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Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper
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DD2 had a gradually worsening eyes all week which we put down to hayfever. On Friday she took part in some district sports sitting on the playing field all day and by the end her eyes looked terrible, weeping gunk and red and swollen all round. Chemist said she thought infection and offered a course of antibiotic eye drops (starting with drops every two hours for 2 days) or the option to try broline eye drops first (drops every 4-6 hours) and go on to antibiotic if no improvement for 24 hours. We went for the later and within 24 hours it had cleared up completely
We could have gone down the GP route but felt it was something the pharmacist should have been able to sort out - however it did mean we had to pay for the drops rather than getting them free, apparently the pharmacist dispensing minor ailment prescriptions scheme doesn't apply in Herts.
In more prescription cost news, apparently salary sacrificing + personal contributioning all our income to pension means we qualify for free prescriptions, apparently for this there is no capital restriction. No need to even claim it, we got sent the exemption cards automatically - I feel guilty about claiming this.
Why feel guilty. The government uses the tax and benefits system to try to make us behave in the ways that it wants us to - no need to feel guilty about playing the government's game...0 -
In more prescription cost news, apparently salary sacrificing + personal contributioning all our income to pension means we qualify for free prescriptions, apparently for this there is no capital restriction. No need to even claim it, we got sent the exemption cards automatically - I feel guilty about claiming this.
No need to feel guilty, though if you felt that guilty you wouldn't claim it.
On the other hand, students in receipt of student loans are not eligible for free prescriptions!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Sorry about mauve squeaker.
Hope all's well in the end.
They didn't deserve you Jelly .... it's the only reason.
Didn't read all the bird stuff .... I know very little about birds except they're usually brown or black, but no matter which of those choices ... they still poo on the patio
Congrats on 44 years.... blimey. Must be a record on the NP thread.0 -
Lots of love pastures0
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Thinking of you PN xMortgage-free for fourteen years!
Over £40,000 mis-sold PPI reclaimed0 -
Thinking of you Pastures.“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0
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lostinrates wrote: »Lots of love pastures
From me too xx0 -
And me xxxI'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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……and me x0
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and more love from me.0
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