About Resources What to Expect at your First Appointment At the time that you make the appointment for your initial visit to the AAAC, you should receive in the mail some forms concerning your medical and allergy history(if there is enough time before your appointment). Completing these forms and bringing them with you at the time of your appointment will help to expedite your visit. The first thing that will occur at your visit is that one of our trained AAAC nurses will take your Vital Signs (Heart rate, BP, etc,), and may ask you to perform a breathing test if you have a history of asthma or other chest problems. You will then meet your physician who will take a thorough Allergic and Medical history and perform a physical examination. The doctor will then discuss your diagnosis with you and create a treatment plan. If allergy testing is recommended, this is usually performed at a second visit. If additional laboratory work or X Rays are necessary, these will also be ordered. If allergy testing is scheduled, you must not take any antihistamines (i.e. Allegra, Astelin, Clarinex, Claritin, Zyrtec, Benadryl, Tylenol Sinus, etc) for one week prior to the test, as these medications will block the histamine receptors in your skin, and give a false negative test, which will then be unreliable and need to be repeated. Please do not stop any nasal sprays, asthma medications or other medications unless specifically mentioned by your doctor. Please call us if you have any questions about medications and allergy testing. Allergy skin testing usually takes about an hour to an hour and a half to perform, and the results are known immediately after the test is completed. Afterwards, you will have a conference with your physician to review the results of these and other tests, discuss a treatment plan, and schedule any follow up appointments if needed.