Someone else's NSV & the bad news for the pharmacy...

SNOflake888

Every LOVES success stories, and while I'm not finished with mine, I thought I'd share someone's big moment that I personally got be apart of. I've worked in a pharmacy ever since I was 18, and when I got the job, I was told that you deal with people who are not necessarily at their best. They might be sick (physically or mentally), taking care of someone who is sick, they might be in pain, or they have a condition that needs to be treated daily (high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, etc...) At the time, I was working at one of the bigger chain pharmacies as a cashier, and I was waiting on one of our regular customers.

He'd been coming to the pharmacy for MONTHS, and was on the "automatic refill" for his daily medications to treat high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and pre-diabetes. Month after month he'd get his regular prescriptions, spending over $50 every visit. One month I noticed that he had lost some weight, but didn't say anything. The next month and the months to follow, he'd be happier, energetic, and noticeably thinner with every visit. Eventually we'd laugh and talk about how much weight he'd lost, and how healthy he was, and how out of place he was being in the pharmacy. So his yearly doctor visit came up, they did the usual blood work and check-up, and the doctor happily reported that his 70 pound weight-loss and new exercise habits had completely REVERSED all three conditions and he no longer needed any medications whatsoever.

His auto-filled prescriptions were waiting on him at the pharmacy when he came in after his doctor visit. He walked right up to me at the counter and told me the good news. He was ELATED to tell me to take him off of the auto-refills. You could see how relieved, excited, and genuinely HAPPY he was to tell me he was off all of his medications because of the hard work and dedication he put into changing his lifestyle. The doctor had told him that he had added YEARS to his life.

Of course I was happy for him, I was happy to listen to him tell me his story, and I'm happy to tell it now. The only one NOT happy about all of this was the pharmacy chain! He would call every once in awhile wondering why he kept getting calls and junk mail about "coming back to the pharmacy" and how much they "missed his business." Everyone knows all they really care about is money, but if you're going to lose a customer, I think that is the absolute best way.

annanderson77985

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lilpoindexter

YEA....Where's the LIKE or thumbs up button.

mmddwechanged

Fantastic:)

Annerk1

Great story!!

Sarauk2sf

Very nice story.

HeidiCooksSupper

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Seconded.

Saunz5

LOVE IT!!! )

ReinasWrath

Awww that is great

ashleen7

Really great story :-)

red8424

Thanks for sharing. I feel all warm and fuzzy now. :flowerforyou:

Athena53

Thanks for a wonderful story with a happy ending! I know there are some conditions that can't be fixed with changes in diet, weight loss or exercise, but it's great to see someone improve to the point that they don't need medications.

toutmonpossible

Bravo.

drvvork

I'm so surprised a large pharmacy doesn't revel in his success and just send him a birthday card instead of the 'reminder' cards. Geez... LOL... if we all could do that the pharmacies would all go out of business. Great Story - thank you for sharing!!

mattschwartz01

Thank you for sharing that. We need a way to vote this one up!

SNOflake888

Thanks for a wonderful story with a happy ending! I know there are some conditions that can't be fixed with changes in diet, weight loss or exercise, but it's great to see someone improve to the point that they don't need medications.

You're right, there are lots of times where diet and exercise may not reverse the condition completely. Sometimes it's hereditary, or possibly something you're just born with. Anyway, I think the important thing is, he made sure he had the "ALL-CLEAR" from his Dr before stopping his medications. This guy definitely did things the RIGHT way! On top of that, he saves his money from his co-pays!! That's always a victory too!! :drinker:

pandabear7486

*Super Like* That is awesome!

lanzaroteblue

What a great story to share - thanks for posting xxx

LuvMyBoys2

What a motivational story. Thanks for sharing!

PetulantOne

Great story :flowerforyou:

KimberlyDCZ

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THIS! 2 thumbs up!

Shetchncn1

If you ever see him again tell him from us that we are really proud of him!!! Way to Go!

newdaydawning79

So fantastic! One of the things that made me want to stick to this journey this time is that I didn't *want* to be put on medications for blood pressure or cholesterol! My BP is perfect and always has been but both sides of my family take meds now, and my cholesterol was high but my doctor didn't want me to take anything just yet. My last blood work showed my cholesterol had dropped 38 points from my last visit, with my "good" cholesterol being in the healthy range as well.

It's amazing what our bodies can do!

servilia

Awesome!

Casstevens133

What a lovely story - I have goose bumps!! I bet you miss him a little though? In the nicest possible way I hope you never see him again ... At least in the pharmacy