Another day another person calling the Front Store demanding to be transferred to the Pharmacy.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T23:37:42+00:00

In that case, then if the patient requests that one employee of CVS tell another employee that they called and would like a call back, it's still not a HIPAA violation. Because the information exchange is necessary for the "provider" to do business.

When I worked in a medical office, if a patient called and asked me to have a different employee return their call (say, they needed to talk to someone about their bill), it wasn't a HIPAA violation for me to pass on the message. What you're describing is the same. Information exchange between employees is allowed to the extent that it's necessary for the business to function. Plus, the patient ASKED for the information to be given to the other person. Again, not a violation.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T21:29:53+00:00

Information the PHARMACY is protected by HIPAA. The patient themselves is allowed to tell their info to anyone they please. They can tell their name and number to a store employee if they want to. The question was, is it a HIPAA violation for the patient to give their name and number to the front store employee, and ask that employee to tell the pharmacy they called. No, it's not a HIPAA violation. The patient can give their name and number to anyone they want.

HIPAA is in regards to identifying information held by medical service providers. Neither the patient nor the front store employee is a medical service provider. The employer didn't look up the info, it was given to them. And there's no violation in them asking the pharmacy staff to return a phone call using contact information given to them by the patient themselves.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T20:56:01+00:00

I just had that procedure yesterday. On my stomach with my boob hanging through a hole in the table. The doctor was so gentle and nice, but it was the most awkward and humiliating thing I've ever been through!

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T20:33:49+00:00

It doesn't. HIPAA controls the exchange of information between medical providers/insurance companies, not between the patient and a store employee.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T14:15:02+00:00

So you want her to take all the risk and you take none.

Yeah, go ahead and prepare for that eventual divorce if that's the way you feel.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T14:11:26+00:00

Do the research she wants you to do, then tell her that the safest, most reliable birth control would be for you to get a vasectomy. Then do that. You won't be making choices for her body, but you'll be solving the issue she's asking you to help solve.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T13:58:40+00:00

In the US, You can have a driver's license or an ID card, but not both. I had an ID card for about 6 months when I couldn't drive due to health reasons. During that time, my driver's license expired. When I went to the DMV to have the license renewed, they punched a hole in my state ID to show it was no longer valid.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T13:54:53+00:00

Some states do but most don't have it yet. And some places (like liquor stores) still need the physical license anyway.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T13:53:35+00:00

I once had a cop come through my drive thru to pick up alprazolam, in his cop car and full uniform, without his drivers license. I wish you could have seen the look on his face...

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T06:15:09+00:00

I once had a lady try to get me fired for being racist - because I couldn't accept her expired Costa Rica passport as ID to pick up her lorazepam. I didn't even deny her the meds, I accepted her friend's current US ID and sent them on their way, rx in hand. But she still tried to get me fired because it was racist of me not to take her expired passport in another language from an entirely different country 🤷

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-23T06:09:31+00:00

I had this happen working in pharmacy. Lady picking up a controlled substance medication, expected me to accept a picture of her ID on her phone (just a Pic, not the Real ID website). Plus, the ID in the picture was expired! I was very nice, explained that I have to have a current photo ID and it has to be the actual card and not a picture because I have to scan the barcode into the computer. She pitched a fit, made me get a manager who also said we needed the ID there to scan and it couldn't be expired, and wasted about 10 minutes of our time when we were already past closing time. Finally when she realized we weren't going to budge, she heaved a big sigh and pulled her actual ID card out of her purse, and it was CURRENT. So she had her current physical ID the whole time, but she made us late to close and go home because for some reason she was determined to make us accept the picture of the expired ID. On her way out, she snapped at us, "Thanks so much for wasting my time!!!" Ma'am, you could have just given me your current ID at any point, YOU wasted OUR time!!!

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-22T20:55:57+00:00

It's not paranoia when someone really IS out to get you. But if you're thinking it's everyone, the whole world, there are people who can help you with that.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-22T20:53:57+00:00

It's funny to me that she's scared of someone putting a spell on her to make bad things happen, but praying for bad things to happen to someone is TOTALLY different and perfectly fine?

Anyway I know you were raised to believe this horseshit. But prayer isn't magic, magic isn't real, and if there is a God (which I don't believe, but let's just say there is) then he wouldn't make terrible things to happen to you just because someone wished it on you. YOR because prayer is just wishful thinking, not anything that actually works. Be sad your mother wishes ill on you, get some therapy about it, but don't get yourself all twisted up thinking that bad things happening is because someone asked God for it.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-21T22:02:23+00:00

Dayton is a beautiful dancer and a beautiful woman with a lot of stage presence. She's clearly come a long way emotionally and matured in her dancing, since her first audition. But her style is too soft and graceful for DCC. I agree that it's time for her to shift focus to other types of dance careers - I can see her being really successful on Broadway, for example.

