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Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


sj - Dec 13, 2010 8:09:16 am PST #10870 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

(((WS))) (((smonster))) Feel better both of you.


Steph L. - Dec 13, 2010 8:14:46 am PST #10871 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Admittedly, in the past when I've called for a refill, sometimes I would tell them the generic name, when it was in the record under the brand name. But that, to me, is a failure of their software -- both names should be in there.

No, that's a failure to train personnel working in a medical environment.

It's happened with every person, not just this one. I really think they have crappy software. It shouldn't be that hard to program it so that if they type in "Tylenol," it also shows "acetaminophen." Because I'll bet most people call for refills and just read what the label on the bottle says, and often it's generic, since that's what pharmacies/insurance do. But if the doctor wrote the prescription as "Tylenol," apparently that's what goes in the record. So if I asked for a refill of "acetaminophen," they'd scan the record and tell me it's not in there.

Either the receptionist should recognize generic (chemical) names when she hears them, or she should immediately be transferring you to a nurse or someone else who does.

Honestly, I don't expect them to know generic and brand names for all the possible drugs that all the patients in the practice are prescribed. That's a crapload -- in the hundreds, if not thousands. That's too much to just automatically know. But that's why software that DOES know is a good idea.


Jessica - Dec 13, 2010 8:16:12 am PST #10872 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Honestly, I don't expect them to know generic and brand names for all the possible drugs that all the patients in the practice are prescribed.

I'd expect them to know something as commonly prescribed as albuterol, though.


Steph L. - Dec 13, 2010 8:17:51 am PST #10873 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I'd expect them to know something as commonly prescribed as albuterol, though.

Ah, fair point. I though you were just speaking generally.

And the thing is, I edit pharmacy stuff, and I don't have a clue what the brand name for albuterol is.


Barb - Dec 13, 2010 8:19:26 am PST #10874 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

smonster, have you tried Aloe Vera gel with lidocaine on the PI?

I always keep some on hand in the house for burns and rashes and the stuff is magic, esp. with the Lidocaine to settle things down.

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Jessica - Dec 13, 2010 8:21:25 am PST #10875 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Heh - now that I think about it, neither do I! It's been decades since I've had to use one, and when Dylan was on albuterol a couple winters ago it was nebulizer capsules, not an inhaler.


Burrell - Dec 13, 2010 8:35:50 am PST #10876 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Aimee, I don't know all the details of what's going on in your class, but I do know a wee something about incompletes, from both sides of the issue.

I should preface this by saying I am fairly lenient about giving incompletes. I don't see the value of withholding it if a student needs one. But I do have to comply with school policy, which obviously varies by school. For example at my school the college policy is that incompletes must cover less than 50% of the course work, must be completed within a year, and must be for a recorded reason that presented itself after the university Withdrawal date.

If you're professor is indeed being a hard ass, then going over her head may be effective. But prepare yourself for the possibility that her department head will side with her. And if she's saying "no" because the incomplete would go against policy, then the department head won't have any more leeway than she would in the matter.


Aims - Dec 13, 2010 8:37:47 am PST #10877 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Burrell - I match up with all of those and believe that I match the policy.

And I just got another email from her stating that if I email her again, she is going to report me to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards because I am being "disruptive".


Burrell - Dec 13, 2010 8:47:49 am PST #10878 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Yeah, I just read Natter Aimee. So yeah, seems like it's a judgment call and you could get an incomplete. But not from her, not in this mood.

I wouldn't worry about her threat to report you, I don't think it has any teeth. You haven't been threatening her, no one is going to blink at your behavior.

Eh. Go over her head but be prepared for things to not break in your favor. You can take the course again for another grade, or just let it pass. Your GPA is otherwise terrific, and if most profs are like me they are so happy to have a returning student who knows why they are in college and who wants to be there. You can SO rise above that one grade.


Aims - Dec 13, 2010 8:51:10 am PST #10879 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I think that's what I need to do - just move on with my life and just be done.

Hopefully the feelings of complete failure (which are totally unfounded, I know) will go away shortly.

Full heart, clear eyes, can't lose, right?