More than an Alanis Morisette title...

How's this for ironic? So I take Allegra 180 each day to keep my allergies at bay. I don't have horrible allergies, but enough of a reaction to certain things that if left to its own devices, and fed by the viruses my young kids bring home from school, will develop into a sinus infection, bronchitis and other delightful respiratory ailments. Between the Allegra and use of a Neti Pot( ancient Yoga nasal saline irrigation- I know, TMI) I have managed to avoid having anything serious enough to send me to the doctor in the past 9 months or so. My Allegra prescription ran out last month. I called the dr. this morning to get a new prescription and guess what? I can't get a new script because I haven't seen the doctor in over 6 months. Here's the irony: I haven't had to see the doctor because the medicine works and does what it should. I can't get more without seeing the doctor- for a regular appointment when I don't need one.

When George called in with this weird dizzy spells he was having last month, he couldn't get an appointment. Yet, the receptionist was ready to schedule me anytime for an appointment to say hello to my doctor. I mean, I'm sure the doctor has plenty of truly sick people to see- does he really need to take the 10 minutes out of his schedule (which will translate to a minimum of 30 minutes for me) to make sure I'm healthy? I get that there are drugs which need to be monitored- things that affect your liver, or possible addictive drugs, or ones that interact with other drugs or affect your blood pressure. I get it- its just that Allegra is not one of those. In fact, I suspect it will be over the counter in the next few months. Which is why I will just wait and muddle through and pray I don't get sick during springtime bloom out, just to avoid an unneccesary $150 doctor's appointment so I can get my $7 preventative prescription. An ounce of prevention is evidentally not as profitable for the doctor- he wants you to pay him for the pound of cure. Yippee.