Bled Tanoe, PharmD

11/24/2024

Hi Phriends.
One of my amazing interns is looking for someone to sponsor her for Midyear in December. She is a hard worker intern who has been working to pay her way through despite her busy rotations. It will be great to send her there, as she is getting ready for this next phase of her life. 🙂

11/22/2024

Wanted to share this resource from American Pharmacists Association . It is a monthly support group where you can attend and share your stories and trained professionals are available to help you navigate the trials . I attended one of those while at and it was really insightful.

APhA is the leading advocate for the pharmacy profession and a driving force in creating opportunities for pharmacists to play a key role in integrated patient care, and ensuring the profession is recognized as essential in optimal medication use.

11/22/2024

Today ,
I skipped my workout.
I left my house a complete mess after getting my kids ready for school and MDO.
And I took myself out to read and enjoy coffee and not think about the responsibilities waiting for me.

It was hard to take myself out of my Fridays routine which involves cleaning my house and laundry and meal prepping.

But I remember one thing that my trainer said: health is not just physical… it is emotional and mental. Health is knowing when your body can’t handle another workout . Health is resting.

And knowing myself, be at home would eventually lead to cleaning and working out.

So today, for the next 3 hours… this is where I am. Reading and nothing else.

As a mom, a wife , an anything… it feels selfish to not be out there , doing something for someone.

But Bled can’t be Bled to anyone if she is not Bled to herself.

So make sure you take care of yourself so that you can take care of people who need you. And as Pharmacists, Technicians and Students, we are so needed.

And as someone who loves to pour into others, pouring into myself has become necessary as time goes on.

So on to crying for the next three hours because I always choose the saddest books to read in public. 😂😂

Happy Friday.

11/21/2024

Thank you Lannie Duong for putting this together!

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Anyone/everyone can sign, so please join us in advocating for our patients, our pharmacy colleagues, and our communities, and share widely among your pharmacy AND non-pharmacy circles. And get your patients and customers to sign!

Thanks to Benjamin Jolley and Jeremy Counts for your input and collaboration!

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11/20/2024

The most special event for the most special boy:While I am known as a pharmacy trouble maker, I am also a mom to two beautiful tiny humans, one of them is special needs. My son Daveed since I could remember has been fascinated with basketball games. He loves them.Recently, he was able to attend his first game with his dad and it was in heaven. Scientifically, it is hard to understand how much he knew of what was happening.But as someone who holds space for both the physical and the spiritual, I believe that he knew exactly what where he was and what was happening. The joy on his face was all I needed to know that he would remember this for the rest of his life.And this mom, is quite content. Oklahoma City Thunder

11/19/2024

Bled, I thought you were pro pharmacy associations? Why are you promoting unions?

Wrong: I am not pro pharmacy associations or pro unions.

I am pro pharmacy professionals choosing whatever means they want to get their voices heard and to see that their patients are safe. And if that’s with associations , you can expect me to be there celebrating.

If that’s with pharmacy professionals choosing to unionize because they believe that’s the right path for them, again, you can expect me to be there, celebrating.

I am pro pharmacy professionals standing up for themselves and having a strong and protective backing behind them.

And lately, Pharmacy Guild has been that backing for many. Is it perfect? Nope. But it is making its stand as clear as it can be without being afraid of those who are trying to hard to destabilize our profession.
So here we go…welcome to the Pharmily.

11/15/2024

It has been fun, been on the list three years in a row. And while I am super grateful and honored, it is getting old yall. Please do NOT nominate me and no, this is not reversed psychology. I will literally refuse those nominations. 😂😂

We need some new blood and we need to find the underdogs who are doing amazing things for our profession.

So let’s flush them out and put them on this amazing list of leaders. They deserve to be out there and to be acknowledged for all their work.

Drop names in the comments.

http://www.Pharmacy50.us


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11/14/2024

Amazing work by Dr. Maurice Shaw and the PINW team in CA for collecting the data. Thank you More Perfect Union for shedding light on those issues. RxcomedyLannie Duong

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11/13/2024

Welcome to the Pharmily!

11/12/2024

I hate when he is right 😂😂😂😂

11/07/2024

NABP.

I am particularly excited to see this as this has been a subject of discussion between myself and NABP as many states including Oklahoma have yet to survey their pharmacy professionals.

Please take to help us gather those data. I know you might feel like… “ oh God, another survey”.

But many states have enacted changes based on those data.

Thank you so much Phriends and please share with your network.

https://wiscpharmacy.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0H5Ckos5LR5P0Wi

11/06/2024

I try my very best to keep politics out of my social media, especially my professional platforms . It does not mean that I don’t speak out when I need to.

But I am going to leave this today as a reminder. Be kind. Be mindful. Be compassionate. Be never forgotten the people who have made your life amazing in the past years.

“ It is post Election Day and that means a lot of feelings and I mean a lot of feelings.
I have already seen posts which make my heart hurts both in sadness and in anger.

But please hear me when I say this… do not antagonize people because who won or did not win. The people who are going to be there for you in the next four years of your life might be the very people whose posts are hurting you.

