Post AiAIgVdcG6duypJMbQ by Ysandir@aus.social
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(DIR) Post #AiAFWkZNaYf2X0z6Se by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:16:18Z
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I asked for lidocaine at the chemist, the chemist immediately started acting like I'd asked for oxycontin."It's unusual to ask for medicines by their chemical name, why do you need it?""I have an ulcer on the roof of my mouth.""You should use mouthwash.""Weird that you call it mouthwash and not Listerine. I'm doing that, but it still hurts and I'd like you to tell me where the lidocaine is."
(DIR) Post #AiAFfBaB2V3YcwNcoa by oysta@mastodon.oysta.au
2024-05-22T23:17:47Z
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@geordie far out
(DIR) Post #AiAFgqO0ojWhT2Trea by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:18:08Z
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"Have you used it before.""Yes, I didn't make it to 44 without experiencing pain and it occurring to me to use a topical analgesic."
(DIR) Post #AiAFj1khWutFIV8OGG by platypusparent@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:18:31Z
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@geordie what a fuckwit.
(DIR) Post #AiAFuEMcypafb6DTjE by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:20:33Z
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I'm pretty sure it's the same pharmacist who, when I was picking up my wife's Levlen prescription, asked "have you taken this before?""No. I have never taken levonorgestrel or ethinylestradiol before and I'm pretty sure I never will."*glower*
(DIR) Post #AiAGFTzU4kD68zWbdg by jimbob@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:24:22Z
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@geordie absolutely struggling here, I have no idea on earth what a brand name for lidocaine might be
(DIR) Post #AiAGmEe69Gt86o8hmK by trib@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:30:18Z
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@geordie you should see the reaction when you talk to doctors and nurses in emergency departments (and the physios post-injury) using their language (learned when being a sports trainer/coach/athlete and a nerd concurrently).I've had several knee injuries and a half-handful of other things over my time that required me to describe incidents, pain, and location to them. When you do so in medical/physiological language rather than "I hurt my knee", they get very weirded out and ask, "are you a paramedic? A nurse? A doctor?"Same but different.
(DIR) Post #AiAHGftFQ3EFIEjwsC by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:35:48Z
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@futzle LOL I am as cis as a Twitter slur.
(DIR) Post #AiAHs8ln0YY5Zo7IGG by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:42:34Z
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@futzle ROFL brb changing my bio
(DIR) Post #AiAHyiITpbWxV3XeDo by stufromoz@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:43:46Z
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@geordie I think difflam was one brand... But not all versions of diflam had lidocaine..
(DIR) Post #AiAI1hX5888NzunQAK by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:44:18Z
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@stufromoz I don't have the time or energy to keep track of products. I know lidocaine makes hurting things go number.
(DIR) Post #AiAITklOi9rw7truPg by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:49:22Z
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@futzle I'm cry-laughing on mute with my camera off in a meeting
(DIR) Post #AiAIUoexi7wAV3MhXs by az@scorpinc.social
2024-05-22T23:49:34Z
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@geordie having coloured hair and a mohawk makes this a nightmare, even for shit like doxylamine, let alone lidocaine, pseudoephedrine, or dextromethorphan. i've been point blank refused when asking for those and describing symptoms.
(DIR) Post #AiAIZuDEUdWBAYp1CC by geordie@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:50:29Z
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@futzle *a girl in the corner with a cat ear headband and an Amstrad CPC eating pickles helpfully raises a timid hand to volunteer*"Maybe not you dear."
(DIR) Post #AiAIeWBLGVwS5W8XxI by urbanfuzzy@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:51:19Z
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@geordie @stufromoz tell the chemist you’re thinking of a number?
(DIR) Post #AiAIgVdcG6duypJMbQ by Ysandir@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:51:41Z
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@geordie @futzle i just lol'd aloud in the office at your profile edit
(DIR) Post #AiAIj45l8B2GPrh4PA by Unixbigot@aus.social
2024-05-22T23:52:09Z
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@geordie @futzle I feel that getting rid of my CPC was where my life went wrong.
(DIR) Post #AiAkNsxM8QCeW0S6aG by Techn1x@fosstodon.org
2024-05-23T05:02:00Z
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@geordie so gatekeepery too, like how DARE you read the packet and understand what is in the thing you're taking!!