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Old 10-05-2012, 11:03 AM   #256
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Crap. The VA has let me run out of meds again......
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Old 10-05-2012, 04:24 PM   #257
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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?
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Old 10-05-2012, 04:32 PM   #258
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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
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Old 10-05-2012, 04:58 PM   #259
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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.
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Old 10-05-2012, 05:19 PM   #260
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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?
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Old 10-05-2012, 05:41 PM   #261
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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).
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Old 10-05-2012, 05:54 PM   #262
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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.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:07 PM   #263
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^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.
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Old 10-05-2012, 07:23 PM   #264
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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*
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Old 10-05-2012, 09:10 PM   #265
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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.
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Old 10-06-2012, 04:59 PM   #266
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*soul fff, where were you when my spelling needed correcting?
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Old 10-06-2012, 05:10 PM   #267
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*soul 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?"
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Old 10-06-2012, 05:26 PM   #268
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One of you should have done '*f aze' if we're on a spelling thing.
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Old 10-06-2012, 05:27 PM   #269
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...and look, I've put a space in!
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Old 10-06-2012, 05:51 PM   #270
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...and look, I've put a space in!
Inspired by you, I corrected my punctation.
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