Have you been through this?!!!

So what do we do.? So you go to the pharmacy. When you get there you give them your name. You let them know who you are and you say here to pick up my meds. They tell you that you can’t get them because of some technical issue. Or you can’t get your meds because your paperwork is out of date. Or you started working a job and your job has benefits or you have Medicaid so everything is jumbled up and you can’t get meds. Oh it’s so many different scenarios on how HIVers are going to the pharmacy and low and behold no meds today. That’s why it’s important to make sure that you call in your prescription a week early and keep up with your meds because it is devastating to find out that you have a glitch. Now mind you, this puts a person on edge. Because the clinic may not have extras laying around that will bridge you from that day till your meds are in. This could cause a serious bout of depression for some people who really can’t handle that type of pressure. Or that person that has been undetected for a minute and now you just may have a glitch. You may get 200 copies – 400 copies. This just depends on what or where you are with your HIV journey. Now some of us are still doing a pill a day. Some people get the shot. But nevertheless we still have that eerie time where there is a glitch. So some people may not understand your frustration with it. So they say calm down but you take your med life seriously. So sometimes you just might forget to call it in 3 days in advance or a week in advance and boom you caught in a glitch. So this post for you today is to remind you to not get caught in a glitch. Remember to call your meds in a week in advance, so that if you face some type of issue it won’t set you back. Set a reminder in your phone. Set a reminder on your tablet. Don’t rely on people to remind you. This is your HIV walk so let’s walk it out with a calendar.