A visit to the pharmacy pt. II

This visit to the pharmacy went much better. I passed several pharmacies in the center of town before finding one that looked promising. In other words it was filled with women. In fact it was filled with only women, the clients as well as cashiers, about 15 people loitering around discussing their problems with a caring femme manning every register. A Wiccan pharmacy perhaps? A good sign.

My instincts were right because the owner was a woman, and she seemed very interested in helping me discover an herbal formula for ttc. I wrote down several herbs in english on a paper; yam root, red clover and red rasberry leaf, and she told me she would research it over the weekend, translate it if possible and that I should return on Monday for her results. Wow.

I've never had such help in my normal pharmacy around the corner. So, I'd say I have a new pharmacy now! I'm not sure why but for some reason here in France you stay loyal to one pharmacy and that's that. It's the same for the boulangeries, butchers and flourists. I however have no qualms about leaving my farty, old pharmacy where they keep asking me for my coordinates, even though I've spent more time in there than in my own bathroom at home. And when I tell them "I'm in the computer, or at least I should be by now!" they always say, "maybe it's because you are étranger," Which is all very ridiculous. They simply never bothered to reserve me in their system because hearing my accent they automatically deleted me from their files thinking I'm a tourist. It took two IVFs to get my name in their system! That's about 10,000 euros worth of fertility drugs, bastards! They've made a fortune off of me. And besides they always rush me out when I'm there. I really have no qualms about leaving them behind for "La Pharmacie des Femmes".

In other news I got some folic acid, B6 and 100 mg of baby aspirin. I still haven't quit caffine in the morning. It's more of a vice than I thought it was. At least I have something to blame if this cycle doesn't work.