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i also weigh 90 pounds
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wtf is a pound
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Sep 5, 2023 08:28
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goblin week posted:i started saxenda yesterday. having ozempic prescribed would get me under investigation by the nanny state. it costs about $520nzd a month here 😅
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Sep 5, 2023 08:30
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goblin week posted:wtf is a pound it's something your own butt does to your butt according to Dr Charles Tingle.
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gl tho bro
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Sep 5, 2023 08:31
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yeah, i know that objectively it's not a big expense but i earn roughly a thousand dollars a month (which is still a massive leg up in being more independent and being able to do poo poo like "pay my own bills") and it's far from being the only medical expense!! i will persevere tho. i feel like i can at least save as much in food costs
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Sep 5, 2023 09:24
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it’s still a decent chunk of change tho unfortunately healthcare ain’t cheap and it’s also a total roll of the dice if you need stuff that’s pricey or not too. sucks lol wish u luck
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Sep 5, 2023 09:32
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fart simpson posted:i also weigh 90 pounds a fan of the stymie diet, i see.
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Mr. Nice! posted:a fan of the stymie diet, i see.
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goblin week posted:
it's early in the morning for me and I was really concerned about this for a moment
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The Fool posted:it's early in the morning for me and I was really concerned about this for a moment
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Sep 5, 2023 15:06
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my pharmacy has punted me off their dependable sms-based refill system and into their lovely, broken app, and i hate it
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Sep 5, 2023 19:09
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i hate that everything is an app now. does that make me old? perhaps, but i don't care, it sucks rear end
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well-read undead posted:my pharmacy has punted me off their dependable sms-based refill system and into their lovely, broken app, and i hate it we were encouraged to make this happen but it’s so much worse so we kinda just aren’t sms just works
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Sep 5, 2023 20:00
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Beeftweeter posted:i hate that everything is an app now. does that make me old? perhaps, but i don't care, it sucks rear end As an App Maker, this is objectively correct.
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Sep 5, 2023 20:26
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echinopsis posted:we were encouraged to make this happen but it’s so much worse so we kinda just aren’t bless
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Sep 5, 2023 20:29
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Beeftweeter posted:i hate that everything is an app now. does that make me old? perhaps, but i don't care, it sucks rear end it’s particular bad with pharmacy because there is not and perhaps never will (for good reason) be integration with prescribers and pharmacies so all the app from a pharmacy ever can really do is allow you to order repeats/refills but then every second or third time you need a new rx so it fails because it’s not a full solution at all we’re pushed toward it because analytics show higher retention when people use the app. I assume this is because it just creates a barrier to go somewhere else I am relatively lucky to work in a pharmacy that while is part of a big chain, is privately owned and not corporately owned, so we can largely make our own decisions, and our dispensary manager is quite happy to keep prices reasonable and help people. did an emergency contraceptive the other day and the person asked how much it was and I said $20 and she said it was $75 last time 😳 the price it entirely decided upon by us coz the drug portion is free (or $5) to the customer. in fact I’ve not charged the fee a few times if I can see $20 would be a stretch for them. would suck if I didn’t have that flexibility. ya get into healthcare to help people
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echinopsis posted:we’re pushed toward it because analytics show higher retention when people use the app. I assume this is because it just creates a barrier to go somewhere else my money says that's a fake signal, and it only appears retention is higher because there are analytics to measure retention in the first place, which either don't exist or are much more rudimentary in sms/analog systems execs love following the pied piper of analytics without a second thought, even when it's a monumentally stupid decision echinopsis posted:I am relatively lucky to work in a pharmacy that while is part of a big chain, is privately owned and not corporately owned, so we can largely make our own decisions, and our dispensary manager is quite happy to keep prices reasonable and help people. did an emergency contraceptive the other day and the person asked how much it was and I said $20 and she said it was $75 last time 😳 the price it entirely decided upon by us coz the drug portion is free (or $5) to the customer. in fact I’ve not charged the fee a few times if I can see $20 would be a stretch for them. would suck if I didn’t have that flexibility. ya get into healthcare to help people this owns
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echinopsis posted:it’s particular bad with pharmacy because there is not and perhaps never will (for good reason) be integration with prescribers and pharmacies so all the app from a pharmacy ever can really do is allow you to order repeats/refills but then every second or third time you need a new rx so it fails because it’s not a full solution at all AIUI Pharmacy Benefits bullshit is going to mainly drag prices higher, even for smaller shops, because while you're in it to help people, Insurance Companies, Drug Companies, and CVS are not. That said, stay safe, pharmacy ghost!
