Everything I have researched about altitude mountain sickness- AMS:
(http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/altitude.htm)
indicates that as a back up plan I should take some Acetazolamide (Diamox)to prevent the onsett of the symptoms of AMS.And unlike all the celebrities that have done this climb we will not have a GP with us. You can only get this on prescription yet my learned doctor said I don't need it and suggested I use " sea sickness tablets " instead. So you can imagine how P....ed off I was when on the Jazz evening I had learned that most of the others in our group had no problem getting it prescribed by their GP. What made it worse was I met a very interesting GP - Hillary who couldn't understand why I was not prescribed it..
Anyway not one to be put off easily... I did what all the secret Viagra buyers do and went online to a online pharmacist specialising in AMS tablets - linked into the AMS website and filled in an online consultation. 10 minutes later and £17 payment ( almost the cost of a prescription ) I had ordered 12 days supply of Diamox. I will just have to check with my doc I d0 not have any allergies to the meds as a precaution. So , another job done and tick of the checklist.
It really does cheese me off about the inconsistency of some GPs. You know if I was ever going to be a Doc ... I would be "Dr House"... in some ways Hugh Laurie's TV personality and mine are very similar..scary...
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