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[b*rizzle]

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*sigh* Anyone just ready for fall semester to be over with?

Not like it's flying by or anything 😛

I hate UNC's phy-sucks labs!! They're nothing but pointless busywork.

/rant

Sorry for the random post guys 😳

 

[crossjb]

Columbus Day -- another lame ass excuse not to deliver the mail... 😀

 

[ndearwater]

Columbus Day -- another lame ass excuse not to deliver the mail... 😀

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😛 You sound like me! I checked usps.com yesterday like twice, just in case they had a change of schedule. 🙂 Today Mercer adcom is "making some decisions". Cross those fingers and good luck!

 

[Glycerin]

Columbus Day -- another lame ass excuse not to deliver the mail... 😀

Heh. Took me until 5pm yesterday to realize why my mail wasn't delivered. 🙄

 

[All4MyDaughter]

I HATE my physics class. The instructor is awful - I got a 56 on the first test and that was the AVERAGE score for the class. I have another test on Thursday! 😡

 

[JB_11]

I submitted my application to pharmcas on Sept. 14th & it still hasn't been mailed 😡 ... Meanwhile, I've already sent all of my supplemental stuff & have to sit here & sweat as people are already getting interviews to 2 of the schools I applied to... Don't they know I'm dying here? (BTW, thanks b*rizzle, I feel a little better now 😎 )

 

[KUMoose]

So I'm in a A&P class with about 30 other students and just had the skeletal system test. I missed 9 questions (out of 100 questions) because the identifying sticker had been moved from the instructors original location to some new location. Some were obnoxious, like the sticker was on the zygomatic bone (inside the occular cavity) rather then the ethmoid or lacrimal bone. One was mind-boggling, the sticket was posterior to the anterior iliac crest, rather then on the acetabulum! 😕

 

[Acura-TL & Rx]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😛 You sound like me! I checked usps.com yesterday like twice, just in case they had a change of schedule. 🙂 Today Mercer adcom is "making some decisions". Cross those fingers and good luck!

ahhahahhahaha.... I think most of us didn't know that USPS had a day off yesterday. Yep, I did the same. I checked my mail 5 times yesterday. Well the mail must be piling up in there. Today is going to be a good day. I could feel it already.

 

[crossjb]

So I'm in a A&P class with about 30 other students and just had the skeletal system test. I missed 9 questions (out of 100 questions) because the identifying sticker had been moved from the instructors original location to some new location. Some were obnoxious, like the sticker was on the zygomatic bone (inside the occular cavity) rather then the ethmoid or lacrimal bone. One was mind-boggling, the sticket was posterior to the anterior iliac crest, rather then on the acetabulum! 😕

yeah, we had our skeletal system test in A&P out of 60 questions on Friday.

30 stations -- 2 minutes per station; love the acetabulum... 😀

 

[Anna1224]

Columbus Day -- another lame ass excuse not to deliver the mail... 😀

I hear you-I didn't even realize it was a holiday until I tried to go to the bank. Then I called everyone I could think of to see if the mail was still being delivered. I still didn't believe them so I drove by the post office just to be sure. This whole process is turning me into such a huge dork. 😉 I never thought I'd ever get to a point in my life where the thing that excites me the most is the daily mail delivery!
Anna

 

[b*rizzle]

I HATE my physics class. The instructor is awful - I got a 56 on the first test and that was the AVERAGE score for the class. I have another test on Thursday! 😡

56 must be a good number, that's what I got on my first physics test (but the average was a 40).

 

[b*rizzle]

I hear you-I didn't even realize it was a holiday until I tried to go to the bank. Then I called everyone I could think of to see if the mail was still being delivered. I still didn't believe them so I drove by the post office just to be sure. This whole process is turning me into such a huge dork. 😉 I never thought I'd ever get to a point in my life where the thing that excites me the most is the daily mail delivery!
Anna

I'm still at the point where email excites me; it will be post-interview that I'll be trotting to the mailbox QID.

 

[PHARMDhope2b]

Yeah im tired of this semester as well.
When will it all be over!?!!?!?!?

