By the end of June, I had successfully obtained all the medications I had calculated I would need for the month of July. The only change I made was to change the original order to take 2 capsules 3 times a day to taking 3 capsules 2 times a day. It’s just too hard to…
Category: pain pharmacist
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #4
August 8, 2018, 10 a.m. I wonder if it will be John Poon or Danny Luu or someone completely different! It was John today, and he confirmed that it was Danny who called me last week. I told John the same things that I told Danny last week, and he looked at my pharmacy record…
Unexpected call from Pain Pharmacist
August 2, 2018 I don’t always answer calls on my landline that I can see are from Kaiser because it’s usually just a notification that my refill request has been approved and shipped. But I chose to answer this call. He identified himself by name and that he was calling from Dr. Kalra’s office regarding…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #3
June 14, 2018, 12:15 p.m. John called two hours early! My appointment was for 2:30 p.m. and he called at 12:15 p.m.! Good thing I was already sitting at my desk. I told him that I had not yet increased to the final dosage of 2 capsules 3 times a day, and he said that…
Pain Physical Therapy #4
June 8, 2018, 1:30 p.m. I woke up at 7:00 a.m. with a bonafide migraine! Got up, took sumatriptan and two Aleve, and went back to bed with an ice pack on my head and my feet on the heating pad. Fortunately, I woke up just in time to get a shower and pour coffee…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #2
May 31, 2018, 10:00 a.m. The young man who called this time identified himself as John. My main complaint is still the headaches I get with gabapentin. Even though I had decreased the dosage, 100 mg at a time, I still had the headaches, though slightly less intense. But the pain reduction was also less….
Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist
May 3, 2018, 10:15 a.m. I was up at 9-something, just to make sure I could actually talk by 10 o’clock. My landline rang quite promptly at 10:15 a.m. I was expecting a woman, only because my tramadol and meloxicam were filled by Li, Amy RPH. But it was a man who identified himself as…
Pain Physical Therapy #3
April 27, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Today is my third individual session for physical therapy with Francis. When I checked in, the girl did not ask for a co-pay, so I’m sure someone down the line will bill me. I hate doing it like this. I would rather just pay with my card at the time…