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Sep 5, 2023 21:30
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thank christ I work outside of the us healthcare system
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echinopsis posted:thank christ I work outside of the us healthcare system why? thats where theres the most money to be made
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Volmarias posted:As an App Maker, this is objectively correct.
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Sep 6, 2023 08:34
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lol i'm sick AGAIN what the gently caress basically spent most of august sick (shingles, covid, shingles again) and now i have a cold that mr burns virus gif is a loving lie
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how do you keep getting shingles
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ppl getting shingles after covid is a known thing. covids probably doing something to ur immune system
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Beeftweeter posted:how do you keep getting shingles most people get it once or maybe couple times but some people (it’s not common) get it annually/lots
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Beeftweeter posted:how do you keep getting shingles they can recur multiple times especially if something weakens your immune system and since i caught covid after i had shingles i assume that's why second time they were pretty weaksauce but was definitely shingles, came in a small patch like the first ones but didn't get real bad or even end up blistering
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Sep 8, 2023 03:36
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Cold on a Cob posted:lol i'm sick AGAIN what the gently caress bogus man I feel ya. my kids have had 3 colds this winter and my mum has caught every one and they always turn into chest infections for her and she’s not very proactive at getting antibiotics until she’s real bad and earlier this winter she had to go into hospital for it :/
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fart simpson posted:ppl getting shingles after covid is a known thing. covids probably doing something to ur immune system huh, i figured most people would be immune after getting chickenpox, being vaccinated against it or just getting shingles once. but til: quote:Unless the immune system is compromised, it suppresses reactivation of the virus and prevents shingles outbreaks. Why this suppression sometimes fails is poorly understood,[43] but shingles is more likely to occur in people whose immune systems are impaired due to aging, immunosuppressive therapy, psychological stress, or other factors.[44][45] Upon reactivation, the virus replicates in neuronal cell bodies, and virions are shed from the cells and carried down the axons to the area of skin innervated by that ganglion. In the skin, the virus causes local inflammation and blistering. The short- and long-term pain caused by shingles outbreaks originates from inflammation of affected nerves due to the widespread growth of the virus in those areas.
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Cold on a Cob posted:they can recur multiple times especially if something weakens your immune system and since i caught covid after i had shingles i assume that's why yeah it sounds like it was from covid loving with your immune system. that sucks man, i've never had shingles but it looks rough
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echinopsis posted:bogus man I feel ya. my kids have had 3 colds this winter and my mum has caught every one and they always turn into chest infections for her and she’s not very proactive at getting antibiotics until she’s real bad and earlier this winter she had to go into hospital for it :/ oof I used to get frequent throat infections every spring until I realized I should be taking antihistamines so I wouldn’t have post nasal drip for two straight months every year Beeftweeter posted:yeah it sounds like it was from covid loving with your immune system. that sucks man, i've never had shingles but it looks rough thx, yeah they suck but thankfully only got the worst of it on my lower back
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I once had a young girl in the pharmacy and her mother was asking me about a rash on her scalp and I was clueless about it and couldn’t help much turns out she had shingles 😳 she was like ten or something. no wonder I couldn’t work it out, no way I could have imagined a kid would have it great times
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Beeftweeter posted:huh, i figured most people would be immune after getting chickenpox, being vaccinated against it or just getting shingles once. but til: no man, it’s almost the other way around. you can’t get shingles unless youve had chickenpox
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i had shingles on my face in january 2020 but it seems v unimportant because of all the covid stuff happening at the time
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fart simpson posted:no man, it’s almost the other way around. you can’t get shingles unless youve had chickenpox lol oh poo poo that's right. i knew they were the same virus but i guess i forgot the rest
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its appropriate that happened in the old folks thread. lol
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lol I had shingles as well following a severe flu, maybe a few month before covid was spreading  I am off the dentist this afternoon I hope they remove my impacted wisdom tooth it's been giving me so much grief. I had the other side removed a few years ago and apart from the dry socket following the op it's been great 4/5 stars
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i keep my shingles on my roof you guys are weird
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cowboy beepboop posted:lol I had shingles as well following a severe flu, maybe a few month before covid was spreading ugh good luck I have 4 impacted wisdom teeth that I am sure one day will ruin me.
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my buddy got shingles last year and was complaining that a bunch of people didn't believe him that it wasn't contagious. so you better believe we didn't let him see us in person until he was better just to harass him
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