56 lbs down here so the milestone stuff resonates. I'm also UK and what finally calmed the panic was starting the hunt with two doses left in the pen -- ringing a couple of places early in the week instead of waiting on my usual one has worked every time so far.
[UK] UK supply update this week
65 is huge, well done. I'm in the same boat with the week-to-week unpredictability -- what's helped me is setting a calendar reminder for when I hit my last dose so I never let it slide, and I've had better luck with smaller independent pharmacies than the big chains. The uncertainty is honestly the worst part of an otherwise great experience.
Supply consistency and transparent product documentation are always important when evaluating suppliers. We work directly with factory production, so these are things we value as well.
28 lbs in for me so nowhere near your milestone, but the UK supply juggling is real. I started calling independents on a Monday morning with one dose to spare and that's worked three months running, even when my usual place came up empty.
45 lbs down here and the refill timing thing used to keep me up at night too. Calling independents early in the week like you mentioned has been my lifeline as well -- I also started asking them to note my usual strength so the conversation takes two minutes when stock lands. Congrats on 65, that's the kind of number I look at when the anxiety kicks in.
Early-week calls seem to be the consensus here. I'm only 9 lbs in so still building my routine, but I rang two independents last Monday and one had stock with no fuss -- going to keep that as my standing slot rather than leaving it to chance.
Congrats on 65, that's a serious stretch of consistency. I'm about 33 lbs down and the week-to-week guessing was wearing me down too -- I moved my refill calls to the first Monday of the month and set a phone reminder so it happens even when work gets chaotic. Having a standing slot like that has taken most of the dread out of it for me.