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The Clomid Scavenger Hunt

September 5, 2006

Alright everyone...

we've all got the list, the flashlights, the cell phones, and the car key's right? 

Time to go...

We're going on a clomid scavenger hunt, as I did a few days ago... it's sure to be a fun and trying time.  And remember, today is day three, the day we HAVE to start this dang pill...

First off, let me explain some short and in depth details. 

It's Sunday.

Tomorrow is Labor Day.

You've just woken up from a nap, and it's 6pm.

...so off to the pharmacy you go.  This is the same pharmacy you go to all the time to get your scripts... shouldn't be a problem right?  All your information is in their computer... you've even had the clomid filled there before. 

We get there and even get a great parking spot... second spot in front of the door!  In we go... back back back, away from the candy and chocolate, to the back back back of the store.  ...why, you ask, are there barriers around the pharmacy?  You've got to get in there and give them your information.  As you get closer, you notice there is a sign up... pharmacy closes at 5pm on Sundays.  Oh dang... now what?

Up to the service desk area.   Now we've got to ask if they have any 24 hour facilities... yes, one in a close town... and she even says the location (as there are two of this pharmacy in the one town).  Great... and it's not too far either!  However, do they have satelite link up so that you can get your script through their computers like walgreens?  hmm... she doesn't know and advises calling the specific store.  So, I ask if she has the number or can call them herself... she says no, and walks away to play on the photo machine.

Now we've got to go to the customer service area (yes, a different part of the store).  So... we go there and are told that indeed it is NOT the store that devient young clerk told us... it's a farther store that you indeed used to work at!  However, that's after the blonde dimwhitted woman tells you over and over that the store she works at is NOT a 24 hour pharmacy.  (and yes, you are battling back screaming "DUH" at her).

So... out to the close and beautifully sweet parking stall where your car is parked... and grab that cell phone (told you you'd need it!).  Now we've got to dial up the pharmacy at the next location and ask them about the computer link up.   The tech answers the phone and assures you that they do have the link up and takes some of your information, telephone number and last name.  He finds the script... "Clomid, 100mg right?"  Exactly!! YAY... the feeling of sweet release comes over you.  This wasn't that bad of an adventure was it?  The tech tells you to "please hold" and you say "sure!!" excited that the treck is almost over (and you're even driving in that area!).  The tech then comes back and says "We don't have any of that in stock, and there aren't any other close 24 hour pharmacies". 

"Uh.. what?"

He assures you that the other pharmacies will reopen at 9am the following morning for shortened hours.  ...as you're picking your mouth up off the floor you explain to him that this is an important medication that you need tonight.  All the while you're contemplating whether or not God wants you to not take this medication and try to let it happen naturally.  You then ask if they can transfer a medication from their store to, I don't know, a WALGREENS?!  They say no, that this is now their product and that the original would need to be sent to whatever pharmacy.  Hmmph.  Now, you've had it and bizitch mode comes out.  Tell him... "Look man, this is a drug to induce ovulation and it needs to be taken on day three and today is day three so I need it now, today, this minute even!  And, if I don't get this medication, I'm going to contact my doctor and she'll contact you and I'll get it, so it needs to get filled somehow someway". 

....a little less aggression, and a little more seriousness in his voice.... "Okay ma'am can you contact me back with a phone number to whatever 24 hour pharmacy that you'd like this filled at?  Or would you like me to call around for you?".

Yup, that's more like it!  Sometimes you just have to be a little more assertive!

So... you call a friend, because of course, you're in the parkinglot of the 24 hour pharmacy that doesn't have the clomid in stock.  She tells you to go ahead to a CVS that is about twenty minutes away by expressway.  She gives you a phone number... and you go ahead and call the no-stock pharmacy to tell them.  The tech thanks you for the number and says he'll take care of it immediately.  You thank him for being so kind to a woman that's more hormonal than most pubescent boys, and hang up.

You head over to this pharmacy... and are surprised and excited that they have a drive thru, preventing you from having to get out of the car in the dark, in a not-so-great area.  You tell the pharmacist who you are and what you're looking for and get a fifty dollar bill out of your purse, cause this is what it cost last month.  Forgetting that you haven't been to this pharmacy, the pharmacist asks for your insurance card... so you hand it over.  The pharmacist asks you to sign some paperwork and then says "Fifteen dollars". 

Fifteen?

Fifteen?

Yes, really, ask him again, "FIFTEEN?".

As he stops laughing he asks if that is too much.  You explain that last month it was fifty... and he says he has no idea why.  Then you realize... I have new insurance through my new job.  YAY. 

So... to celebrate your savings you may now go to McDonalds and get yourself some chicken nuggets and chocolate chip cookies (have you had em before, they rock!).

...hope you all enjoyed your scavenger hunt.  You're now set with ovulation drugs for the month and a full tummy... and all your aggression should be gone cause hey, you got what you wanted and a bonus of chocolate chip cookies!

Til next time...

the 27 year old, Amanda (btw, Sonja's birthday was yesterday too... so birthday wishes to you too Sonja!)