 

[DownonthePharm]

Im very sleepy, but I have volunteering tonight, then have to write a paper thats due tomorrow in the class Ill be in until 10:30p. 😴

 

[thinkblue]

Columbus Day -- another lame ass excuse not to deliver the mail... 😀

yep, went to the library to study only to find it's closed for columbus day.

 

[vafcarrot]

I have 6 tests in 3 days starting this Friday and when I woke up this morning, I had a huge bug bite on my neck. An hour later, I was on my way to the emergency room because my entire mouth was swollen shut and my throat was close behind.

I practically begged the Doctor to not give me benadryl because I needed to stay awake for class and to study. Of course, the whole not being able to breathe thing sort of threw my not wanting to sleep all day out the window.

I just woke up from my 6 hour nap. ick!

 

[ButlerPharm.D.]

I know what you mean we have the same type of testing schedule at Butler!

I have 6 tests in 3 days starting this Friday and when I woke up this morning, I had a huge bug bite on my neck. An hour later, I was on my way to the emergency room because my entire mouth was swollen shut and my throat was close behind.

I practically begged the Doctor to not give me benadryl because I needed to stay awake for class and to study. Of course, the whole not being able to breathe thing sort of threw my not wanting to sleep all day out the window.

I just woke up from my 6 hour nap. ick!

 

[crazyrice610]

I know what you mean we have the same type of testing schedule at Butler!

well i have a pharmaceutics test today.. not to mention all our exams are after 5:30pm.. but it was so much harder than the practice midterms (or past 5 years)... we had practice midterms that were dated between 1999 and 2004.. and all of them were so easy.. but suddenly this year.. uh oh!! oh well...its over with .. and definitely i feel better about this one than my bio systems midterm~

 

[dgroulx]

I have a biostats exam this evening. I haven't started studying, yet. That's not too bad, because I have a law exam on Monday and haven't even watched a lecture or looked at the material, yet. My pharmacy outcomes exam is on Friday of next week and is 4 hours long!

I'm so ready for school to be over. I truly hate year 3 of school.

 

[b*rizzle]

I have a biostats exam this evening. I haven't started studying, yet. That's not too bad, because I have a law exam on Monday and haven't even watched a lecture or looked at the material, yet. My pharmacy outcomes exam is on Friday of next week and is 4 hours long!

I'm so ready for school to be over. I truly hate year 3 of school.

You seem to be having a heck of a time this year.

Good luck on your biostats exam!

*crosses fingers*

 

[mystiqx]

well here is my rant

I am sick and tired of people, usually friends and collegues, calling me up and saying "hey guess what? i got into med school, i got into OT school, i'm moving to another state to do some fabulous program to specialize in some fabulous field, i'm doing this, i'm doing that blah blah blah, yada yada yad" but where is little ole mystiqx and what is she doing? why she's at the same dead end job she goes too everyday for 40 hrs a week, trying to make ends meet, and taking never ending pharm pre-reqs and everytime i finish one there is like 12 more to go, while all the people i know are moving on and doing fabulous things with their lives, and i am stuck in a bloody rut!!! 😡 <stamps foot, shakes fist> bloody hell!!!!

ok so i am a little jealous and i am genuinely happy for these people, but when is it going to be my turn to be able to give the good news!!

(it was nice to get this out of my system 🙂 )

~M

 

[b*rizzle]

well here is my rant

I am sick and tired of people, usually friends and collegues, calling me up and saying "hey guess what? i got into med school, i got into OT school, i'm moving to another state to do some fabulous program to specialize in some fabulous field, i'm doing this, i'm doing that blah blah blah, yada yada yad" but where is little ole mystiqx and what is she doing? why she's at the same dead end job she goes too everyday for 40 hrs a week, trying to make ends meet, and taking never ending pharm pre-reqs and everytime i finish one there is like 12 more to go, while all the people i know are moving on and doing fabulous things with their lives, and i am stuck in a bloody rut!!! 😡 <stamps foot, shakes fist> bloody hell!!!!

ok so i am a little jealous and i am genuinely happy for these people, but when is it going to be my turn to be able to give the good news!!

(it was nice to get this out of my system 🙂 )

~M

I so totally know how that feels!!

But just remember to make up for it with a lot of pomp and circumstance when you do!!

