Oh the Joys of Clomid and those pesky Pharmacists

I had to go get my clomid refilled. No big deal give them the  RX and wait. When I get my prescription I ask if its ok to take with the amoxicillin I'm taking for the strep/scarlet fever. The pharmacist comes over to tell me its fine to take together and there shouldn't be any problems. He then proceeds to ask me about taking the clomid
"have you taken this drug before?"
"yes"
"have you taken this dosage before?"
"yes"
"ok because thats a pretty hefty dosage for you to be taking"
"yeah I know"

I then couldn't help thinking to myself, do you really think I'd be taking a dosage this high if I didn't need to? Trust me there are no good side effects to taking clomid besides the fact that they make me ovulate, every other side effect I'd be very happy to not have to deal with including the hot flashes and night sweats, dizzy spells and raging hormones.
So I get home to find that he has also included a pamphlet on infertility, with a website for me to check out. I don't know if I should be thankful he is trying to help or irritated that he thinks I'm not educated about my own condition. I'm leaning towards irritated though as I looked at the bottle today and he wrote no refills on my RX, which my doctor had specifically written that I get up to 4 refills so I don't have to keep going in to him to get a refill every month until March.

Oh an update on that I went in for my last Ultrasound and he said that the high dosage is working great and that we should hopefully see great results, that is if there isn't any other underlying issues. So he dosen't feel the need to monitor me every single cycle. Instead he just wants me to keep taking the pills and keep on trying. If we aren't pregnant by March then I am to go back in and start some bigger testing.  Wish us luck!!!

Scarlet Fever

This last week I've been so super sick and not in a good I'm pregnant kind of way. More like a strep throat cant eat a thing kind of sick. Its been miserable, and it took me 5 days before I actually went in to a doctor. I know a BAD idea but the ladies at work had all said that they had been sick and it all starts with a sore throat so I figured I needed to just ride it out. But when my hives wouldn't go away and my throat wasn't getting even a little bit better, in fact its gotten worse, I had to go in. He told me that he didn't even need to test me that he knew I had strep, said that he'd treat me and if it doesn't get better I could have mono. But that normally has a rash with it, cue me rolling up my sleeves and showing him my lovely little rash. He took one look at it and said oh no that's a strep rash we call it Scarlet Fever. WHAT THE HECK! I didn't even know people got scarlet fever anymore. He acted like it was no big deal so I just went with it. But when I got home I had to do some research. The only thing I've ever known about scarlet fever I learned from playing Oregon Trail as a kid. And anyone who has played that game knows that you lose people in your wagon party to scarlet fever so I had to make sure it wasn't something bad!
Its not bad its annoying and can cause problems if not treated but we've got that one under control. The surprising thing for me was reading that most people who get it are between the ages of 4-8 years old, I'm pretty sure I'm no where near that age group. This was just something that shocked me. So I want to know, have any of you ever had scarlet fever or known anyone who has? I really thought that this was something that wasn't around anymore!