All I Want for Christmas is Some Gonal-F

As IVF gets closer, I'm getting ready to order the medicines. And all I can say is thank the Lord for the evil corporate conglomerate that's screwing the local pharmacy. See what ugliness infertility brings out in me? It's sad that Amazon's low prices are driving bookstores out of business and making it difficult for publishers to keep churning out books, for example. But that same principle is at work in the fertility medications industry and I could not be happier about it.

See, I need 6 perscriptions of one medicine that costs $535 at the local pharmacy. It costs $358 at the online pharmacy that's negotiated a ridiculously sweet deal with the drug manufacturer. And unlike small publishers, who I want to keep afloat and who I feel badly for, I don't have a ton of sympathy for drug manufacturers who make less on my Gonal-F. Given that the difference is around $1,000 (not the extra $6 I pay to buy a book at my local bookstore instead of Target), I'm gonna have to go with the online pharmacy. Sorry, local business. I'm guessing most of that money was going to the evil drug manufacturer anyway.

I wish they had gift certificates, or an online registry, though. You know, like after you get pregnant, you can have people donate to your fertility fund instead of giving you a Diaper Genie. Or that I could put it on the Christmas lists my family sends around every year. "Dear Santa, please send me some Gonal-F. I need needles and alcohol pads too--the perfect stocking stuffer."