This Really Freaking Sucks

Ok so a little background information. Pure gold is a very soft metal. When they form gold to make jewelry (especially white gold) they mix the gold with other metals to make an allow. These are usually tin, zinc, copper, and, rarely, nickel. For those who don't already know this about me, I am very allergic to nickel.

So I was wondering why for the last two months that I've had this new ring, I've been having a reaction. My finger's been swollen and itching like crazy, and it's usually flaky and bleeding because I can't stop scratching it. I couldn't figure this out because it's gold and I'm not allergic to gold. Well apparently the jeweler I bought the ring from uses nickel in their gold alloy! And to top it all off, A STONE FELL OUT OF THE FREAKING RING! That's right. Not even TWO MONTHS after I bought the freaking thing, it's falling apart. Which doesn't seem to matter because I can't wear it anyway. This stupid ring has spent more time in their shop being fixed than it's spent on my finger. So I've decided that I'm going to ask* for a refund and take my business elsewhere. Again. Maybe I'm just not meant to have a ring.

*demand

There's a reason I'm so particularly freaked out about this. 10 days ago I went to the pharmacy to pick up my refill on my anxiety medication. When I got to the pharmacy they told me that my insurance was no longer going to cover the medication. This was on a friday night, so there was nothing i could to til monday. This whole last week I've been going back and forth between my doctor, the pharmacy, and the insurance company. Even though I've been on this dose of medication for 4 or 5 months now, the insurance company is saying that because it exceeds the "manufacturer's recommended dose" that they will not cover it. The only way around this is to have my doctor file an appeal, which she would be able to do if she hadn't called in sick last week. So I've been cold turkey off my medication for about 10 days now. I'm completely losing my mind. I've been having panic attacks every day, and sometimes two or three times in a day. I'm completely miserable, physically ill, and having a hell of a time functioning. And I don't know when it's going to be fixed.