Visit to the allergist

[mizarchivist]

So, Friday, I had a 2+ hour visit to the allergist to see what exactly I'm allergic to. It turns out just dust mites and mold. No trees. No pollen. I don't think even animals, although that might not have been in the testing. This surprised me just a little bit. I believe there were 16 substances tested, so... shrug.
What has been throwing me particularly is the direction from my doctor to get 2 bottles of Nasonex a month and discard the bottle after 15 days. He says there may be liquid in there, but the medicine's gone. Uh..? Really?? That doesn't seem quite right. I have plans on asking the pharmacist before I fill the scrip, but if anyone has experience with this, let me know. It sounded like a load of hooey.

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-God bless you for using "scrip" instead of "script".

[mizarchivist]

*bows* I have my moments. After all, the doctor did not hand me his screen play to courier over to his agent at the pharmacy, as amusing as that would be.

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

hmm... I've been using Flonase nasal spray for what seems like ages...I haven't heard that about the only use 1/2 a bottle thing. Maybe that is more true of the OTC nasal sprays that do contain a lot of saline water? Oh, and yay no pollen or critter allergies :)

I'm sure your Doc already told you this, but a HEPA air filter for your bedroom and some dust mite covers for the mattress & pillows will help a lot :) At least they helped me.

[mizarchivist]

I've continued to use the 2 remaining bottles I have already and they seem to work just fine. I do have a HEPA filter floating around somewhere- I'll need to get a fresh filter and see how that goes. Thanks

[geoffroi.livejournal.com]

My allergist told me something similar. Apparently the pump doesn't spray as much as the bottle gets close to empty.

He gave me a spray counter that clips to the bottom of the bottle and counts down each time you spray.

http://www.nasonex.com/framework/skins/default_default/pdf/right_way_to_spray.pdf confirms it to some degree.

[mizarchivist]

Fascinating. You'd think ... nevermind. Not even going to finish that thought out loud. Thanks for the link. I really wanted him to be wrong about that.

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

I think the amusing bit about all this is the spray counter. Someone's bright idea....

And, thanks for the credit on the icon. Twolumps just lends itself to icon-making. They've got such great expressions.

[kebbykate.livejournal.com]

Pardon me, just checking, because I've missed something along the way--but what are your symptoms? I ask because I thought I had very bad sinus/allergy symptoms and was doing nasal sprays/claritin, etc. Turns out it was the migraines. Have you seen a neurologist or headache specialist?

[mizarchivist]

If I were getting headaches, I'd have probably not gone to an allergist.
I get pretty standard nose-centric allergies. Sneezing, congestion.

[kebbykate.livejournal.com]

Good, I was sidetracked for two years pursuing my headaches down the allergies road.