"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
08/15/2019 at 15:43 • Filed to: None
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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
08/15/2019 at 15:43 • Filed to: None | 1
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I’m sure there’s something wrong on their site somewhere. But who knows - people will buy something at three for a dollar instead of paying 25 cents each. I even saw ramen at the grocery store for 19 cents each, or a box of 10 for $1.99; I guess for some people the convenience of that box and plastic wrap is worth the extra 9 cents...
For Sweden
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/15/2019 at 15:59 |
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You need a prescription to buy Tylenol?
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> For Sweden
08/15/2019 at 16:10 |
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No, but often times I’ll get OTC medications prescribed to get them covered with my FSA or to get strengths that are higher than the stuff on the shelf. It’s just a matter of shopping around and knowing pharmacy’s minimum fee; Walgreens once tried to charge $11.99 for two (!) Tylenol that were prescribed, but I said no and just bought a big bottle for $4.99 instead.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/15/2019 at 16:16 |
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I did that recently. I had an unplanned root canal, and got the script for 800mg of Ibuprofen. It worked, both the drug and paying for it using my FSA. The only downside is it turns out that 800mg of Ibuprofen is like horse-pill sized.
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
08/15/2019 at 16:22 |
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Yeah, I got some of those 800mg tablets when I screwed up my elbow working on the bulk compartment of a 747; I’d rather have more smaller pills. I take a vitamin daily and it’s one of those beasts, and some days I wonder if I’m going to get it down.
There’s an alternative to an endoscopy/colonoscopy that uses a pill with a camera, flash and transmitter. It seems like a good idea, but the size makes those 800mg pills seem small by comparison...
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/15/2019 at 16:38 |
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Now this opens up all kinds of questions. Namely, how exactly one retrieves the pill that, um, documents your digestive track? Carrying it in a baggie back to the doctor to be analysed somehow seems worse than the brown bag of shame when your vet wants a stool sample from the dog. From the limited perspective of having never had one, the rotor-rooter option seems preferable to a sifting operation. I hear you’re on drugs during the rotor-rooter up you anyway these days.
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
08/16/2019 at 02:50 |
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Actually, it has a receiver that you carry around and it records the data wirelessly. If you’ve ever had a colonoscopy, you’ll know that there’s no solid matter left in your system which would make retrieving the capsule pretty easy, but these are cheap enough to be disposable. If re-used you’d have to replace the battery, and that could lead to complications, like it falling apart in your gut - not a good thing. And sterilizing it; I’d probably projectile-vomit it across the room if I knew that it had been used.
Think about the cost savings - no hospital room, no doctor/anesthetist/nurse - even if the pill costs $250 each you’ve saved a bundle, plus you can do as many procedures simultaneously as you can as long as you have enough receivers. OK, you can’t do certain things, like snip polyps and the like, like you could in a colonoscopy, but if there are no problems with the patient it has saved a fortune.
You are unconscious for a colonoscopy and it's a pretty mellow experience. I woke up and felt just fine, physically at least; hearing that you have a massive growth in your colon does affect your mental status somewhat, even if you're prepared for the news...
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/16/2019 at 08:02 |
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Interesting. The wireless transmission and whatnot makes that much more appealing than what I was imagining.