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On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:55:09 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 6/27/2026 12:51 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2026-06-26, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Something has perked me up lately. I had been sliding out of shape and
having less and less energy. My doctor had me taking Vitamin D and B12,
the B12 in shots for a while and now daily pills. I also signed up for a >>> seniors fitness program. It's working. I am feeling a lot more energetic >>> and getting more done.

Fitness sounds like a lot of work. I'm taking Vitamin D, but what about
meth? It seems to hype up a lot of people. I haven't tried it yet, but I
can imagine spazzing around in bed thinking, "Wait until I get up!"
Our government failed and prescribed-fentanyl is legal. Why not meth?
All I need is a prescription. 🤪
I _did take_ maybe three Bennies in my youth. They didn't take, because
I was young, but now...?
Our "War on Drugs" was lost, long ago.

You can get a prescription for meth. Seems there are other alternatives
used more.

Ever have surgery? Good chance you had fentanyl with it. I had it last >year and it worked well.

Better be careful. It killed Prince.
--
Bruce
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On 2026-06-27, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

Ever have surgery? Good chance you had fentanyl with it. I had it last year and it worked well.

I had my gall bladder out about ten years ago. I swear that I was dead
on the table while they monkeyed with my guts. Never felt a thing. Was
fentanyl a thing, ten years ago, in anesthetics?
I was given demerol once for exploratory urinary tract stuff. I had
sworn to myself that I'd never allow a needle in my spine, but after the demerol, I didn't care anymore. So, they paralyzed me, from below my
diaphragm on down, with a spinal injection.
Apparently, I'll do, or allow, anything on opioids. Now, they're selling
them on the street, and people are dropping dead, like flies, all the
time.
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On 2026-06-27, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

I take a atorvastatin (generic lipitor) for high cholesterol.
Unfortunately, the Aetna Medicare Supplement plan I have for
prescriptions screwed up. I got a phone call yesterday stating my
refills had been delivered. No, they weren't. So I called them. Why
the hell can't we get someone on the phone whose first language is
English?! "Oh yes, they were delivered to" [she rattled off a P.O. Box
number]. Excuse me, I don't have a P.O. Box! "You don't? How do you
get your mail?" In the actual mailbox at the end of the driveway. Oh,
we don't know what happened... so now, if I want to get my refills I
have to pay for them out of pocket or wait to get refills in August
because according to Aetna, I did receive them. Arrgh! Sorry, I'm not
having a great week.

This is exactly why I refuse any home delivery service from any prescription plan and instead opt for a local pharmacy such as Walmart.

Ditto. If the pharmacy did the deliveries, I might reconsider, but mine doesn't.
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On 6/28/2026 7:29 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2026-06-27, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

Ever have surgery? Good chance you had fentanyl with it. I had it last
year and it worked well.

I had my gall bladder out about ten years ago. I swear that I was dead
on the table while they monkeyed with my guts. Never felt a thing. Was fentanyl a thing, ten years ago, in anesthetics?
I was given demerol once for exploratory urinary tract stuff. I had
sworn to myself that I'd never allow a needle in my spine, but after the demerol, I didn't care anymore. So, they paralyzed me, from below my diaphragm on down, with a spinal injection.
Apparently, I'll do, or allow, anything on opioids. Now, they're selling
them on the street, and people are dropping dead, like flies, all the
time.

Yes, my wife had fentanyl at least 12, maybe 15 years ago.
She had no pain, but the recovery a few hours later was a hoot.
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On 2026-06-28 7:29 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

That was about the same time I had gall bladder surgery. It was odd
because I was admitted to the hospital in the morning. Having been sick
for more than a week I was extremely dehydrated and they stuck an IV
into me. I thought it was just saline to rehydrate me, I started
feeling better. Later on I felt so good I was ready to go home. Around
4pm the nurse asked me how I was feeling, I told her that about an hour earlier I was ready to check myself out but that it was starting to hurt again. She said it was because the pain medication had run out and it
was time for more. I didn't even know I was getting pain medication. It turned out I was being being given Tramodol.

I was given demerol once for exploratory urinary tract stuff. I had
sworn to myself that I'd never allow a needle in my spine, but after the demerol, I didn't care anymore. So, they paralyzed me, from below my diaphragm on down, with a spinal injection.
Apparently, I'll do, or allow, anything on opioids. Now, they're selling
them on the street, and people are dropping dead, like flies, all the
time.

It's funny how those drugs make you not give a damn. When I had heart
surgery I had been told I needed an operation. I woke up feeling like I
had been hit by a truck and looking like Frankenstein. I told my wife I
had no idea they were going to do that to me. She said that two doctors
came to talk to me and explained exactly what they were going to do. I
then remembered that two doctors came to talk to me but I had no
recollection of what they had said.

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On 2026-06-28, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 2026-06-27, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

Ever have surgery? Good chance you had fentanyl with it. I had it last
year and it worked well.

