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<blockquote data-quote="rochari" data-source="post: 2289454" data-attributes="member: 68255"><p>Due to a work commitment, I spent a year on a small and quite remote Greek island close to 20 years ago. I’d visited a good few times before that and knew there was only one very, very small pharmacy which doubled up as a food and furniture store!</p><p></p><p>On the short visit before the secondment began I took with me a list of my insulins, injecting pens, needles etc. At that time I was using, I think, the Hypoguard Blood Testing machine and thought getting strips for that would be a problem so had already changed over to an Accu-check (or similar) before the move. The reply from the pharmacist after looking down the items was 'no problem' but I had my doubts although I shouldn't have.</p><p></p><p>Not once did they let me down. I had to pay for all items but feel sure I claimed some of the cost back under the E111 scheme when I eventually came home. My memory is a bit hazy about that though.</p><p></p><p>What I do remember with fondness though is sometimes, after buying some of my medication, one of the staff would arrive at my door days later to let me know only one replacement item had been delivered to them from the mainland. I was always assured more would be coming on another ferry within the week and thankfully, it always did.</p><p></p><p>I remember once going into the little pharmacy just as a hypo began. I asked if they could quickly find me some sugar and water. No, was the response it was honey I needed. I asked again for sugar and water as I’d begun to feel that horrible jerkiness beginning but they were not having it. They sat me down, pushed my head gently back and administered what felt like half a jar of the golden liquid. The pharmacist waited patiently then after seeing I was OK put his overalls back on and strolled outside to continue working on his little truck.</p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rochari, post: 2289454, member: 68255"] Due to a work commitment, I spent a year on a small and quite remote Greek island close to 20 years ago. I’d visited a good few times before that and knew there was only one very, very small pharmacy which doubled up as a food and furniture store! On the short visit before the secondment began I took with me a list of my insulins, injecting pens, needles etc. At that time I was using, I think, the Hypoguard Blood Testing machine and thought getting strips for that would be a problem so had already changed over to an Accu-check (or similar) before the move. The reply from the pharmacist after looking down the items was 'no problem' but I had my doubts although I shouldn't have. Not once did they let me down. I had to pay for all items but feel sure I claimed some of the cost back under the E111 scheme when I eventually came home. My memory is a bit hazy about that though. What I do remember with fondness though is sometimes, after buying some of my medication, one of the staff would arrive at my door days later to let me know only one replacement item had been delivered to them from the mainland. I was always assured more would be coming on another ferry within the week and thankfully, it always did. I remember once going into the little pharmacy just as a hypo began. I asked if they could quickly find me some sugar and water. No, was the response it was honey I needed. I asked again for sugar and water as I’d begun to feel that horrible jerkiness beginning but they were not having it. They sat me down, pushed my head gently back and administered what felt like half a jar of the golden liquid. The pharmacist waited patiently then after seeing I was OK put his overalls back on and strolled outside to continue working on his little truck. Bill [/QUOTE]
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