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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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...

Oh yes, my fnl dvds have been pre-ordered for a while now.

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.

we used to give Mac peanut butter in a kong toy

This totally made me do a double-take because I was imagining msbelle's son getting peanut butter out of a kong toy, and I thought, boy, these new-fangled therapists have some interesting ideas...

Right. Cashmere's dog. Sort of the way I am totally mystified when anyone's pet gets fleas.

Also, did you know I type with 2 spaces between sentences and then go back and manually remove them? I was trained to leave two spaces and cannot untrain myself even though I don't touch-type.

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.

If I thought I had any standing with either of them, I would. Because that's the way it's supposed to work. You've got very clear orders from your doctor, and if the pharmacy has any issues with them they should damn well contact the doctor to clarify, and if it's chronic pain meds they should be on top of it right away, and they shouldn't need to do it every damn time. I don't know why they're so bullshitty with you.