 

[crossjb]

well here is my rant

I am sick and tired of people, usually friends and collegues, calling me up and saying "hey guess what? i got into med school, i got into OT school, i'm moving to another state to do some fabulous program to specialize in some fabulous field, i'm doing this, i'm doing that blah blah blah, yada yada yad"

like b*rizzle said, just think how fun it'll be to to finally be one of those people... 😀

pass on the envy!

 

[bananaface]

The one time one credit elective couse I am taking on Fri/Sat overlaps with my therepeutics lecture. Boo! Why didn't they tell us this before?

 

[mystiqx]

I so totally know how that feels!!

But just remember to make up for it with a lot of pomp and circumstance when you do!!

I intend too hehe

 

[meg]

I just had the absolute worst experience on eBay ever. I sent this person over $50 and they didn't send me my stuff. I e-mailed them like 20 times and then they claimed that I hadn't paid! I requested their contact info and called them 4-5 times and they never answered. Then I filed a complaint with ebay and Paypal and the person gave me bad feedback saying I was trying to steal their money! 😡 The guy couldn't even write in English! So finally ebay and Paypal came through and got me my money back and the negative feedback removed, but it took like a whole month. Just made me pissed off all day.

Sorry, nothing to do with pharmacy, but saw a rant and had to do it. 😴

 

[crossjb]

I just had the absolute worst experience on eBay ever. I sent this person over $50 and they didn't send me my stuff. I e-mailed them like 20 times and then they claimed that I hadn't paid! I requested their contact info and called them 4-5 times and they never answered. Then I filed a complaint with ebay and Paypal and the person gave me bad feedback saying I was trying to steal their money! 😡 The guy couldn't even write in English! So finally ebay and Paypal came through and got me my money back and the negative feedback removed, but it took like a whole month. Just made me pissed off all day.

Sorry, nothing to do with pharmacy, but saw a rant and had to do it. 😴

always go by user feedback. you should've bought from "crossjb"... 😉

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=crossjb

made a lot of profit on sports memorabilia at one time... 😀

 

[ultracet]

i hate cats and cell phones

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I've begun planning my semester towards calculating the least amount of work I can do and still get a 2.5 GPA. If I can do that, all I have to do is get all Cs spring semester because it doesn't matter if you get academic probation on your last semester before rotations. I'm feeling the P-3itis. Yeah, I'm gonna work mail-order......

 

[Caverject]

i hate cats and cell phones

maybe you should adopt some more kittens...they are cute and cuddley and never get in trouble

 

[blizz]

I asked 4 people to write an LOR just in case one flakes. Up until now, only one has been received. 😡

 

[crossjb]

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[crying moo]

rant:
strep throat,
day 7 of amoxicillin and it's messing up my normal body flora 😡 ... in more than 1 location.
...oops, is that TMI?

DAMMIT I just want to die.
die. die. die.

 

[starsweet]

Aww, know the feeling.

That's why I've sworn off antibiotics!

 

[b*rizzle]

Aww, know the feeling.

That's why I've sworn off antibiotics!

Well just remember you're helping to combat antibiotic resistance!

 

[starsweet]

That's right, when that next new mutant bug comes around, it won't be cuz of me! 😉

Luckily I don't get sick too often! 😎

 

[funny_pharm]

I did the unthinkable today. I dropped my Calc I today. Last day to withdrawal with a "W." I guess this is not a rant but more of a self-loathing session. I am currently taking O Chem along with my Calc I class. I felt like such a loser dropping the Calc class since I need it for my pre-reqs. My prof. asked why I was going to drop the calc class and I told her that I work 40 hours a week (graveyard shift) at my normal job and 10 hours a week in a pharmacy. After work I come to classes and my lab. I felt so embarrassed I was actually complaining about my situation, like I am doing now..lol. I got a 76 on my first calc test and a 63 on the 2nd one. All we had left were 2 more tests and the final. I didn't want to risk getting a C or below and damage my 3.7 GPA. I know most of you are thinking that I'm a schmuck and just complaining just to complain. Trust me I'm thinking the same thing. Now I'm considering just dropping out of school. The only thing I have to show for my hard work is a O. Chem class and severe dry eye. When I got home from dropping the class my girlfriend saw me just sitting in my car in our parking lot. For a moment I wanted to end it all. The 2 years of no sleep and no social life all for nothing? If I can't handle this what makes me think I can handle the rigors of Pharm. School? I only had the Calc class and 2 more Chem classes before I applied to a school. It's pretty sad that I couldn't handle O. Chem and Calc I while working 50 hours a week.

