Topic: Am I the only one who needs a cart at the Pharmacy???
Tracy9
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I am astounded at the amount of medications my family is on now. I swear, I am embarrassed to show my face at CVS. And that doesn't even count the IV meds.
When I have the energy, I am going to count all the scripts and tally the cost each month. We are EXTREMELY fortunate to have them covered by our insurance.
We know it is well over $10,000 a month. My hubby just picked up three bagsful today, our LLD added even more prescriptions.
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Hoosiers51
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I'm sorry Tracy....I know the feeling. I dread going to CVS because I feel like they think of me as the freaky girl that takes TONS of pills......honestly, some of them probably do think of me that way, because in the past I've taken some crazy combos.
Now I split them up so half are at one pharmacy, half somewhere else....it is actually easier on me psychologically to not have to go to the same place to pick up pills multiple times a week and show my face there.
Just wanted to let you know I can empathize.
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Tincup
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Tracy said..
"Am I the only one who needs a cart at the Pharmacy???"
Sorry that made me laugh out loud! I could picture you in the store with a cart overloaded with meds.. bending over trying to push the heavy thing around.
Your comment should be the title of the follow up movie to Under Our Skin.
Sorry about laughing... but you have to admit it is kinda funny.
Tracy9
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I'm glad you laughed!!!
Hoos, that is funny...that made me laugh! If I used two different pharmacies I'd be afraid someone would accuse me of trying to get too many benzos or pain pills or something. I have to switch around sleeping pills or they dont' work, so I have a lot of scripts just for those....LOL.
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lpkayak
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see...we're all different-i thought she meant she needed it cuz she couldn't walk to the back of the store and back without it-cuz thats how i was for about 10 years...now i've graduated to the motorized cart. i can walk for exercise...but if i have to stand still in a line or wait for something i'll pass out
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Tracy9
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OH well that too, of course.....
I'm scared of the motorized carts. I have a fear I'll knock over a whole aisle of tampons or something.
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I fill and pick up all 20 or so of my Hubby's prescriptions for him all month long-It's crazy! It seems like as soon as I pick up one med, he needs another filled or another on picked up. Luckily, CVS is in our town or I couldn't imagine what we'd be spending in gas!!
I spend about half my life at CVS now....
We are fortunate as well that we have wonderful insurance that covers everything, including his IV Rocephin ABX. We couldn't afford all this without it.
Funny post!
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Tracy9
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I know just what you mean about filling one and going right back; only our CVS is a good 20 minutes away.
I keep trying to time them (fill a little early, fill a little late) so I can get them all in one shot....never works.
And there does always seem to be yet another one, and most aggravating of all....which happens ALL the time at our CVS...is that they NEVER seem to manage to give us all the prescriptions!
"....oh, uh, sorry....that was in another bin. Oh wait there are four more here too. Oops."
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kelmo
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HAR!!! Love the title
I just totalled up our medical out of pocket expenses for 2008...$10,000!
Gosh, we could've done a lot with that money. I'm looking at the hole in my carpet.
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this one made me laugh !!! I feel the same way. I know we want our CPA to look into that if you spend x amt. on medical you get a deduction/claim on that..think we may finally be able to use that little clause. I just spent today going to 3 differnt pharmacies, one for compound only, one walgreens I use, and walgreens mom dropped rx off at..unreal
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kelmo
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don't forget claiming mileage for all the trips to medically related appointments and trips.
At last year's gas rate, that should add a bundle.
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Tracy9
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Don't forget all your supplements, heating pads, pain creams, and anything else, I believe all that is deductible too. Even bandaids, gauze, etc....cough medicine are all deductible.
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Hoosiers51
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When I first moved into this town, the CVS was really REALLY raggety....and after me showing up at that one for two years, buying all kinds of "exotic" expensive drugs from them, they abandoned the old location, and built this huge, gorgeous, new CVS one summer.
So I always tell people without me moving into town, they wouldn't have been able to build the new CVS! Hahahaha. I have a sense of pride when I drive buy the sparkley new one, that without all the pills I consumed, that building would never have been built.
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Hoosiers51
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I knew you would like that, Tracy!
Sounds like your CVS should have some kind of Bellagio-like fountain on the outside of it by now!
Ours has some really cool abstract art statues near the parking lot....oh brother!
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kelmo
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Our CVS SUCKS!
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Geez guys, I'd walk/hobble into the CVS where I *used* to shop and walk out again...those !#@^ fluorescent lights were unbearable...now I have a pharmacy that does home-delivery...phew! How *do* you guys do it?
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oh--our family has been so sick (from lyme!), but I no longer care about what people think......I know the old CVS thinks my husband is an AIDS patient........We just laugh and they dare never ask!!
I got great advise from the GREAT llmd psychiatrist in Buck County, Pa. When I said (concerning our daughter), "people will think we are crazy" she said, "what do you care?" She was so right......I just don't care and it feels great. Posts: 554 | From Naples, Italy | Registered: Jun 2006
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