All is Back to Normal
It may have been cold out with full sunshine. That was the just the ticket we needed to head out for errands. I thought we had just done that!
Our pharmacy in Shopko is in a flux. Monday, I went to fill one of Dennis’ meds that he needs for his trip with nephew Brett. The are leaving Feb. 3rd. It needed to be 60 pills to last 30 days. When I received the bottle and had paid for it, I was told they could only do 40 pills. I asked when I could stop back for the other 20. Hello!! The pharmacy is closing and they are no longer receiving meds for prescriptions. If they happen to have them . . . you may get a full prescription or you may get less than what is needed. They could have had a sign up.
Today we had an appointment with Dennis’ doctor for a new prescription. Once the old one was processed, we had to start anew. This med is a specialty. Only one month prescription at a time and they must last 30 days. The new start date of the prescription is Feb. 8, 2019. Where Dennis and Brett will be on the 8th is anyone’s guess. Upon advice from our doctor we drove over to Mountain Lake’s pharmacy. It is a privately owned pharmacy and this pharmacist takes care of his customers. He and our doctor are working hand in hand, so Dennis can pick up the meds on the first of February and have them with him when he leaves St. James. It seems when a pharmacy is linked to a chain, there is no consideration for the timing of a vacation and how it interacts with what the label on the pill bottle indicates. The store linked to a chain . . . does not recognize people. They only work with numbers. We are so fortunate to have good doctors that have a rapport with good pharmacists.
I on the other hand needed my blood pressure meds refilled. Where to go? I decided to have the prescription sent down the highway to Madelia. It’s 20 minutes and I have a 90 day supply with each refill.
As lucks would have it, GEEK Squad in Mankato had left a message that the HP laptop was ready to be picked up. I had called and we got an appointment for later in the afternoon. I also made them aware I was bringing with me a Dell Laptop. All was good to go. Dennis and I stopped at home
for a bite of noon lunch and off to Mankato we went. There was no charge on the HP. The HP got a total new top. No more sticking keys . . . and there are no more worn off keys. The Dell was looked at and tweaked with a minor adjustment under the hood. I came home with both computers and there was no charge. What wonderful service!
On the way home from Mankato, we stopped in Madelia and I picked up my 90 day supply for a whopping charge of $2.95. By the way . . . Madelia is hooked to the chain of the Lewis Drugstores, that is why our doctor sent us to the independently owned pharmacy in Mountain Lake for Dennis’ medication.
Our last stop was here in town at the library. It is to be cold for quite the stretch and nighttime viewing is less than wonderful. I can while away the after-suppertime with a good book.
This was a busy day. After we got home and made ourselves a cup of coffee, I marveled. We had spent the entire day out and about with an outlay of cash of $2.95. Gas for the pickup was $1.97 per gallon. What a heck of road trip for us. It sure does feel good to have these annoying little issues taken care of. Having everything covered before it becomes a panic or causes stress is . . . priceless.
P.S. I had sent Nicholas and Megan some of my stitching. Something totally out of the blue. I had been playing around with cork fabric and thought it would be fun to make each of them a wallet. The one pictured was my prototype. Nicholas’ was brown and Megan’s was black with silver in and among the look. Grammie can’t always do the same old, same old.