Subj : FWIW - Shingrex To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Jan 30 2020 15:38:00 Hi Nancy! (If you read these in sequence, no, I didn't find the tagline about the kids selecting the retirement home.) NB> So... today we were unexpectedly at the pharmacy to pick up NB> antibiotics, and did have some extra time, so I asked again about NB> the Shingrex... I could have had the first shot today, but it NB> turned out my copay from my drug insurance would have been NB> $80-90, probably for each of the shots... So I decided to wait a NB> little longer... And probably just as well, as the info that NB> came with the antibiotics advised against getting any NB> immunizations while taking it... Ouch on the co-pay! Sort of reminds me of years ago my medical doctor recommended a shot of some sort. Go to the pharmacy in the store (which was owned by the same company I worked for) - pharmacist checked and our insurance would only cover if the doctor's office gave the shot. ... Phoned the doctor for an appointment (really the nurse) -- they had to order the vaccine/whatever it was from the affiliated hospital and would take three days; the pharmacy had in stock and could have given then. As for your not getting Shingrex shot at the time, good thing worked out as it did with the admonishment not to concurrently take antibiotics -- and possibly other medications. BM>>> I inquired at my pharmacy this morning -- the Shingrix vaccine is BM>>> still on backorder/coming in in small quantities, so I'm still on the BM>>> waiting list. NB>>> Interesting... I wonder if your store chain has the same supplier NB>>> that mine does... since we do seem to be getting a supply now... NB>>> enough so that they are advertising the availability.... but then, NB>>> they did also just scrap the waiting list, and tell people to just NB>>> come in and get theirs now, when asked about it.... BM>> So think I should ask? They might have told me back when I got on BM>> the waiting list: the supplier was creating the vaccine from a lab in BM>> a single floor and due to the popularity of the vaccine was builing a BM>> whole building. NB>> That was the story back then here as well.... I'd think by now that NB>> building would have been built, though... :) BM> One would think so. Maybe a bit of a delay in getting the lab BM> equipment, then 'cooking' the vaccine... I expect a month or so. The BM> pharmacy didn't say; I gently inquired but they didn't know. I do BM> know their stock comes from the main pharmacy site outside of Des BM> Moines, so they're bound by what their main site is supplied. NB> Interesting.... I suppose that there might be some sort of NB> hierarchy as to where the supplies go first.... and/or there NB> might have been a waiting list for the pharmacies requesting the NB> supplies.... All possibilities. Could do all sorts of fun guessing but that's all it would be: guesses. Still boils down to Wegman's has it and Hy-Vee doesn't. There are probably some local pharmacies with Shingrex in stock: when I inquire get the apologetic 'not yet' with the semi side note other places may have if you're in a rush to get it. In my specific case I'm not in a rush and so no need to go shopping for it. BM> ... Charity: generous impulse to give away items not used. NB> In some cases, that does seem to be the case, I must say... ;) I'll admit to being in that group: my Mother used to send turtleneck shirts: thank you, except no pocket for pens, etc. (didn't need reading glasses back then!), plus my beard stubble (on the neck where I shave) would get plucked by the fabric - ouch! NB> ... ù ><> øú<>< ><>.úø It's fish! Yummy! S.N.: if you like fish Gorton's has some battered in potato (!) -- light taste of hash browns! I think tasty. :) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "No! You can't have any of my lobster," said Tom, shellfishly. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .