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Having a child when I didn't know....

163 replies

sirmione16 · 20/10/2018 21:20

... how repeat prescriptions work? I had to ring my mum the other day and ask. I was far too embarrassed to admit to the receptionist and be overheard by everyone in the waiting room. I'm mid twenties with a fiancé mortgage and pregnant. I just feel I should know these things! 

I'm also the user who posted whether to heat leftover spag Bol before making a lasagne or not.

Please someone tell me it's not just me with these issues?! Tell me the most trivial thing you've rang your mum for as an adult!

OP posts:
skyesayshi · 21/10/2018 01:43

Our surgery does it like this.

Anything you need every 28 days, when you collect this month, you order next month, and the pharmacy gives you a collection date for it in 28 days time. A regular repeat.

I also have irregular repeats, that I order when required and it’s ready within a few days.

So two different types.

SeaToSki · 21/10/2018 01:43

I call my Mum regularly for advice on what to cook and which receipes she uses. I call her to vent about my DH as I dont like to do that with my friends as we are all in a social group together. I hope to never grow out of needing her, although I know I will loose her some day soon.... sniff.....

ChanklyBore · 21/10/2018 01:44

This is a shite thread to read when you don’t have any parents. Like an alternate universe where there is some kind of magical parental helpline you can call without judgement. I have no idea what that would be like.

OP I had my first repeat prescription a few months ago. I asked the receptionist at the doctors. She told me how to proceed. It didn’t occur to me to be embarrassed.

TOADfan · 21/10/2018 01:44

Sorry reading back my last post it wasn't supposed to come of as rude or ignorant just surprise at how different it is over the UK.

TOADfan · 21/10/2018 01:46

As an aside I just moved out of my mums so I'm calling everyday atm it is because the tumble dryer didn't dry my clothes and our heating is on but we can't get hot water.

She has been no help though 😂

Aquamarine1029 · 21/10/2018 04:37

I despair.

hodgeheg92 · 21/10/2018 04:44

Wait till you have the baby OP - you'll be calling your mum for advice several times a day week! I know I do.

captainpantbeard · 21/10/2018 06:31

I don’t know if you should reheat the bolognese OP - I’m 46 and have only just started making lasagne! (I’m going to reheat it just in case)

Minesril · 21/10/2018 07:07

I'm amazed that people have enough bolognaise left over to make lasagne!

GirlFliesHome · 21/10/2018 07:08

I'm 48 and a solicitor and I did not know how Premium Bonds work. (I'm still not sure to be honest).

(To be fair to myself.... sort of..... I am not from the Uk originally, although I have lived here for 20 years) Blush

babswindsor · 21/10/2018 07:09

Is it the same process for all GP surgeries when requesting repeat prescriptions? I would be surprised if it were. Nope, I don't really know how they work, either and I am a granny :) Actually there's loads of things that I don't understand, like Capitalism.

Cookit · 21/10/2018 07:10

I don’t know how they work. I’m mid thirties with a 2 year old and one on the way. I’m not sure I need to know do I?

GinisLife · 21/10/2018 07:10

I'm 58 and even though I use it I still don't really understand fully how repeat prescriptions work. I rely on the pharmacy to order the prescription and hope it's there when I run out of tablets 😂

babswindsor · 21/10/2018 07:11

I don't understand my pension scheme either, even though I got the woman to explain it slowly, twice. I was so ashamed at the end that I made out that I did understand. I bet she knew, secretly, that I still didn't understand.

PerfectlyPosed · 21/10/2018 07:12

I recently rang my mum from the curtain shop to get advice on the new curtains I was buying for our living room. I opened the call with "I'm just doing the most grown up thing I've ever done". She reminded me that I'm in my 30s, have a mortgage and am pregnant with my second child.

GreenFieldsofFrance · 21/10/2018 07:16

Funnily enough, i'm a reasonably intelligent 40 year old with 3dcs, house, job etc and i'm on a repeat prescription and every 2 months when i'm running out (like right now) my mind just cannot and will not accept how the system works. I'm already trying to work out how to word my request to the receptionist when i ring this week!

speakout · 21/10/2018 07:16

I have no idea how repeat prescriptions work.

My mother is as much use as a chocolate teapot.
I would never ask her to help to do anything.

GirlFliesHome · 21/10/2018 07:17

Repeat presriptions at my GP surgery work like this;

  1. Fillout form at reception
  2. Pop into repeat prescription box
  3. 2 days later go to Pharmacy and they say 'Oh tere is a note on it for you to call your GP'
  4. I call GP and GP says 'you need your blood pressure checked before I can reissue'.
  5. I say 'Great, can I make an appointment'
  6. 'Sorry- we don't make appointments in advance anymore you have to ring up on the day and take your chances'.
  7. Me- 'Well, I need an idea because I need to take annual leave or make sure it is not a day I am in court'.
8 GP [sighs with irritation] Okay, I will fill it out this time but next time you need to come in'.

And repeat next time.

MicroManaged · 21/10/2018 07:17

I can’t even get my head around phoning a parent (or anyone) to ask simple cooking questions or mundane things about every day life.

Maybe 25 years ago you would but now? Does no one have the internet? Seriously baffles me.

Rather than hoping my dc follow suit and ‘need me’ for such things, I hope to bring them up with enough independence to google how to scramble an egg rather than call me!

callymarch · 21/10/2018 07:18

I'm 52 and still ask my mum how to do stuff.

AjasLipstick · 21/10/2018 07:20

If you're not someone who has a chronic condition, then why should you know? Unless you're a carer or something!

I don't know how repeat prescriptions work either! I'm 46!

speakout · 21/10/2018 07:21

I'm 52 and still ask my mum how to do stuff

Really?

I have never asked my mother how to do stuff since I was 16- I am now 56.

I can't imagine doing that.

What do you need to ask?

GirlFliesHome · 21/10/2018 07:23

why do you need to ask?

well, maybe you have a good relationship with your mother, talk to them alot and know they know how to do something. Plus maybe it is a normal human interaction to ask someone something or consult with people you care about. Otherwise everyone would just use google and would never ask for advice from anyone at all!

babswindsor · 21/10/2018 07:24

There's nothing wrong with asking your mum how to do things, I don't know why some people seem affronted.

HopeGarden · 21/10/2018 07:26

I’m a lot older than you OP, and I have no idea how repeat prescriptions work. I’ve never needed one.

One good thing about getting older is that I’m less embarrassed about admitting gaps in my knowledge and experience. So I’m generally fine about things like asking a GP receptionist or pharmacist to explain how repeat prescriptions work.

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