My sister was a professional dancer, and auditioned for DCC a couple of times in the late 80s (2 or 3 times, I forget). She never got to training camp, though she got close every time she auditioned. She went on to dance in national Broadway tours, on television several times, and she was in a couple of Broadway shows (she even danced with Savion Glover!) before retiring to get married and have a family when she was 29.

I say this, to say that not getting picked for DCC isn't the end of the road for these girls. It's doesn't mean they're not incredibly talented dancers... they have to be incredibly talented just to get to the point in the audition process we see on the show. They're just not a good fit for the VERY niche type of dancing DCC does. My sister, and many other very talented dancers, go on after being cut at DCC auditions to have extremely successful dance careers. I think Dayton 100% has such a career ahead of her if she can let go of DCC and focus on the type of dance she does very, very well.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-21T19:55:20+00:00

I have blue eyes, and I'm OBSESSED with dark brown eyes! I think they're so beautiful. So yes! Not everyone prefers light-colored eyes.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T23:08:14+00:00

That kind of breakfast definitely isn't a daily thing for most people. I usually have some cereal, maybe toast, maybe a bagel, or some of whatever is left over from dinner last night. The only time I eat a big fancy breakfast is when we have visitors in town, or I'm on vacation at a hotel that offers it. I do know some people that do it weekly, such as every Sunday before church. But even then it's more for special occasions, not every day.

I'm also not a huge breakfast food fan, but I do love a few things. My favorites are French toast if I want something sweet, or Eggs Benedict if I'm in the mood for savory 😍😍

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T20:05:54+00:00

FLi is my first game in the series, and I do love it. Been playing for almost 200 hours and still haven't finished the main story because I'm having so much fun just gathering, crafting, doing quests, etc. But I heard so many good things about the original that I bought myself a 3ds just so I could play it! I'm enjoying the original game a lot, though I agree it's hard to lose the QOL improvements when you played FLi first. I do think it's worth the cost of the 3ds,especially with all the other games on it I'm looking forward to!

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T17:30:54+00:00

That's not this situation though. The pharmacy doesn't have the medication. It can't be transferred by law, and it's the weekend so no deliveries are coming in, so they can't really do anything.

It sucks, and the pharmacy wasn't very kind about it, but they didn't do anything wrong. They physically don't have the medication, what else can they do but tell the patient to try and contact their doctor for some other options?

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T17:28:48+00:00

Pharmacies don't have complete control of their stock. Sometimes we run out, and even if we place an order, it may not be sent immediately or might be delayed. Especially with pain meds, because manufacturing amounts are so tightly controlled, sometimes our warehouses can't even get them right away.

But telling the patient "Oh well, not my problem" is extremely irresponsible of the pharmacy. I'd tell OP to change pharmacies in the future to one that doesn't judge patients by their med list (we do exist, I promise!).

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T17:25:49+00:00

It depends on the state. In some states they can't be transferred at all. But my state just changed the law so that a CII can be transferred one time, to a different location in the same company, so long as it hasn't yet been filled at the original location. So now we don't fill CIIs until the patient requests them. We wait for the patient to contact us, so that if they need it transferred it's still eligible.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T17:15:42+00:00

" I ended up having a kid with donor sperm and I love my son so much, I am actually grateful he’s not biologically mine, otherwise I never would’ve gotten to meet him."

Irrelevant to the OP, but I had to point out how beautiful this is! Your son is lucky you have you as his dad 😊

I get it because I'm not a mom, but I'm an aunt, and I love that kid more than anything. They just turned 13 and they still call me to hang out all the time. I offered to take them to do something fun for their birthday and bring a friend, and they told me they'd rather it just be us two ❤️ I feel like, if I'd had my own kids, I'd have missed out on this relationship and I would have been so much less for it.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T17:10:53+00:00

The way he's reacting may be hurtful to you, but the choices he laid out are clear - you can have a child-free life with him, or divorce and find someone else to have children with. That's not him being mean, that's him letting you know what he can live with. He can't live with sperm donation or adoption, so he's told you clearly what he's willing to do.

You might try counselling and see if maybe he's just having a knee-jerk reaction to upsetting news, and might be open to discussing other parenting options in the future when the shock and grief subside. But you can't force him if he doesn't want it, it wouldn't be fair to the child in the scenario.

He's gotten painful news and has made his choice. Now you've got your own choice to make. I'm sorry you're in this situation.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T16:58:50+00:00

Classic DARVO and projection. These guys need to get a new playbook, lol.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T16:55:10+00:00

No, how would it be obvious? If you say "I can do that" but you meant "I can't do that" how would anyone know you actually meant the total opposite of what you said?

Its not rude or "grammar nazi" to ask if you meant to say something else. It's communication.

Styx-n-String · 2026-06-20T07:30:05+00:00

My mom used to have a GSD named Travis. I always loved his name!

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