Today we went to breakfast as usual. When we got back to the apartment Chris began to have chest pains. He found some of the Nitroglycerin patches to put on his chest. they all were out-dated, the latest ones had the expiration date of Aug. 09. I helped him put one on, but it didn't stop the pain. I put on another one of the same date, and that seemed to slow down the pain, and it eventually stopped. I took the remaining patches downstairs, to find the nurse in this building. I spoke to one of the directors who told me the patches wor still good for a while longer than the expiration date, but she directed the nurse to come up to the apartment. By then the pain had gone, and she and I and Chris decided that I should call Kaiser and get new patches. And, most important to us, the nurse said their nursing home isn't connected to Kaiser. We had been led to believe that it was; that was one reason we came here to live. We will have to find out for sure. The pharmacy called back to say the prescription was filled. I was wondering if I should leave Chris to go get it, when Karen called and said she was coming to Carlsbad. I asked her to pick it up, an she did, and bought it here. Chris has been OK, so we didn't have to use it, but it is here when we do.