Just venting
My husband is getting a pain patch, has been getting it for months. It is a 'controlled substance' so I have to pick up a new prescription at the drs. office every 30 days. I have ot go to the drug store and hand deliver the prescription. I had decided to go to a chain drug store to avoid supply problems. SInce April, I have had to go to the drugstore up to 3 times to get this prescription filled. I learned you can't get it filled early, and I learned that just because you are going to refill every 30 days, doesn't mean the drugstore is going to have it there. I had been calling the last few times, but this time, my husband was wearing his last patch and was due to get a fresh one the next day. We came right from the dr. to the drugstore. They only had 1 of 2 boxes and said I should come back Friday. I went in after noon Friday, and their order wasn't in. One special trip. I finally finished getting the prescription ordered filled today. I told the clerk I am going to try at my regular pharmacy. I told her I thought getting the pain medicine filled at a bigger pharmacy (Rite Aid) would help me avoid supply problems and I told her I've had to come 2 or 3 times more than once. All she could do was apologize, said they can't order this ahead 5 days like they do other things. I said, "I'm in here every 30 days for this. I shouldn't have to make 3 trips."
I don't shop at Walmart, so I won't go there. I'm hoping my regular pharmacy can offer a better supply chain.
It is so frustrating to have someone so sick, and on a tight schedule for medicine and other care, and have to have this kind of hassle on top of the rest. I have to drive 5 miles one way in heavy traffic and then back. Thank you for letting me vent.
On the upside, my husband is finishing his chemo next week. Yay!
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If I talk to our kids and friends, I want to focus on my husband, not on the little annoyances. So I appreciate you took the time to comment 
Best of luck for you and yours!
They do make it a chore to get much needed pain management. It is beyond frustrating.
The side effects are hanging on to the end. We are hoping that by this time next week, if he doesn't feel like doing handstands, he at least feels like clicking his heels
He was so sick from the chemo in June, he got a week off all 3 meds. He started feeling better within days. But all of the doctors and nurses are telling us not to expect immediate improvement. He has esophageal cancer and has been on a j-peg feeding tube since April. He drinks water and he says even that tastes horrible. I've resorted to Figi water, and he doesn't complain. He got the fingernail problem recently. I've had him apply a little vaseline or baby oil to each nail and gently rub it as long as he wants to. It helps a little bit, such as, they haven't gotten worse. His hemoglobin is so low that he's been on Procrit, so his bones hurt. He's also taking another pill for break through pain and up until recently, he hasn't had much pain. I hope that your doctor gives you something that keeps you pain-free.
He's been on 5 FU continuously and had cisplatin and epirubicin every 21 days since April. The last CT scan shows his liver and lymph nodes are clear, but it is hard to say if he's feeling better than he was before he went on chemo, even if some of the cancer is gone.
I wish you the best of luck. You sound very positive and I love to hear that
