Thursday, April 28, 2005
IT'S A GO!
Karon's doctor decided her body was sufficiently recovered to continue the oral chemotherapy treatments again. He has decided to lower the dosage once again. He said, "I don't want your hands looking like that!" He is hoping this lower dosage will not cause such severe side effects but will still destroy the cancer. He said it would somewhat slow up the process as far as putting the cancer into remission.
We have always gotten the prescriptions filled at a large chain pharmacy. Since Karon has been on this expensive (and I do mean expensive!) cancer drug, it has been a really bad hassle to get the medication. They insist on shipping it from Florida and wanting to take 5 to 6 days to get it to us. We have insisted we need it sooner than that and they have gotten it to us in 3 days. But it has been a real hassle.
Finally I decided, "I'm not putting up with this any longer." So I went to a drugstore/pharmacy. It is still a chain but it is not a general merchandise chain. I am very pleased with the treatment I got. No hassle, they had the drugs in stock and filled the prescriptions in about 10 minutes after we completed the paperwork to get set up as a first-time customer. The pharmacist was kind and professional. She had a demeanor that made you feel at ease right away. And best of all, I walked out of there with the necessary medicines. And it didn't cost me any more than had I continued to put up with the ill-treatment I was getting at the other place.
I had been "threatening" to change for quite a while. Why did I wait so long to make the change? The new location is so quiet and less crowded. And it is more convenient to my house and work. It is located half-way between home and work.
Oh well, that's me! Not always able to make up my mind and act on something as timely as I should!
Jim
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