our first taste of chemotherapy

When we were done with the oncologist and the pharmacist, we went down stairs, to the pharmacy, to fill the temozolomide prescription. I didn't realize it but, this type of chemotherapy is considered a prescription drug and covered under that part of our health insurance. I thought it would be easy but I was wrong. My insurance requires a certification to approve the payment for this drug, because it's expensive. The doctors wanted Marie to start this right away, but the insurance people had other ideas. They have a procedure for expensive drugs. It would take time and it would be frustrating.