 

[ndearwater]

I did the unthinkable today. I dropped my Calc I today. Last day to withdrawal with a "W." I guess this is not a rant but more of a self-loathing session. I am currently taking O Chem along with my Calc I class. I felt like such a loser dropping the Calc class since I need it for my pre-reqs. My prof. asked why I was going to drop the calc class and I told her that I work 40 hours a week (graveyard shift) at my normal job and 10 hours a week in a pharmacy. After work I come to classes and my lab. I felt so embarrassed I was actually complaining about my situation, like I am doing now..lol. I got a 76 on my first calc test and a 63 on the 2nd one. All we had left were 2 more tests and the final. I didn't want to risk getting a C or below and damage my 3.7 GPA. I know most of you are thinking that I'm a schmuck and just complaining just to complain. Trust me I'm thinking the same thing. Now I'm considering just dropping out of school. The only thing I have to show for my hard work is a O. Chem class and severe dry eye. When I got home from dropping the class my girlfriend saw me just sitting in my car in our parking lot. For a moment I wanted to end it all. The 2 years of no sleep and no social life all for nothing? If I can't handle this what makes me think I can handle the rigors of Pharm. School? I only had the Calc class and 2 more Chem classes before I applied to a school. It's pretty sad that I couldn't handle O. Chem and Calc I while working 50 hours a week.

You are being WAY too hard on yourself! O-Chem and Calculus are difficult, time consuming courses! If you need 2 chemistry classes and calculus I to apply, finish O-chem this semester, O-chem 2 next semester and take Calculus over the summer.... why do you want to "end it all"? I hope you are referring to school and nothing else! Why is 2 years with no social life (which I can relate to as well) all for nothing? It's not for nothing... with 3 classes left to go it sounds like you're almost there! Cheer up!
PS Do you have to work 50 hours? If not, re-prioritize!

 

[pharmeronadell]

Ok, here's my rant-o-the-day. The pharmacist's wife/pseudo-tech at our local pharmacy blows through the little patient counseling touchpad questions, without the patient's consent, until she gets to the signature screen then says, "Sign here". (in a bitchy Rosanne voice)

So much for OBRA '90. What a dolt.

 

[crazyrice610]

ok.. for the past week no one was able to reach me on my cell phone. every single time they call, they'll get a msg as follows "the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected, please check the number and try your call again"
so i called cingular and guess what they told me "apparently there's alot of similar complaints but as of now our technicians do not know what is going on and cannot fix your problem at this time. sorry for the inconvienence."
this is the second time this happened! 😡

 

[ultracet]

So much for OBRA '90. What a dolt.

obra 90 just specifies medicaid patients on new rxs

 

[crossjb]

funny_pharm, cut yourself a lot of slack. you're working full time and taking classes. that'd be draining to anyone. life's like the stock market -- you've got to ride out these lows, stick with it, and in no time you'll be riding high.

 

[mystiqx]

I did the unthinkable today. I dropped my Calc I today. Last day to withdrawal with a "W." I guess this is not a rant but more of a self-loathing session. I am currently taking O Chem along with my Calc I class. I felt like such a loser dropping the Calc class since I need it for my pre-reqs. My prof. asked why I was going to drop the calc class and I told her that I work 40 hours a week (graveyard shift) at my normal job and 10 hours a week in a pharmacy. After work I come to classes and my lab. I felt so embarrassed I was actually complaining about my situation, like I am doing now..lol. I got a 76 on my first calc test and a 63 on the 2nd one. All we had left were 2 more tests and the final. I didn't want to risk getting a C or below and damage my 3.7 GPA. I know most of you are thinking that I'm a schmuck and just complaining just to complain. Trust me I'm thinking the same thing. Now I'm considering just dropping out of school. The only thing I have to show for my hard work is a O. Chem class and severe dry eye. When I got home from dropping the class my girlfriend saw me just sitting in my car in our parking lot. For a moment I wanted to end it all. The 2 years of no sleep and no social life all for nothing? If I can't handle this what makes me think I can handle the rigors of Pharm. School? I only had the Calc class and 2 more Chem classes before I applied to a school. It's pretty sad that I couldn't handle O. Chem and Calc I while working 50 hours a week.

