Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Then I'd look around for a different pharmacy - imagine how many people don't notice and how much harm that might cause.
I just don't have time for all the mistakes that Walgeen's can come up with.
(a missing Rx was filled and called in to the wrong location,I had to find out).
Always check and recheck your prescription.
Three times like the nurses do in hospitals.
You can ask, but may not receive "brand names only" so that you can readily identify the medication. Tell your doctor that you are allergic to the fillers in non-brand name meds, if he/she orders it that way, maybe your insurance will give you a waiver.
Always be prepared and expect errors.
If a higher dosage can be cut in half, it will be scored (have a line on it).
I did think about that. I wonder how many people do not notice the difference in their dosage.
I didn’t think about asking for free delivery. That is a good idea. Thanks.
I automatically check things. I guess I picked up that habit from my parents a long time ago.
Once in awhile, we do find errors. Years ago, before the scanning of items at the grocery store. The tired cashier at the end of her shift charged me $99 instead of 99 cents! I was shocked! The poor woman was so embarrassed when I pointed this out to her.
Just think if I would have just paid the bill! Geeeeeeez! That would have been expensive celery!!! 😆
You are absolutely correct. We always have to check our prescriptions. I will look into finding a different pharmacy.
"This is Steve. Becky's/Bridget 66 stepson. Becky died a week ago following a heart attack."
I'm shocked. She was a very nice person and I was glad to have known her.
If you go to her profile and leave a message for her family, I am sure they will appreciate it.
Her last post on the What's for dinner was around Feb 6.
Rest in peace Becky/Bridget. You are greatly missed here.
The pharmacy pulled an old prescription to fill instead of the new dosage. The computer missed flagging it.
I have had the wrong number of pills before also. They do notify me of it being a ‘partial’ refill because they were waiting for a shipment to arrive.
We can’t take anything for granted. Sometimes, I ask my husband to pick up my meds on his way home.
When I opened the bag, I saw that the pharmacy didn’t fill the prescription correctly. It was their mistake and I am not going to be charged for the new script.
i know she wasn't well.
I loved her dinner menus and got lots of great ideas from them.
Another sad loss.
I am sorry she passed away.
Unlike many of the miserable old and evil acting people who finally kick the bucket whose death is a relief for the adult children they made miserable and whose lives they ruined.
Bridget was a fighter and lived a pretty decent life surrounded by loved ones. At least that's what I got from her posts.
@Stacy
Why don't you show some respect? Really, do make an effort. If you find you cannot then say nothing.
B*tch, please. You are the one being disrespectful here not us. You got called out on your disrespect about Bridget's death, so you resort to insults and swearing.
On top of being an ignoramus yourself unable express a thought without profanity, you're also a bully.
Wow. Not your day is it, honey?
Go back under your troll bridge and wait for unsuspecting passersby. Maybe they will throw you a coin. Depending on what you look like, maybe it will be a bone instead. Have a nice day.
If you google my bro's name it appears he has not died. I did not make publication, obit, nor even allow the funeral home to publish his death. I felt it opened his estate to fraudulent claims for no reason. Possibly to identity theft. I had already from him a list of people he wanted informed, and after I took care of immediate business I made those notifications. He even wanted the women who had long ago bought his SF home to be informed, and that opened up a whole new relationship for me.
On to family informing: Yes, I have a death book. It is collaged by me with Day of the Dead skeletons and ALL the info my daughter needs to settle things. Including who I want informed. And yes, she would inform my Facebook and Aging Care friends after she took care of business (let alone likely entertaining herself with anything I ever wrote?).
I liked Bridget. I am trying to think it there's someone I don't like at all here? I don't think so. Bridget gave me insight into someone living with and taking dialysis that I hadn't had as a nurse who only saw the problems and the failures, and who wrote into her own advanced directive that she would never accept even temporary dialysis (among other things).
Were there bickers and arguments and things--I guess. I don't much do discussions because of them, but right now some longstanding members have been going through tough times and I am checking in not once, but often twice daily to see what's up in their world.
Stacy. girl--could you go to your private messages?
Otherwise,I wonder what happened and if a person is ok.
Like Captain and BlackDogMina,quite a few ,really.
So thank you to those who have someone post.
I appreciate all the kind support Iv'e received from so many here on AgingCare.
Only another caregiver "gets" me.
Ms.Madge
Garden Artist