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Big Sarge 10-05-2012 11:03 AM

Crap. The VA has let me run out of meds again......

monster 10-05-2012 04:24 PM

How? Did yoou request a repeat and they didn't refil and didn't notify you? If so, can ypu arrange to pick up future repeats a week or two earlier, so if they fuck up you still have meds while they sort it out?

Big Sarge 10-05-2012 04:32 PM

Ordered meds over 2 weeks ago, my meds are in transit. Until then I have to wait or go to a private provider. They do this to me every few months. arrgghh

orthodoc 10-05-2012 04:58 PM

SO frustrating! Do you have a local pharmacy where you're known, where they might spot you a few days' meds? Or a local provider who will write a short script? I hope you can work it out. Sorry to hear this.

monster 10-05-2012 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Sarge (Post 833160)
Ordered meds over 2 weeks ago, my meds are in transit. Until then I have to wait or go to a private provider. They do this to me every few months. arrgghh

:in transit"? Tits. can you get them to agree to ordering while you still have a month left? How many months do you get at once?

Big Sarge 10-05-2012 05:41 PM

Some of the meds are a 90 day supply. The others are every 30 days. Running out of meds is just part of being an OIF/OEF Veteran. I think we have really flooded the system. The running out of psych meds is what is rough. If I don't have some by Monday, I'll head to a local provider. That kinda sucks because it is out of pocket and I'm still unemployed (except for National Guard).

orthodoc 10-05-2012 05:54 PM

Depending on what they are, your provider or pharmacist can give you a number to call at the pharm company - some of the expensive ones can be had at a deep discount in certain situations. Don't delay getting to a provider, running out of meds is rough for sure. Good luck.

monster 10-05-2012 07:07 PM

^She sounds like she knows what she's talking about to me. Get aggressive about getting what you need without getting a second mortgage on your sole.

ZenGum 10-05-2012 07:23 PM

FFS, VA, get it together.

Do soldiers in the field need to go through this shit waiting for ammunition resupply? I bloody hope not. Yet getting some pills to some guy living stateside is harder than getting a few hundred kilos of ammo to Backwater Base in Fubaristan.

*snorts in disgust*

footfootfoot 10-05-2012 09:10 PM

What all of them said, PLUS, tell them that "I've found I can kill again and it doesn't phase me."

They oughta get you those fucking meds.

Thank Bush.

monster 10-06-2012 04:59 PM

*soul :rolleyes: fff, where were you when my spelling needed correcting?

footfootfoot 10-06-2012 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster (Post 833283)
*soul :rolleyes: fff, where were you when my spelling needed correcting?

I figured it was some sort of Brit expression I'd missed while growing up. Sole as in "underfoot?"

Rhianne 10-06-2012 05:26 PM

One of you should have done '*f aze' if we're on a spelling thing.

Rhianne 10-06-2012 05:27 PM

...and look, I've put a space in!

footfootfoot 10-06-2012 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne (Post 833292)
...and look, I've put a space in!

Inspired by you, I corrected my punctation. ;)


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