Chronic Pain

I'm a chronic pain sufferer from FM & Chronic Spinal Pain.
My energy reserve is very important to me, as I'm certain it is with other chronic pain sufferers.
I began a new way of shopping for my groceries and had an idea to share it with others.
I shop at safeway here in the Pacific NW, but had wondered how I could help others in the US find their nearest store that delivers groceries for them.
I don't know what stores in your area charge for deliver, but I do know that I was plesantly pleased to find out that my own delivery fee was under $10 dollars. WOW! The experience on the internet and doing my shopping was a incredibly easy and plesant venture.
Shopping has become an incredibly pain filled experience for me and I try to avoid it with at all cost, as it not only completely drains me of all my precious energy and drives my pain to uncontrollable levels, it also can cause a pain flare to prolong and last for several days after the shopping trip.
My husband has taken over our own personal shopping a couple of years ago, but I'm also in a cargiving relationship with my very dear 92 yr old woman friend, I try and help her out around her home with lite household tasks, she pays outside people to do the heavier yardwork and cleaning windows, etc. I maily just make all her apts, make sure she gets there, order and take care of laying out her meds, an occasional load of clothes and just be a companion for her.
She recently announced that she was no longer going to drive or shop, as it's difficult for her to see and it's also difficult with her RA to walk around a grocery store that she can barely see the items on the shelf to begin with.
(I was very happy that she has chosen on her own not to drive, as I had been after her for a long time)
So I told her that I was going to figure out a way that she and I could get her shopping done without it causing any further pain or frustration for either of us.
So I signed her up for deliver service with our local large grocery chain, I make a list and then when I get home, I order it on my PC, ask for the exact deliver time that I am going to be at her home to begin with and wala, the groceries get delivered while I'm there and all I have to do is put them away.
It is such a simple process, the stores web-site is set up for very user friendly ordering with pictures of every thing you add to your cart and all you have to do is give them your debit card one time and they use the same card each time, it's just taken a great deal of time and painful effort out of the plan.

I went ahead and googled for grocery stores all over the us that deliver to try and make is easier for others to find a store near by your own homes that deliver.
http://www.local.com/default.aspx?keyword=grocery+deliv...eo248CFRQhYQodYUQH3Q

All you have to do is type in your location and you will get a list of grocers nearest you who deliver.
I hope this convient shopping helps someone else as much as it's helped me.

Betty

thanks for this info. I did not know it could be so reasonable.

A trip to the store with my kids ruins the next two days physically.

I figured it was more expensive.

-nev

Nev

Your very welcome. I cannot even do my own shopping and was also doing my elderly friends partial shopping. I to have to suffer for day after a shopping trip just going on a short one too. So your issues are very similar to others too. I was shocked to find out the delivery fee was so inexpensive. I don't know if it changes in different areas or not, but it's worth a try anyway. They bring your groceries all in and set everything like heavy sacks of dog food or canned goods exactly where you ask them too. You just have to stand in the kitchen and put things in the cupboards. Just a wonderful service and it's so easy to fill out an order on the internet. You can shop by isle or by your past order and alter it accordingly or there are other ways you can do it too. You can see exact pictues of the products, so you know exactly what brand you are getting. you set your own delivery times, you still get your instore savings for members like at Safeway and someother stores too. Just really nice idea.

Take care and glad to see you around.
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