Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 3

[Nikki2002]

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3rd time is a charm! 🙂 Welcome to the best thread on SDN: The Random Non-MCAT thread--PART 3!

This is a place to chill and talk about anything besides the MCAT. 😎



And remember......

 

[Kuba]

since this thread is peripherally MCAT-related technically:

http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/1683234/

I don't know how to post pictured in threads 😕

 

[Arsenic]

don't say that 🙁

dont be sad, you'll probably have the honors of opening part 4.

 

[beary]

Oh my gosh, that completely sucks Beary! What a stupid little jerk. I've had similar problems with Walgreens. I switched to Savon and they have always been wonderful.

I have in the past too. I was totally going to switch pharmacies when I moved, but ended up staying with Walgreens because of their 1) national system, which I can't use, and 2) that is all my prescription drug insurance here covers.

 

[Kuba]

for like an undergraduate lab course or are you doing research?

research. god,class at midnight would be rough.

 

[Nikki2002]

The female body really is a work of art.

true dat we're walking masterpieces

 

[oxeye]

true dat we're walking masterpieces

Well, I used to be. Things have gone south since having kids.

 

[Nikki2002]

Well, I used to be. Things have gone south since having kids.

your lil mini-me's

 

[Arsenic]

Quick version: I got refills on my billions of scripts right before I moved from IC so I didn't have to deal with finding a new dr right away. (I get one month at a time, but have 6-12 refills on them). I got refills when I was visiting my folks in Ohio. So today, I go to the Walgreens here to get them. Turns out, you can't "transfer" prescriptions more than once since one of them is a "controlled substance" (Ambien). The pharmacy tech was a complete jerk and was 100% treating me like a junkie. I was really mad, things were getting heated, etc. He said I would need to contact a physician to get new scripts. I said, "I am a physician." He said, "Is that so." I said, "Yes." He asked for proof, which I of course didn't have on me. That just made it worse because he was acting like I was lying about being a doc to get drugs (99% of which are non-controlled heart meds).

End result: I don't have any medicine and run out in two days. 😡 I am going to write a complaint to Walgreens basically just about that guy's attitude, their policy, and treating me like a junkie for absolutely no reason.

👎

sorry beary, how are you going to get your meds now?

 

[Nikki2002]

dont be sad, you'll probably have the honors of opening part 4.

you do it!! geez 😉

 

[Arsenic]

true dat we're walking masterpieces

glad to see you're so sure of yourself nik 😍 😀

 

[oxeye]

your lil mini-me's

Yeah they were worth wrecking my body. 😉

Just look at those faces ....

 

[Kuba]

beary - why not get the heart meds now and wait on the ambien?

 

[Nikki2002]

glad to see you're so sure of yourself nik 😍 😀

oh jeebus i was being sarcastic......no i am definitely not that full of myself

 

[beary]

👎

sorry beary, how are you going to get your meds now?

I don't know. Guess I'll have to call my IC doc tomorrow and get them phoned in. Or see if a classmate here can call it in? I don't know them that well though yet.

 

[beary]

beary - why not get the heart meds now and wait on the ambien?

Can't!! The mere presence of the ambien contaminates all the others and makes them non-transferable. Totally dumb.

 

[Arsenic]

oh jeebus i was being sarcastic......no i am definitely not that full of myself

awww, no you were right the first time. 🙂

 

[Nikki2002]

ppl i was being sarcastic

oxeye....awwwwwwwwwww! so adorable

 

[Arsenic]

I don't know. Guess I'll have to call my IC doc tomorrow and get them phoned in. Or see if a classmate here can call it in? I don't know them that well though yet.

i hope you can get your doc to call it in beary, thatd be great. if you ever go back to that walgreens though you should take your hospital ID and show that clerk you werent a ambien junkie.

 

[beary]

Where's Molly? She better not be playing WoW without me.

 

[Kuba]

Can't!! The mere presence of the ambien contaminates all the others and makes them non-transferable. Totally dumb.

that's ridiculous

 

[beary]

i hope you can get your doc to call it in beary, thatd be great. if you ever go back to that walgreens though you should take your hospital ID and show that clerk you werent a ambien junkie.

I definitely would. Even better, I should wear my white coat and stethoscope.

 

[Nikki2002]

Yeah, I'm not sure why my university has that policy...it's probably more work for them, so that's why they don't want to do it. I will talk to them though and print out things like what I read on Baylor's site, and hopefully they will comply.

If not, I'll call Nikki and tell her to get her amish badass ninja bike over and do some damage.

 

[oxeye]

I definitely would. Even better, I should wear my white coat and stethoscope.

That would be freaking hilarious.

 

[Arsenic]

Where's Molly? She better not be playing WoW without me.

you know thats what she's doing.

 

[Nikki2002]

i hope you can get your doc to call it in beary, thatd be great. if you ever go back to that walgreens though you should take your hospital ID and show that clerk you werent a ambien junkie.

yeah beary just write a prescription for yourself

no seriously i can't catch up in my own thread so i don't know what happened--is ambien addictive?

 

[Nikki2002]

you know thats what she's doing.

gosh i wonder what molly could be doing right now

 

[Kuba]

finally my t-cells are at peace for the evening and I can go home. It was fun finding the official SDN chatroom. I had seen this thread plenty of times but never really browsed it too much. Night guys.

 

[beary]

yeah beary just write a prescription for yourself

no seriously i can't catch up in my own thread so i don't know what happened--is ambien addictive?

