Thursday, December 22, 2011

It Came from India... in Pill Form

I just had confirmation from the Canadian pharmacy providing the generic Gleevec, and am waiting for an email from them with a form for the payment information etc.  Apparently once the amount is over $1,000 they require a written and signed form to be used rather than just have the information provided over the phone.

The pharm agent let me know the pills would be shipped from India which was a bit of a surprise.  Hopefully there won't be any significant delay getting these to me.  The site indicates a 3 - 5 week delay is typical for delivery.

Okay so I feel like making some crack about spicy pills, or curried cancer proteins (they're the best!), but I will refrain since my only viable (and most welcome) option is coming from a country I've wanted to visit for a long time.  And I suppose it would be best to have a self imposed moment of restraint for... wait for it... good karma :).

Who knows... if congress decides I can't order these anymore to protect an overdue patent in the states, I'll just have to figure a way to fly overseas to pick it up.  Of course, I would guess a trip to Canada might be more feasible, but I might as well imagine it... I wonder if there is a slow boat or merchant marine option to get to India and back?

----Mid Blog compositional update---

I've just received and filled out the form.  I had to take a photo and save it in photoshop as a pdf since I don't have a scanner, or fax machine at home.  Hopefully they won't have any issue with me sending the information in this manner.  It's a digital reproduction of my signature no matter how they get it, so it should be fine.

Homemade Pizza Sauce tip... never start your base red sauce using tomato paste... It's WAY too thick and flavor-wise overpowering, and takes too much liquid to smooth into something resembling what you want to use.  Crush up some tomatoes and start from there.  Just sayin'.  And I have to say thank you to the My Drunk Kitchen girl for making the last couple of weeks fun (a very funny video blog with the occasional nsfw vocabulary).

My best wishes to everyone, and as it's the end of the year allow me to wish you a (pick one... and only one... no greedy holiday grabbers...):

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happi Tenno tanjobi, Happy Kwanzaa, and for the rest of ya'll Happy Festivus!






3 comments:

  1. Hey, man, check out this recipe for raw marinara sauce. BAD ASS. The best I've had. I'm sure you could heat it too if you wanted.

    1 ripe tomato chopped (approx 1/2 cup)
    1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked or oil packed
    1/2 red bell pepper, chopped (approx 1/2 cup)
    2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    1 tbs minced fresh basil
    1 tsp dried oregano
    1/2 tsp crushed garlic (1 clove)
    1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp sea salt
    Dash black pepper
    Dash cayenne

    just process the hell out of it and you're golden. You may need to scrape the sides down a few times and re-process, and don't forget to soak the sun dried tomatoes so you can chop 'em.

    -Cameron

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  2. Yum, Cameron! Y U NO SHARE WITH THE REST OF US, I gotta find out on Doss' blog??

    Good to see you the other day, Doss! Really good! Much love to you and I look forward to reading on the continued progress and your recovery. Sending healing vibes to you with smiles and hugs and weird Asian things, like this game:

    http://singularityhub.com/2011/01/05/controlling-video-games-with-your-pee-sega-brings-awkward-fun-to-the-restroom/

    As a girl, I am pretty jealous right now.

    Love,
    Jen

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  3. Love that! Of course boys will now have an excuse to miss...

    And it was good to see you too Jen :)

    I'm anxiously awaiting my faux Gleevec...

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