Asked for picture of me holding up today's paper!

[Thisistotallygrim]

Has this happened to anyone else? Medexpress won't prescribe my Mounjaro (which I've been on for 6 months) unless I send a pic of me holding a paper with todays date. How ridiculous is that?

So I have to buy a paper which I've never done, send a pic of myself holding it, which means I need someone else to take the picture, and after doing that how on earth can they see the newspaper date if the pic needs to be a full body?

I'm wondering if anyone else has done this?
Thinking of jumping ship with Medexpress as they are very slow and now asked me to do this.

@IzzyHandsIsMySpiritAnimal

You could write any date on a piece of paper. You could write the previous week's date, take a photo and claim you didn't get anything. A printed newspaper is much more concrete evidence as it can be validated
You don't seem to quite be getting it.
If you are not overweight then you can't just send an old photo of when you were as the old photo won't have today's date on it.
People don't have random photos going back through the years of themselves holding up bits of paper that you could edit. .

If you are holding a piece of paper with todays date on it then it's going to be taken today as no one would have bizarrely taken a photo with todays date on it 5 years ago when they were bigger

What???? Do you accuse people of doing crazy shit to get other medication or is it just weight loss injections that cause you this much mind wrangling?

Just going on the shit that's been posted on here to bypass the rules maybe..

You've heard of AI I assume, sounds like child's play for that

In fact it could probably do the newspaper thing as well now I come to think of it

I take the shit stirring bollocks that people post here with a bucket of salt. It's always a friend who they just know is lying to get the jabs.

@B1indEye
If someone is going to use AI then it's all moot as they'll just make themselves large and take the photo

@DarkForces
Woah. Why so hostile. People are talking about how fallible the system is and you've gone all hysterical

I'm pretty sure someone could easily visually add 10kg if they wanted to. I doubt it's very hard.

I'm on the drugs and know the system perfectly well. And I'm not the one using misogynistic slurs.

Well, this thread has been an entertaining read. Who knew Medexpress had introduced FBI-level criteria for proof of life?

@tipsandtoes ok, I'm sure you're right and it's as easy as shopping at Sainsburys to get prescription only medication. I have no idea how I'd put 10kg of weight on my body whilst wearing figure hugging clothing, in a way that it would actually look like body fat. But perhaps I have no imagination, and not enough smarts to defraud a pharmacy. Thankfully I had, and still have, 10kg of my own fat so no need to try this.

You're right, so the OP doesn't need to leave the house, she just needs to up her AI game 😂

@DarkForces

I'm on the drugs and know the system perfectly well. And I'm not the one using misogynistic slurs.
Where is the misogynistic slur? 🫤
I'm all for the medication. I think it's great that it's available for those who struggle.

I'm simply joining the part of the conversation talking about how the online procedures are so fallible. I didn't start that aspect of the conversation. Why are you policing it?

Maybe the education is making you hostile as I really have no idea why you've taken such exception to my contributions to this thread as they are in line with lots of others who are also saying how flawed some of the requirements of proof are. This is no criticism of anyone on here. Just a commentary on how ineffectual some requests are. .

I'm 50 and have been buying newspapers since I was 17. Now I mostly read online but I love to get the weekend newspapers in paper version. It's also great for air travel etc. Or if I'm abroad, I love to get the local/national newspapers of where I'm visiting to get a feel for the place. I am also a strong believer in the need to support good old fashioned newspaper based journalism so in addition to my online subscriptions (NYT, Irish Times, Guardian) I like to buy newspapers occasionally too. I accept I am a bit of a news junkie but to never have bought a newspaper seems incredible to me.

I’m still waiting to find out if the OP ever found out it was just a piece of paper with the date on…

@Thisistotallygrim what did you do ? Take a selfie with the date on paper (normal) or buy a newspaper

they prob want to check as if been on it for 6mths they assume you have lost 2/4st if not make