An update.

I finally managed to talk my doctor into filing an appeal against the denial of Actemra and I just found out yesterday that the appeal was approved! Woohoo! The medication is supposed to be here on Friday.

My lesson learned here is that you need to be your own advocate. My doctor was fine with accepting the denial of Actemra and did not see the purpose of an appeal. However, I insisted that we try and offered to talk with whoever I needed to in his office to get the ball rolling. I think he finally agreed just to get me out of his hair.

I pray I get good results and I can finally get off or at least lower my prednisone. Success!