Viagra

Now useful for gathering intelligence.

Karaoke Gone Wrong

He must have made a VERY poor song choice.

Looking Good

I always knew my wife liked a man in candycane-striped tights.

Addicts "R" Us

I may have misspoke...Today may have brought out more crazies than yesterday did:

1) We had one lady come in with a prescription for Oxycontin. She then essentially demanded that we give her a couple of tablets immediately to take because she was in withdrawal and couldn't wait the 15 minutes until we actually had her prescription filled. We proceeded to fill the prescription as we normally would whereupon she came up to the counter and again demanded that we give her some to take "right now." I finally had to lose my cool a little bit with her...I essentially told her there was a process to filling the prescription and they were not her tablets until I had finished that process.

2) We had a lady come in with a prescription for a medication called Flagyl. It's a medication used to kill a variety of different "bugs" including parasites like giardia and trichomonas. When I'm ringing her up and counseling her about taking it, she proceeds to say, "Not only did my ex-fiance leave me pregnant, but he also left me with something else." Nice...Like I (or anyone) needed to know that.

Ahhhhh....Sunday In The Pharmacy

There's just nothing like working a Sunday in the pharmacy. I don't quite understand it, but the ratio of irrational to rational people increases incredibly. Just a couple of examples that all happened just during today's shift:

1) A lady calls me and asks me what manufacturer of Morphine we have because "She has to have the little pink oblong tablets, and no other Morphine will work for her."

2) 75% of the prescriptions we filled were for Lortab.

3) A patient was traveling into town and had forgot her medication. She then asked if I could just "give her a few" to get her by until she got home. When I told her that I could not unless I could contact her home pharmacy and get the prescription transferred, she got angry, told me her home pharmacy was closed, and then hung up on me.

4) Another patient called and claimed she needed an early refill on her Ativan "because I'm moving and I packed it and can't find it."

Always a joy working the weekend.

Oh, Honey...What's That Fragrance You're Wearing?

Eau de Burger King

And, whatever you do, do NOT visit this website and click to "spray" the bottle 4 times.

Cyanide-Producing Millipedes

Perhaps some species are better left undiscovered.

Only 30 Years To Go

Do you ever wake up and realize that you really hate your job today and don't want to go? And, then you are comforted by the fact that you only have 30 years or so before you can retire? It's a great feeling, isn't it?

Generally, I enjoy being a pharmacist. But, I'm realizing more and more just how much I hate being a manager. And, being a manager wouldn't even be so bad, but my fellow pharmacist is a 65 year-old adult-child who has been placated and coddled his entire career and has never had anyone put their foot down in regards to his antics. Let me just tell you...It's a lot of fun dealing with him.

Fox Urine?

When plain old water just won't cut it.

Happiness Is A Trap Snapping Shut

We have mice...Yee Haw! A couple of weeks ago we heard some scurring in a wall in our loft. Then, we started noticing some droppings under the kitchen sink and in our pantry. Shortly after that, my wife came face-to-face with one in our pantry...the announcement of which you would think would have scared all the mice out of house, but no luck.

So, being a manly man, I headed to Home Depot and bought traps, glue boards, poison, and a flame thrower. I proceeded to place all of the above items around the house. Each day, I would carefully check the traps much like you would check a closet for a serial killer...namely I'd throw the door to the pantry open and then jump back just in case the mice had mobilized and mounted an offensive.

After about 2 weeks of this, we hadn't caught anything. One night I got looking closely at the glue boards and noticed little paw prints all over them. Apparently when the box states that mice will stick to them, they don't actually mean mice will stick to them.

I was telling my father-in-law about not being able to catch anything, and he instantly said, "Chocolate. Works every time." I had been using peanut butter, but figured I couldn't do any worse, so I placed a little piece of chocolate in the middle of the glue boards and in the traps. I go back and check the traps after about an hour and discover that the chocolate in the glue traps has all been chewed on, but the mice still aren't sticking to it. Then, finally, just as I was about to fall asleep last night, I hear "snap". Sweet music to my ears. I jump out of bed and check the trap under the kitchen sink and there was a dead mouse with its little head snapped shut in the trap. AWESOME!!! I threw it away and rebaited the trap and there was another dead one in it this morning. Two down, and hopefully not too many to go.

Close To Heaven

The DirectTV man came yesterday and hooked up our DirectTV. I've forgotten how much I enjoy T.V. It's been nearly 5 years since we've had anything but an antenna. And, can I just say that a DVR and HD may just be the greatest inventions ever?

Who Knew Hitler Was A BYU Fan?

#347

347...We filled 347 prescriptions today. Just for the sake of easy math, let's say each prescription had 30 tablets or capsules in it (lots have more than that, and a few have less). That's 10,410 tablets and capsules that we counted today. Holy crap!!!

I'm tired now...I'm going to bed.

Merry Christmas To Me

The diseased turtles finally arrived (see "Making Progress...Like Molasses Running Uphill" post below), and MAN, am I EXCITED!!! Here are a few pics of my new set-up/Christmas present. I think it turned out okay for a guy who is all thumbs when it comes to "Do-it-yourselfism".

I got this thing through Amazon.com. They had free shipping along with a free Samsung Blue-ray DVD player. I was a bit nervous purchasing a T.V. off the internet, but it worked out just fine. It was delivered and carried into our house by a freight delivery line. Once I had all my wires routed and the wall mount attached, we put it up on the wall and we were in business.

Our kids love it. My wife was a little worried about the total infatuation with it...the blank stares, blocking out of all other sounds, glazed looks, mouth hanging slightly open, drooling, etc., but she has gotten use to me doing that now. The kids on the other hand just have fun watching Kung Fu Panda on it.