I know exactly how you feel, i do the 40 hr week thing but i'm only taking o-chem, with no lab and i would have been taking A&P as well this semester but due to NYC's bloody crap ass college system i could only register for the one class without my lab but thats a whole other story. Anyway, don't give up, you are almost there, just keep your head up, you are definately not alone in the way you feel, i feel the same way every single day and i bet there are alot of other pre-pharm AND pre-health students out there in the same boat, fighting and struggling just like us and wanting to give up everyday too. And its ok to rant and get it out your system, its way better than keeping it in. So as i like to say, stamp your foot, shake your fist, jump up and down till steam comes out your head and scream bloody hell at the top of your lungs and i bet you it'll make you feel a teeny tiny better and give you some courage to go on. 😀

(jeez i need to listen to my own advice sometimes)

~m

 

[kristakoch]

Here's my rant for the week.....I just took the MPJE (law part of the boards) on Sat. Now, I have to sit here and wonder if I actually passed for about a week now!!!! ROAR, why can't they let you know right then if you passed since it is computer based!!! God, i have no idea if I passed at all, so now I have to sit here and wonder if I need to reschedule an appointment to take it again.... 👎 🙁

 

[trishias]

Well we had a med chem test today and a lot of people didnt do so well. professors "told" us what we should know and we studied but.... 😡 . Oh well, that long island ice tea I had made me feel better. On to the Haagen-daz cookies and cream. Yummmmmyyyyyyy!!! 😛

 

[pharmeronadell]

obra 90 just specifies medicaid patients on new rxs

Yeah, but most states have implemented the expanded standards so that they are applicable to drugs dispensed to all patients. The point is she is not even offering to counsel. I don't think that is good for the profession.

 

[crossjb]

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[ultracet]

Yeah, but most states have implemented the expanded standards so that they are applicable to drugs dispensed to all patients. The point is she is not even offering to counsel. I don't think that is good for the profession.

all new rxs you mean.....

and that really didn't seem like your point when you made your original post....

i seem to remember something about not offering to counsel... so much for obra 90

i agree that everyone should be offered counseling however lets not proclaim its because of obra 90 because that's just wrong

 

[pharmeronadell]

i agree that everyone should be offered counseling however lets not proclaim its because of obra 90 because that's just wrong

I disagree. OBRA 90 mandates that pharmacists must offer to counsel Medicaid patients for new prescriptions as part of a DUR plan. So, OBRA 90 started the patient counseling ball rolling for all patients. Most states see that offering separate levels of care to Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients would be cumbersome, so they've amended pharmacy laws at the state level to include new prescriptions on all patients. Although OBRA 90 doesn't directly mandate patient counseling for all patients, it certainly has had an indirect impact on policy making at the state level.

What I meant by my "so much for OBRA 90" comment was that this women wasn't complying with the rule. She was asking me to sign off on a refusal for patient counseling without giving me an opportunity to read the agreement before signing.

Sorry I misspoke. I should have said "So much for Michigan Board of Pharmacy Administrative Rule 20 compliance."

Alabama has a similar ruling inspired by OBRA 90. It reads, "In the best interest of the public health, the patient must be offered counseling for all new prescriptions and, where appropriate, for refill prescriptions." (Rules of the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, Chapter 680-X-2, Section 21: "Patient Counseling").

Of course, I am not actually in Pharmacy School, so what the hell do I know.

 

[Caverject]

Sorry I misspoke. I should have said "So much for Michigan Board of Pharmacy Administrative Rule 20 compliance."

Alabama has a similar ruling inspired by OBRA 90. It reads, "In the best interest of the public health, the patient must be offered counseling for all new prescriptions and, where appropriate, for refill prescriptions." (Rules of the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, Chapter 680-X-2, Section 21: "Patient Counseling").

Of course, I am not actually in Pharmacy School, so what the hell do I know.

Maybe you should try studying your undergrad classwork before studying pharmacy law....you may get into pharmacy school faster