I’m running
low on ondansetron, the best antinausea pill.
Unfortunately,
I’m not low on many other supplies. I buy through an internet pharmaceutical
company that charges a fat handling fee for orders under $200. Eight bottles of
ondansetron, 240 pills, will cost $25. I could use more tongue depressors, but
500 at $5.24 is not much help. I dispense large quantities of cough medicine and lidocaine gargle for sore
throats, but those cost only a few dollars a piece. My bottle of 500
Amoxicillin capsules ($28) is half empty; stocking up would help but
medicines have expiration dates, so one must be careful.
A few years
ago, after thirty years of use, my blood pressure cuff broke, but I had a
spare. Should I buy another? Will I be practicing when I’m 108?....
One of my
boasts is that, unlike other hotel doctors, the fee I announce is the fee I
collect. I don’t charge extra for anything. It turns out that pills,
injectables, and supplies for common ailments are so cheap that I struggle to
assemble an order exceeding $200. Life is tough.
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