Memphis here so no UK insight, but I've been timing my refills off the pharmacy's own restock day rather than waiting on a text. Has your chemist got any pattern to when the pens land?

My stall ran almost two months before anything moved, and it was a pair of jeans that tipped me off first, not the scale. You are at 23 down at month five, so the trend is still going your way.

Memphis here so no PBS angle for me, but my pharmacy does the same standing hold and it saved me a scramble last month. Do you know if the hold works when you switch pharmacies?

What gets me is when someone mentions the batch or lot number without being asked. That tiny detail tells me they actually had the box in their hands