Just wondering

damn, just wrote a whole long post and it deleted by accident...sigh...well, here's a shorter version then...

i made another visit to the pharmacy tonight. not sure if you remember, but i switched pharmacies a few months ago because cvs kept making mistakes with my prescriptions. so i switched to target...only to find that they would make mistakes each month as well. i try to be careful and check everything before i leave, but really i'm wondering why someone else isn't doing this step before i get there?

i ordered this round of refills on friday, left time for the enbrel to ship (learned that lesson last month), and called today before i went up to target. she said everything was ready so i headed up there. when i got there, i had to tell the guy my name like five times...maybe i should bring a card next time...and he brought up my medications to the desk. i asked to check them. i'm no fool. well there were three enbrel syringes. um, what? how is three syringes enough if i need to inject it weekly and there are four weeks in a month? the pharmacist said "i was wondering about that"...well why didn't you say something? come on now... well i checked everything else and all was well.

i'm wondering if i should let them know that i'm an NP. would that get me some sort of VIP status? would that force them to doublecheck my meds before i get there?

one good thing about the visit is that target does have a new program that you can sign up for...and i did. if you fill 10 prescriptions, they give you 10% off in the store. i'll be using that!

one final note...if someone is going to a pharmacy, that means they are sick or are caring for someone who is sick. be kind. be sensitive. go the extra mile...or at least go the mile that is outlined in your job description. the last thing a sick person needs is to arrive at home with their meds only to find that something is wrong (or worse, to take the wrong dose or wrong medicine) and have to return to the pharmacy. there is no energy left for that.