I had my gall bladder out about ten years ago. I swear that I was dead
on the table while they monkeyed with my guts. Never felt a thing. Was fentanyl a thing, ten years ago, in anesthetics?

Fentanyl citrate entered medical use as a general anesthetic in 1968.
--
Cindy Hamilton
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On 6/27/2026 1:12 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

I take a atorvastatin (generic lipitor) for high cholesterol.
Unfortunately, the Aetna Medicare Supplement plan I have for
prescriptions screwed up. I got a phone call yesterday stating my
refills had been delivered. No, they weren't. So I called them. Why
the hell can't we get someone on the phone whose first language is
English?! "Oh yes, they were delivered to" [she rattled off a P.O. Box
number]. Excuse me, I don't have a P.O. Box! "You don't? How do you
get your mail?" In the actual mailbox at the end of the driveway. Oh,
we don't know what happened... so now, if I want to get my refills I
have to pay for them out of pocket or wait to get refills in August
because according to Aetna, I did receive them. Arrgh! Sorry, I'm not
having a great week.

This is exactly why I refuse any home delivery service from any prescription plan and instead opt for a local pharmacy such as Walmart.

Two years ago, for ONE day I had a new mail carrier and medicine was not delivered to my address. Called postal service; yes, it was delivered, no
it wasn't, yes, it was, NO it wasn't. We show it was delivered and I said
it probably was but NOT to MY address. We show it was delivered, goodbye. The dumbass either delivered it to the wrong address or pocketed it. This
is a frequent occurrence with regular mail as well.

I did tell them once I'd be happy to participate in home deliver IF it was shipped as registered mail or by UPS. Oh hell no, that won't be an option! Fine, quit calling me about home delivery service.

Jill, I'd call them back and ask to speak to a supervisor, explain the problem, and be sure and mention you've never had a P. O. Box, and this
is their problem and they need to fix it pronto.

~

I called yet again last Friday, 6/26 and was told oh, you didn't receive
them? (WTF have I been telling you folks for the last week?!) We'll
send them out again, no charge. It will take 5 business days. No
problem, I don't wait until I'm *out* of medication to request refills.
Well, I didn't bother to check my mailbox on Saturday, 6/28. I looked
in it when I took the trash can out to the end of the driveway
yesterday, 6/29. What's in my mailbox? The original order. So I
called again and said my original order was *finally* delivered so
please cancel that re-order request. This guy spoke English with a
decidedly Southern accent named Clint (yay! someone inside the US
answered the phone). He said sure, I can cancel that; to confirm, you
finally got the original order and don't need us to re-send them?
Correct. And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my original in-network pharmacy (Publix).
--
--Jill
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:35:37 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

On 6/27/2026 1:12 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

I take a atorvastatin (generic lipitor) for high cholesterol.
Unfortunately, the Aetna Medicare Supplement plan I have for
prescriptions screwed up. I got a phone call yesterday stating my
refills had been delivered. No, they weren't. So I called them. Why
the hell can't we get someone on the phone whose first language is
English?! "Oh yes, they were delivered to" [she rattled off a P.O. Box
number]. Excuse me, I don't have a P.O. Box! "You don't? How do you
get your mail?" In the actual mailbox at the end of the driveway. Oh,
we don't know what happened... so now, if I want to get my refills I
have to pay for them out of pocket or wait to get refills in August
because according to Aetna, I did receive them. Arrgh! Sorry, I'm not
having a great week.

This is exactly why I refuse any home delivery service from any prescription >> plan and instead opt for a local pharmacy such as Walmart.

Two years ago, for ONE day I had a new mail carrier and medicine was not
delivered to my address. Called postal service; yes, it was delivered, no >> it wasn't, yes, it was, NO it wasn't. We show it was delivered and I said >> it probably was but NOT to MY address. We show it was delivered, goodbye. >> The dumbass either delivered it to the wrong address or pocketed it. This >> is a frequent occurrence with regular mail as well.

I did tell them once I'd be happy to participate in home deliver IF it was >> shipped as registered mail or by UPS. Oh hell no, that won't be an option! >> Fine, quit calling me about home delivery service.

Jill, I'd call them back and ask to speak to a supervisor, explain the
problem, and be sure and mention you've never had a P. O. Box, and this
is their problem and they need to fix it pronto.

I called yet again last Friday, 6/26 and was told oh, you didn't receive >them? (WTF have I been telling you folks for the last week?!) We'll
send them out again, no charge. It will take 5 business days. No
problem, I don't wait until I'm *out* of medication to request refills. >Well, I didn't bother to check my mailbox on Saturday, 6/28. I looked
in it when I took the trash can out to the end of the driveway
yesterday, 6/29. What's in my mailbox? The original order. So I
called again and said my original order was *finally* delivered so
please cancel that re-order request. This guy spoke English with a >decidedly Southern accent named Clint (yay! someone inside the US
answered the phone). He said sure, I can cancel that; to confirm, you >finally got the original order and don't need us to re-send them?
Correct. And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my >original in-network pharmacy (Publix).

