medications - insurance - chronic illness

Let me tell you a story of someone who is chronically ill.
And has to, daily, take the amount of prescriptions and supplements on the photo on the right in order to full human; in other words, normal.

Now think if this someone loses their insurance and for half a year, has to figure out what medications are important enough to pay for out of pocket. (Which, by the way, is not cheap, let alone affordable.)

For 6 months, this person goes through so much anxiety and turmoil and changes and craziness when their world is in upheaval, and then has more thrown at them, and they still have to function because they are a parent and a spouse with a household to keep together.

Imagine after 6 months, when this person finally gets insurance again, and cries and laughs and jumps for joy when they can finally see doctors again and make appointments and get back to their regular scheduled regimen of medications. (Because see, during this time of no insurance, they also couldn't see a doctor, gets tests done, see a counselor, go to physical therapy, get a massage, because all of these things cost money and most of these things are covered by insurance.)

Imagine it was you.

Now realize it was me.
How does this make you feel?