theraflu (over the counter) one year and it did give me my first relief (and first night’s sleep in 3 days) but after that first day of use it did nothing for me and I was prescribed the antibiotics.
Antibiotics seem to knock me down too (nauseous feeling) and yes I take the full prescription (don’t just stop because ‘I feel better’).
Look into Liberty health share. They kick in to 100% of all doctors and medical care once you’ve spent a small amount. For 6 people here it is $1500. You have to front the money but they cover everything except mental and alternatives. You have to swear to supporting the things all FReepers support.
Flu is a virus——Tamiflu is an anti-viral not an anti-biotic.
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Jeez. Out in in NJ they’re practically giving flu shots away at Shop Rite.
I appreciate the info. I’ll check into it. Thanks!
>>Prescription for flu runs $116 for just the copay? What kind of medication was it?
I had a prescription for high blood pressure that was $100+ with my Caremark discount. (I think the druggist said retail was something like $120 or 150 a month).
Even with some other insurance, it was over $60.
THEN the pharmaceutical company itself was offering a discount “coupon” for $30 a month (with insurance).
So what TRULY is the price?
And how does it do that?
The sialic acid receptors that the influenza virus uses to get inside the cells and wreak havoc are exactly the same, regardless of whether or how much vitamin D you take. The only method known to prevent influenza virus from entering cells is to have a good active immune response. And you only develop active immunity through exposure to a pathogen. There is no way taking vitamin D can substitute for induction of active immunity.
>>interesting that she was a gov’t employee with a steady ( bloated ) paycheck - why couldn’t she come up with $120 ?
Ask the Teacher’s Union ($$$ in member fees).
Sumitriptan- which is what I take when I need it.
Flu is a virus-—why would the MD give you antibiotics?
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GoodRX is a website everyone should use. Deep discount coupons offered and they tell you the cheapest place to get the prescription, too.
It was probably $116 because they hadn’t hit their deductible yet.
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