We're not supposed to write prescriptions for ourselves. 🙁 I don't think anything would happen if I did but don't want to risk it so early in my career.

I don't think Ambien is addictive, but it's a schedule IV (I think?) controlled substance. I guess it's addictive in the sense that you can have trouble sleeping without it. It's certainly not something you're going to end up selling your house for. 🙄

 

[Arsenic]

finally my t-cells are at peace for the evening and I can go home. It was fun finding the official SDN chatroom. I had seen this thread plenty of times but never really browsed it too much. Night guys.

cool, come back anytime.

 

[Nikki2002]

omg a mcdonalds in a parking garage? that's scary--i probably woudn't even be able to find it anyways

 

[Arsenic]

goodnight guys!

 

[beary]

Here are some pictures of my niece from our recent vacation together:

laughing at running over Aunt Beary in her Barbie jeep:

at Build-a-Bear with Bearemy:

at King's Island:

stylin' to see the butterflies:

feeding the ducks action photo:

hanging with my dad:

 

[Nikki2002]

She looks like she's packing sausage in that underwear.

Yuck.

lmao


good night A! 😍 😍 have a good day tomorrow

 

[oxeye]

She is just a beautiful little girl Beary!! Simply stunning. 😀

I love the pic of her playing by the pond with the ducks. It looks beautiful where you live!

 

[oxeye]

Good night A!

 

[oxeye]

So Beary - what is Iowa like? (That's where you went to med school right?)

I'm thinking way, way, way ahead but that's one of the places I would consider moving to for residency. My husband has family near Iowa City so it would be nice to go some place where we know a few people.

 

[Nikki2002]

aw beary! she's beautiful! i can tell she is a joy to have around

 

[oxeye]

It got quiet here. Do I need to start chatting with myself?

 

[Nikki2002]

It got quiet here. Do I need to start chatting with myself?

the forums are just going so slowww tonight....that's cute how you got your youngest to pose like her big sister in that picture you posted earlier

 

[oxeye]

the forums are just going so slowww tonight....that's cute how you got your youngest to pose like her big sister in that picture you posted earlier

She was only 4 weeks old in that picture - not even due yet. 😉 The little stuffed animal next to her was keeping her head upright.



Yeah, the forums are pretty slow tonight, but I'm bored and not tired yet.

 

[beary]

So Beary - what is Iowa like? (That's where you went to med school right?)

I'm thinking way, way, way ahead but that's one of the places I would consider moving to for residency. My husband has family near Iowa City so it would be nice to go some place where we know a few people.

Yep, I went to med school at Iowa! It's a great place. I really can't say enough good things about it. The hospital is great with awesome people and facilities. Iowa City is a great place to live - it's beautiful, a small, clean, safe town, but has everything you would ever want or need to do.

 

[Nikki2002]

Too funny. I just ate a Nathan's hot dog for lunch today too. 😀

i'm jealous your food

 

[oxeye]

Yep, I went to med school at Iowa! It's a great place. I really can't say enough good things about it. The hospital is great with awesome people and facilities. Iowa City is a great place to live - it's beautiful, a small, clean, safe town, but has everything you would ever want or need to do.

Doesn't it get freezing cold in the winter? I was born and raised in CA so that kind of scares me! We get a little snow where I live now but it never gets very cold.

 

[oxeye]

i'm jealous your food

I ate way too much today. I need to get serious about my diet again. I was good for a couple weeks at least and I've been bad for about a week now.

Why does food have to taste so good??

 

[beary]

Doesn't it get freezing cold in the winter? I was born and raised in CA so that kind of scares me! We get a little snow where I live now but it never gets very cold.

Yeah it is very cold in the winter. The wind just whips. I walked to work, about a 15 minute walk, and there were always about 10-15 days a year that I would have to 100% bundle up including snow pants.

They don't get that much snow (I grew up in NY and Montreal). NY wasn't nearly as cold but got way more snow. Iowa City gets as cold as Montreal I think but not for so many days. In Montreal, you basically couldn't go outside from Nov-March. They have a whole underground city up there and everything is connected by tunnels.

You get used to it and everybody just deals with it. On those super cold -20 type days, I just didn't go out any more than I absolutely needed to and got totally bundled up. I have always preferred extreme cold to extreme heat but at least you can bundle up for cold but can't do anything for heat.

 

[Nikki2002]

i'm jealous *of* your food....i can't type tonight

 

[beary]

No posts here for the last half hour??!! 😕

 

[beary]

I ate way too much today. I need to get serious about my diet again. I was good for a couple weeks at least and I've been bad for about a week now.

Why does food have to taste so good??

A few years ago I was trying so hard to lose weight and tried to convince myself that food would make me sick. The scary thing was I started to believe it 😱

 

[oxeye]

I have always preferred extreme cold to extreme heat but at least you can bundle up for cold but can't do anything for heat.

That's always made sense to me and that's been my theory - but I've never tested it in *real* cold weather. I've never seen -20!! Yikes!

Maybe I'll have to go with my husband to visit his sister in IA during the winter before it's time for residency interviews. 😉

Is Iowa pretty competitive? I've heard really good things about it so I worry about being able to go there even my husband and I decide it's our first choice.

I'm really hoping we'll get some better residency choices here - my only options at the moment without moving would be internal medicine, family practice, or psychiatry. I don't think the school here has a pathology residency at all! 😱

 

[oxeye]

No posts here for the last half hour??!! 😕

The forums were down. 🙁