I've been trying to get more phenergan (for nausea caused by chronic sinusitis) since November with little success, but I finally scored! Apparently the trick was to get him to call, since I continually got the run-around trying to get an appointment myself. (I'll post a comment about that if anyone's interested, otherwise it's boring and mildly whiny.) We also went during walk-in hours, which was surprisingly fast. The killer was the wait after my initial vitals for a PA, which was nearly 45 minutes, but once she got to me I was in like Flynn. (:
I now have a two-week course of Levaquin (I'm buying an acidophilus supplement tomorrow), and a month's worth (plus three refills each) of Allegra-D and Flonase. I have to wait for phenergan because they're out of the tablets right now at the clinic pharmacy (could have gotten suppositories), but the real coup is that I might finally get the ENT referral I've been trying to get for ages.
Now I can only hope this ENT is better than my experience in Virginia, where I paid $375 for a 15 minute consult where I got to see the inside of my nose on a 27" video screen. (That ENT was also kind enough to inform me that the CT scan I'd had the month before was done the wrong way to show my sinuses, but if I get my records from Virginia, I'll try to get a print I can scan and show everyone the inside of my head.)
I now have a two-week course of Levaquin (I'm buying an acidophilus supplement tomorrow), and a month's worth (plus three refills each) of Allegra-D and Flonase. I have to wait for phenergan because they're out of the tablets right now at the clinic pharmacy (could have gotten suppositories), but the real coup is that I might finally get the ENT referral I've been trying to get for ages.
Now I can only hope this ENT is better than my experience in Virginia, where I paid $375 for a 15 minute consult where I got to see the inside of my nose on a 27" video screen. (That ENT was also kind enough to inform me that the CT scan I'd had the month before was done the wrong way to show my sinuses, but if I get my records from Virginia, I'll try to get a print I can scan and show everyone the inside of my head.)
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ENTs, Allergists, sinus Xrays... yup, lots of fun. (Oh! But a friend of mine who's studying forensic anthropology (
I had a CT scan of my head done at Augusta Medical Center when I was in VA... they didn't send me through the right way, so it was of little use to the ENT-type I saw there. He was able to tell me that I don't functionally have a frontal sinus (it showed up paper-thin on the CT) and that I didn't have nasal polyps (I could have told him that without sticking a camera up my nose, but hey), though, so it wasn't a complete waste of resources.
Sinus x-rays are that unique? Now that's fascinating. (:
But yeah, Sorcha-the-now-official-grad-student-in-f
I'm currently on Claritin and Flonase. I have to take Claritin now because they've made it over-the-counter and stupid Humana raised the co-pay for Clarinex to $40 (which is what I was taking previously. Zyrtec, which worked the best for me, also has a $40 copay). Because Claritin is being sold over-the counter, now, Humana decided to raise the copay of every other allergy med because of that. Stupid fucks. >_>
Humana is stupid, although I hate them because they handle my local Tricare region. When I submitted a region transfer form here last fall, they _disenrolled_ Laurel and I instead of noting our region change. I found out afterward Humana's famous for that.
I'm quite sorry about the copays, too. I was on Zyrtec in 2001 and while it didn't do anything for my sinuses, it was great when I visited Hayden and his indoor cat. I'll refrain from waxing pathetic about my copay under Tricare.
Now, though, geez, it's hell just for Virgo to get appointments! I don't even try unless I'm dying or something. (((hugs))))
Hope the meds help!!
So far the meds have done such a great job I haven't had any sinus pressure or pain since Friday (when I started on them), and a good-sized front came through over the weekends and I didn't even notice it except when a news weather forecaster suggested bringing in tender plants for the night. I can't wait to be done with the Levaquin so I can return to my usual dairy habits -- soy cheese tastes funky.
Virgo has serious allergies, but sometimes he'll go in to be seen for a refill or something, and they'll decide he doesn't look "sick enough" to be seen, so he has to go back when his face swells up like a melon. NOT pretty.