Kris has a blood clot in her arm

Another day another complication. Kris is doing OK after her first Chemo treatment. She's got a headache and is achy but otherwise fairly normal, besides the breathing issues. There are many other drugs and supplements she has to take with the chemo, like Glutamine powder, vitamins, anti-nausea pills etc... Furthermore, Kris developed an infection and then a blood clot from the IV in the hospital. We were really upset at them but then found out that this is not that abnormal. Cancer patients are 7 times more likely to develop dangerous clots. So she had to start on ANOTHER DRUG - a once daily injection of LOVENOX (enoxaparin) which she will need daily for the entire course of treatment. After visiting our regular local pharmacy, Greene Pharmacy, we learned we had no choice but to order from Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy and they would send it FedEx overnight. Yet despite having a written prescription from a doctor within our plan and having our Encologist call in and confirm the script, Walgreens called me at 5:15 PM to tell me that because it is a specialty drug they needed an additional approval from the insurance company -- after most people have already gone home for the day. We still have not gotten anything. So I had to buy a 7-day supply at Greene Pharmacy at the retail price of $30 a syringe. I am tired of playing Pharmacy Roulette - where one has to physically go to numerous pharmacies to get our sometimes-life saving prescribed drugs. Great system we have here.