Sumi, wow! I know what a bunch of us will be doing on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of April!!
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Jan 25, 2011 5:39:44 am PST #18847 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
SuziQ - Jan 25, 2011 5:42:34 am PST #18848 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
sumi - that is how my pharmacy/doctors office works also. Once I got in the routine it has been pretty smooth. I hope you experience the same once you are home with the numbers you need.
beekaytee - Jan 25, 2011 5:50:15 am PST #18849 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
We will put kibble in the Kong, and seal it with probably what amounts to no more than a generous tablespoon of peanut butter, then freeze it before giving it to her. The freezing aspect slows her down, but there isn't enough peanut butter to make her sick.
That would be my recommendation too. Taking a portion of the regular kibble meal for this purpose.
There are super-primo tough Kong's (the black ones) available for the heavy-duty chewers among us.
JZ, thanks so much for pointing me to that LJ post. It is everything you said and more.
I tend to shy away from the ironic 'here's what not to do' type of advice, but this piece was written so cleverly and comprehensively. I love it.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2011 5:51:29 am PST #18850 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The default at my pharmacy (CVS) is to ask for the numbers, but their automated system hates the frequency with which I renew. It won't put through a refill request unless insurance covers it. So I always skip to a person and never use the numbers.
beekaytee - Jan 25, 2011 5:52:40 am PST #18851 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
So, I contracted a uti over the weekend, which filled me with woe. I am so OVER being sick...and having to deal with the consequences of it.
Today's adventure turned out just fine. A friend pointed me to the CVS Minute Clinic (what a lovely invention!). I was first in line today, had a really nice encounter with the doc (older woman from TX with a great sense of purpose) and was in and out in an hour. Less than $100, including drugs.
Thank you to all the powers that thought this option up!
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2011 5:53:30 am PST #18852 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There are super-primo tough Kong's (the black ones) available for the heavy-duty chewers among us.
That's the exact Kong I got. Kato doesn't destroy his toys, but he can chew through a rawhide at the speed of light, so I figured the MegaKong would be the best bet.
I just put about a teaspoon of peanut butter in the Kong and froze it and gave it to Kato when we left for work. May do the kibble-plus-PB tomorrow.
JZ - Jan 25, 2011 5:54:43 am PST #18853 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
sumi - the pharmacy should have a "leave a message" option, so you can just leave your name, birthdate, and the name of the med you need a refill on without needing the actual prescription number. Then the pharmacy is supposed to take it from there.
Our hospital and clinics have the same policy - mostly because a pharmacy's entire reason for existing is to supply and refill meds; it shouldn't be the patient's job to contact the two professionals, pharm and MD, who should be dealing directly with each other. We used to have a handful of local pharmacies basically dumping most of their scut work on patients, many of whom were elderly, confused or struggling with mental or neurologic disabilities, and it got ridiculous and enraging (for everyone but the pharmacies).
As the patient, your only responsibilities should be to drop off the original prescription, take the meds, and call for refills. A pharmacy that isn't capable of (a) checking your records and seeing what you're currently on, and (b) contacting the prescribing doctor itself is a pharmacy run by idiots.
erikaj - Jan 25, 2011 5:55:14 am PST #18854 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
True crime is a phase?! Jesse, you might have been confused by the fact that young!Jake Gyllenhall was the vic's son in an early Homicide, (it was a really good episode, despite what happened to Robin Williams' acting in later years)though I didn't know that NPH ever did a CI, so...
sumi - Jan 25, 2011 5:56:03 am PST #18855 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh yes, my fnl dvds have been pre-ordered for a while now.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2011 5:59:28 am PST #18856 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it shouldn't be the patient's job to contact the two professionals, pharm and MD, who should be dealing directly with each other
Can you tell this to both my pharmacy and my doctor? Because I can't remember the last time I've had a prescription filled same day without my intervention--it's at least two calls and an email before anything happens. It's ridiculous.
Citicard called me with a fraud alert yesterday, for a purchase from canadadrugs.com. It's at least the third time in two years I've shopped with them. I'm way more worried about the kinda dicey looking site I ordered my region-free Blu Ray player from.