Autoimmune problems are the worst, aren't they?
I generally go to one of those outfits where there's a nurse practitioner. I tell her what's wrong with me, which is usually a sinus or ear infection and she gives me some medicine.
I haven't had to deal with a doctor directly for myself since I had Urchling. Urchling apparently doesn't believe I getting sick either because she hasn't even had a cold since elementary school. We got her last round of childhood vaccinations at the health department because I couldn't get an appt. Too many kids being evaluated For ADD/ADHD.
Ain't that a kick in the pants? Can't get your kid vaccinated for all the childhood nasties because a sugar addict can't sit still.