Hey there!

I had both cervical & thoracic SCS's implanted at a 1:00 pm procedure time. They kept me overnight in the hospital to manage the pain...good thing they did because it hurt and the anesthesiologist did not give me anything for nausea as I requested...it was not pretty! Anyway, I was not allowed to turn on my unit until my follow-up appointment a week later (when the staples came out).

You shouldn't have any trouble getting the prescription filled late at night, I mean how can you go fill it yourself since you just had surgery?!? My husband picked up my post-surgical prescriptions every time without issue. They did not fill them onsite at the hospital.

Good luck!!
Nanc

They do not fill scripts for patients that are being discharged. It is strictly an in house department. It's all about billing issues. I spoke with the department head and she said more and more hospitals are dropping that service. She recomended that someone in recovery call the pharmacy of our choice and alert them that my son in law will be coming in with the script, discharge papers, ID, ins. card and not to give him any grief. She said they have had numerous complaints concerning family members trying to get opiates filled in the evening hours when the doctor is not readily available to contact for confirmation that the script and senario are legit. She said it is best to take pre-emptive action. Ok, now I have a battle plan. I hate loose ends.

Beginning to think the indians [since I am one in part] should rise up and blast those who stand in the way of legitimate medical care all for the sake of the purported "war on drugs" ......... need I write more regarding my complete disdain for the hooligans known as homeland insecurity?????? This is so much like the S.U. where KGB turned its focus on the people it was supposed to protect rather than taking the information war to the outsiders who poured counter state intuition into the mix. Why don't the H Insecurity folks focus on the producers instead of we who are patients?? Can you tell I am getting angry??? And to think we had an election and the people who complain returned the hooligans to power. :deadho rse::vomit