Let it wash over you and move on. Get off social media if needed.
Read a book. Or do whatever.

But do not let today’s emotions ruin relationships you have worked so hard to build.

Celebrate; grieve; process … whatever.

But remember to hold dear and into consideration the people who stood up for you and again and again…

As someone who has lost a beautiful friendship over politics over my own doing and that person doing; as someone who has felt like relationships with people who are so dear to me has somehow shifted because I have been too hasty to be angry or because they did not realize what it meant to be me… in this country… I have known the pain of what politics does to people and I will never play this game again.

Don’t let today be the ruin of you.”

11/05/2024

It has been one year since . We did not know where it would lead us. There was no behind agenda but to make sure that the nation was aware of what was happening behind the counter.

I remember those three days. Running through exhaustion, trying to do life with family, working, taking care of myself and scheduling interviews. And meanwhile, accepting the scrutiny of people within our profession. Perhaps that was the hardest part. I respected people choice. Choosing to go to work or stay home or whatever. No one was forced into anything.

But what was very insulting was the names calling and the characters insults and people using their social media to singularly attack me or others.

But we made it through with our dignity intact and the reminder that if those who were attacking us could have done anything better, they would have. So they became noises to me… voices which meant absolutely nothing. Yep, I said what I said.

And a year after , here we are. Continuing to support Pharmacists, Technicians and Pharmacy Students on how they want to be represented either through associations or unions. Myself, Shane Jerominski , Lannie Duong, PharmD and Dr. Maurice Shaw have never once said that there is no power in associations or that pharmacy professionals should not join associations. In fact, we have worked so very hard to keep a line of communication and work with many associations. Some who have accepted us. Others who have deemed as “ rebels “ and truly, we are tired to try to prove ourselves to anyone or try to get a seat at a table and right now, we no longer care. We will continue to honor associations and their work and lock arms with associations that want to work together. But we will not be beggars for crumbs.

And we will continue to advocate for unions as much as we advocate for association memberships.

And with that, We are so excited to welcome our first Indiana group! Welcome to the Pharmily!

11/04/2024

***Time sensitive actions for our Phriends in CA*** please see details below.

Template email:
Hello Esteemed Board, [my name is ___________ and my comments are my own and NOT on behalf of an employer.] I am a [practicing] pharmacist/technician [at a chain/community pharmacy]. While I support the intention to better reflect and expand our clinical role within our scope of practice, I do not support the proposed text changes WITHOUT addressing the current staffing crisis in community pharmacies across our state. [Add personal experiences of unsafe understaffing or patient safety issues if you’d like.] We want to continue to be one of the most trusted professionals and the easiest to access healthcare for our communities, and to do that we want our clinical programs to have every chance to succeed. This begins with safe staffing to optimize healthcare services for patients without sacrificing patient and public safety. Thank you for your time.

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11/01/2024

Hey Pharmily

Just checking in. I know it has been a bit.

I want to reassure everyone that there is absolutely nothing wrong with my health. Moreover, I have not been beaten down by the negative feedbacks.

I am just realizing that many things are out of my control and trying to fight against the reality of things will only hurt this cause more than anything. Plus I am taking a big journey on self care for me as I have been on over dive the last three years. As much as I preach self preservation for our professionals, I also need to heed my own advice.

Thank you to all the associations right now who are working on their legislative agenda for next year and are making working conditions a priority. Thank you for allowing the voice of all your pharmacists and technicians and pharmacy students to be heard.

And thank you for being willing to come to the table.

And it is a great honor to advocate for our wonderful caregivers.

10/23/2024

“ She made so much money from and Pharmacy Guild”:

It has been circulating around that my involvement with and now the pharmacy guild has led to a streamlined income.

While I would not deny that I have had amazing opportunities in terms of paid speaking engagements or covered traveling expenses and free food ( don’t forget that please), I am not smart enough to figure out how to get rich on posting posts with poor grammar and multiple typos.

So when anyone figures out I can make money, please let me know. Lol.

But truly, I have said this again and again that this is not a business. There is nothing I am bringing to the table that is worth asking people to pay me every month. And this is not to “ diminish “ my worth. My healed self esteem won’t allow myself to think that way.

Simply, I have yet to reconcile money with the pleasure and the honor to use my voice to advocate without feeling conflicted. I have not arrived to a peaceful resolution where I know that none of my actions would be money driven.

So still here… clocking my employer hours and going home and eating ice because apparently groceries come from Venus now. 😂😂

10/22/2024

I really can’t believe that I had the honor of doing this. It was such a fun experience.

Thank you George Zorich and ASHP for the opportunity.

There are so many amazing contributors!
Grab your copy!

You won’t be disappointed.

10/19/2024

We should not need this!

People should know how to treat people decently.

But I have found that when you expect so much out of people, you will always be disappointed.

So yes, set your standards so low that even a toddler can reach them.

And my favorite part about this sign is that they have “ humanized “ their employees…reminding others that they are people loved ones , instead of warm bodies behind the counter.

I have to give Walgreens a big kudos for this.

Truly, it is good.