On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:26:37 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>That sure is my understanding, and my experience supports that. This doctor
>was clearly and visible angry at me because I wanted an allergy test. That
>is a doctor? His argument was that most people are allergic to things they
>cannot avoid. So I should just go ahead and use the steroid spray, maybe get
>allergy shots. As it turns out, I am allergic to things I can avoid. I
>manage my allergies by doing this, except for the cat allergy. Claritin
>works fine on that. Another thing is the very cheap OTC drug store there,
>it's like an incentive to "do it yourself." Unbelievable.

The flip side of that coin is all the allergy doctors selling
unnecessary testing and shots to make themselves a few bucks when all
you needed to do was avoid the allergen or use an inexpensive OTC.

I certainly don't want to be the cash cow who pays some doctor's
country club dues.

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