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[the_rck]

I really, really want chocolate. Or something else sweet if I can’t have chocolate. We have apple pie and vanilla ice cream, but I’m very unenthusiastic about both. Neither have much flavor/character.

Scott has said that he is absolutely not going out for anything tonight, though, not even the prescription I need filled. I’m pretty frustrated about the prescription because, short of taking a cab out there, there isn’t a good way for me to fill it myself.

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[wendelah1]

Not getting a prescription filled? That's not good.

Apple pie and vanilla ice cream sound pretty good to me.

[the_rck]

Well, it's a new to me medication that's not urgent to start (apart from me being impatient).

It's not that either apple pie or vanilla ice cream are bad. They're just not what I wanted right then.

[nucleosides.livejournal.com]

I have chocolate here, but I also have... my stomach, and James can only have so much chocolate a day, so ironically the only person of us three who has absolute free reign over the chocolate here is Jason.

[the_rck]

Most of the time I'm not interested in chocolate, but once in a while...

I'm sorry that chocolate gives you problems.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I so know that feeling... and we have choc bits in the freezer but Sis wants them for cooking and will NOT love me if they aren't there tomorrow...

[the_rck]

We have some chocolate ice cream that's sweetened with things that will make me sick, some mediocre hot chocolate mix, and some Zone Perfect nutrition bars for my daughter's lunches that have chocolate. We have exactly enough of those last to see her through a week of lunches.

[carbonel]

Have you considered looking at courier services? In Minneapolis, there's one called Street Fleet that I have an account for. (It's primarily for business, but I've occasionally used it for personal things.)

It's generally around $9 to $15 for delivery, with options for immediate, or 1-, 2-, or 3-hour delivery. And they're fine with "go to X place, pick up the package with Y name on it, and deliver it to Z place."

Usually cheaper than a cab. Though Uber will also do those kinds of deliveries in a pinch.

[the_rck]

I can only find one local service that does things like what I'd need, and they start at $30 and are only open until 9 p.m. The prices go up the more items one wants (up to 12 included in the base fee for grocery items, 50 cents more for each additional item. Up to four items for 'personal' shopping with each additional item $2 more), the more stores involved ($20 more per additional store), and the farther the courier has to go, round trip, (after 5 miles, an additional 79 cents per mile).

A cab would actually be cheaper, not more than $25 for the round trip.

Our pharmacy does delivery but only for established prescriptions or prescriptions called in by a doctor. My psychiatrist only does paper prescriptions, so that means going in physically to hand the stupid thing to the pharmacist.

[carbonel]

I think we're talking about two different things. I'm not talking about a personal shopping service. I'm talking about a courier service that goes to point A, picks up an item, and delivers it to point B. It won't work for doing your grocery shopping, but it would work for picking up already-paid-for prescriptions where you've already called the pharmacy to tell them X service will be coming for the package -- or for the grocery if it's just one item that you've paid for by credit card over the phone.

If your pharmacy only does paper prescriptions, does your pharmacy accept faxed prescriptions? If you have a scanner, you can fax it for free over the Internet.

And if I'm being what Making Light calls "hlepy," feel free to tell me to stop.

[the_rck]

The pharmacy does not accept faxed prescriptions because they can't verify that those are really real. They will accept electronic prescriptions from a list of authorized addresses (which I'd have thought more open to spoofing than faxing, but what do I know? Maybe there's some other form of verification in there). Any prescriptions that don't come in from a pre-authorized source get circular filed immediately. I've had that happen with prescriptions from our local hospital before.

I'm not sure if they'd let me give them a credit card over the phone to pre-pay for a prescription. It seems likely that they would given that they do delivery themselves.

The other local services I found don't do pick up for 'medical' things or are aimed at transporting things much farther than across town or specialize in large items like furniture.