i'm all kinds of woozy and messed up right now. the pharmacist gave me someone else's medication and i've been taking it for three days!!! wtf? i just got home from the prompt care clinic and i've been poked and prodded but i'm ok. i'm on an anti seizure med (another one!) and a sedative and i now know what a pincushion feels like.i started feeling kinda weird yesterday, like i'd missed a dose of my meds which i knew i hadn't. i went in to work this morning and knew something was wrong. i decided to call the pharmacist to ask what to do so i grabbed the bottle out of my purse. i almost screamed when i saw the name "jennifer corrigan" on the bottle! i grabbed my rx slip which had my name and the correct medication on it and checked the bottle again. nope, it still had the wrong name. it was the same kind of medication i take but a different formula and dosage.
i couldn't reach the pharmacy over the phone so i left work and drove right up there. they weren't open yet but thank god the pharmacist helped me. he was kind of a jerk and acted like i was overreacting. um, you gave me someone else's meds!!!! he took them back and filled my prescription while i called my doctors office. they sent me to their hospital on capital hill and i was nearly hyper-ventilating when i got there. they had me take the correct medication (they dispensed it right there) and checked my vitals and drew blood. i told them to bill the drugstore.
i reported the whole thing to the better business bureau just now. lesson? even when the bag is sealed, CHECK YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS!!!! they change the color of my
capsules every now and then so i thought nothing of it. when they do it, they put a sticker on the bottle saying that even though it looks different, it's the same medication you always get. from now on i will check everything. i will also avoid bartell drug stores at all costs. that's also where those freaky white trash ladies harassed me. in fact, this was a refill i picked up that day!
capsules every now and then so i thought nothing of it. when they do it, they put a sticker on the bottle saying that even though it looks different, it's the same medication you always get. from now on i will check everything. i will also avoid bartell drug stores at all costs. that's also where those freaky white trash ladies harassed me. in fact, this was a refill i picked up that day!i looked cute so i snapped a few pics of my outfit. ignore how glazed over my eyes look in these pictures. i'm sure you understand why!
vintage green lacy party dress: antique store in port orchard
nattily nouveau necklace: mmefortuna.etsy.com
green frye boots: zappos.com
green felt fascinator: giantdwarf.etsy.com
bangles: vintage and forever 21
linus is happily tucked under my ar
m and i'm going to pass out. what a waste of a saturday!
m and i'm going to pass out. what a waste of a saturday!oh, i also compiled a fun list of stuff to do from a hospital examination room to pass time:
1. check your blog from your cell phone
2. shop for ringtones just so you can hear how cheesy they are
3. switch magazine covers (only works with stapled spines but someone who grabs "car and driver" is going to be very disappointed with the two year old issue of "US weekly" that lies inside)
4. play with that blood pressure thing until someone comes in and tells you to leave it alone of you'll get a babysitter
5. take your own throat culture and learn how to stifle that gag reflex (i perfected this as a child but practicing is still kinda fun in a weird way)
6. put your heels in the stirrups and practice that weird lamaze breathing stuff
7. draw pictures on that tissue paper stuff on the exam table
8. cram more cotton balls under the band aid where they took your blood and pretend it's an abcess
9. try holding your breath until the doctor comes back then act shocked when he asks why you're so pale
10. when all else fails, fall down. this always gets you some attention and occasionally a sedative. score!
6 comments:
Good God almighty in Heaven and hell on earth?! WTF?! Honey, are you seriously okay???
You look like a million bucks but damn, that's just fucked up!
very very luckily i'm ok. the whole thing has me totally rattled, though. i was bawling at the pharmacy but the doctor calmed me down very quickly. i felt safe once i was in the hospital and that's when i started screwing around to take my mind off the terror. this kind of thing has cost people their lives! i grew up with a girl who was mentally disabled because they gave her the wrong meds when she was a toddler. now i know this situation ended up ok, but what if i'd blown off the weird symptoms i was having? i could've gone into a full-blown seizure and that possibility scares the piss outta me. what is going on with the universe?
btw sweet pea was the one who kicked me out the door at work and got me to head back to the pharmacy. i was panicked and going, "what do i do? what the f*&% do i do?" girl saved the day again.
Sweet Pea is a sage among sages, girl. She is the shit and the boots too. I am so glad she helped you do what needed to be done...
Love you both so much!
P.S. Is that a Hallmark snowman and penguin singing thingie in the background. I saw them on a Hallmark commercial like 3 years ago and tears welled up in my eyes watching it. That little thing is too damn cute?! Good on you for owning such a silly and sentimental singing thingie!
1 more of the myriad of reasons I love and admire you and your heart so much!
it is from hallmark! my roommate's mother bought it for his kids a while back. too funny that you recognized it!
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