You want posts to be on topic right? So I guess this saga was meant to
go to your diary, but you clicked the wrong button.
--
Bruce
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Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne wrote on 6/29/2026 11:32 AM:

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:35:37 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

On 6/27/2026 1:12 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

I take a atorvastatin (generic lipitor) for high cholesterol.
Unfortunately, the Aetna Medicare Supplement plan I have for
prescriptions screwed up. I got a phone call yesterday stating my
refills had been delivered. No, they weren't. So I called them. Why >>>> the hell can't we get someone on the phone whose first language is
English?! "Oh yes, they were delivered to" [she rattled off a P.O. Box >>>> number]. Excuse me, I don't have a P.O. Box! "You don't? How do you >>>> get your mail?" In the actual mailbox at the end of the driveway. Oh, >>>> we don't know what happened... so now, if I want to get my refills I
have to pay for them out of pocket or wait to get refills in August
because according to Aetna, I did receive them. Arrgh! Sorry, I'm not >>>> having a great week.

This is exactly why I refuse any home delivery service from any prescription
plan and instead opt for a local pharmacy such as Walmart.

Two years ago, for ONE day I had a new mail carrier and medicine was not >>> delivered to my address. Called postal service; yes, it was delivered, no >>> it wasn't, yes, it was, NO it wasn't. We show it was delivered and I said >>> it probably was but NOT to MY address. We show it was delivered, goodbye. >>> The dumbass either delivered it to the wrong address or pocketed it. This >>> is a frequent occurrence with regular mail as well.

I did tell them once I'd be happy to participate in home deliver IF it was >>> shipped as registered mail or by UPS. Oh hell no, that won't be an option! >>> Fine, quit calling me about home delivery service.

Jill, I'd call them back and ask to speak to a supervisor, explain the
problem, and be sure and mention you've never had a P. O. Box, and this
is their problem and they need to fix it pronto.

I called yet again last Friday, 6/26 and was told oh, you didn't receive
them? (WTF have I been telling you folks for the last week?!) We'll
send them out again, no charge. It will take 5 business days. No
problem, I don't wait until I'm *out* of medication to request refills.
Well, I didn't bother to check my mailbox on Saturday, 6/28. I looked
in it when I took the trash can out to the end of the driveway
yesterday, 6/29. What's in my mailbox? The original order. So I
called again and said my original order was *finally* delivered so
please cancel that re-order request. This guy spoke English with a
decidedly Southern accent named Clint (yay! someone inside the US
answered the phone). He said sure, I can cancel that; to confirm, you
finally got the original order and don't need us to re-send them?
Correct. And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my
original in-network pharmacy (Publix).

You want posts to be on topic right? So I guess this saga was meant to
go to your diary, but you clicked the wrong button.

This post is about her royal Majesty, so it is ON TOPIC here in this
Royal Newsgroup!

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On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:35:37 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my
original in-network pharmacy (Publix).

TMI

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jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

I called yet again last Friday, 6/26 and was told oh, you didn't receive them? (WTF have I been telling you folks for the last week?!) We'll
send them out again, no charge. It will take 5 business days. No
problem, I don't wait until I'm *out* of medication to request refills. Well, I didn't bother to check my mailbox on Saturday, 6/28. I looked
in it when I took the trash can out to the end of the driveway
yesterday, 6/29. What's in my mailbox? The original order. So I
called again and said my original order was *finally* delivered so
please cancel that re-order request. This guy spoke English with a decidedly Southern accent named Clint (yay! someone inside the US
answered the phone). He said sure, I can cancel that; to confirm, you finally got the original order and don't need us to re-send them?
Correct. And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my original in-network pharmacy (Publix).

YAY!!! Glad you got your medications and yay for reverting back to your original method of refills.

~
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:15:21 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

I called yet again last Friday, 6/26 and was told oh, you didn't receive
them? (WTF have I been telling you folks for the last week?!) We'll
send them out again, no charge. It will take 5 business days. No
problem, I don't wait until I'm *out* of medication to request refills.
Well, I didn't bother to check my mailbox on Saturday, 6/28. I looked
in it when I took the trash can out to the end of the driveway
yesterday, 6/29. What's in my mailbox? The original order. So I
called again and said my original order was *finally* delivered so
please cancel that re-order request. This guy spoke English with a
decidedly Southern accent named Clint (yay! someone inside the US
answered the phone). He said sure, I can cancel that; to confirm, you
finally got the original order and don't need us to re-send them?
Correct. And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my
original in-network pharmacy (Publix).

YAY!!! Glad you got your medications and yay for reverting back to your >original method of refills.

Same here. It made my day. I'll have a skip in my step today because
Jill from South Carolina has reverted to her original method of
refills. Yay!
--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>
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