Subj : Re: FWIW - Shingrex To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Feb 05 2020 01:48:34 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Jan-2020 15:38 <=- BM> (If you read these in sequence, no, I didn't find the tagline about BM> the kids selecting the retirement home.) I do... and I didn't find one in my file, either... ;) 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 the NB>> Shingrex... I could have had the first shot today, but it turned out NB>> my copay from my drug insurance would have been $80-90, probably for NB>> each of the shots... So I decided to wait a little longer... And NB>> probably just as well, as the info that came with the antibiotics NB>> advised against getting any immunizations while taking it... BM> Ouch on the co-pay! Sort of reminds me of years ago my medical doctor BM> recommended a shot of some sort. Go to the pharmacy in the store BM> (which was owned by the same company I worked for) - pharmacist checked BM> and our insurance would only cover if the doctor's office gave the BM> shot. ... Phoned the doctor for an appointment (really the nurse) -- BM> they had to order the vaccine/whatever it was from the affiliated BM> hospital and would take three days; the pharmacy had in stock and could BM> have given then. Yup... I remember you mentioning that once... Some shots, the doctor's office has to charge more for than the pharmacy does... one just has to ask and stay alert.... ;) BM> As for your not getting Shingrex shot at the time, good thing worked BM> out as it did with the admonishment not to concurrently take BM> antibiotics -- and possibly other medications. Right... I will get it eventually, though... ;) 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 hierarchy NB>> as to where the supplies go first.... and/or there might have been a NB>> waiting list for the pharmacies requesting the supplies.... BM> All possibilities. Could do all sorts of fun guessing but that's all BM> it would be: guesses. Still boils down to Wegman's has it and Hy-Vee BM> doesn't. There are probably some local pharmacies with Shingrex in BM> stock: when I inquire get the apologetic 'not yet' with the semi side BM> note other places may have if you're in a rush to get it. In my BM> specific case I'm not in a rush and so no need to go shopping for it. True... And with no rush, might as well just wait and be patient... ;) BM>> ... Charity: generous impulse to give away items not used. NB>> In some cases, that does seem to be the case, I must say... ;) BM> I'll admit to being in that group: my Mother used to send turtleneck BM> shirts: thank you, except no pocket for pens, etc. (didn't need BM> reading glasses back then!), plus my beard stubble (on the neck where I BM> shave) would get plucked by the fabric - ouch! Less useful for you than she was figuring... ;) NB> ... ù ><> øú<>< ><>.úø It's fish! BM> Yummy! S.N.: if you like fish Gorton's has some battered in potato BM> (!) -- light taste of hash browns! I think tasty. :) I might check that out... I don't buy much fish to cook at home anymore, now that we have sushi so often at Fu's... :) But once in a while I get the urge... ;) ttyl neb .... Light Year: regular year with less calories. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .