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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
Dude that ***** face receptionist had the balls to say "have a good day" in a cheery voice as I'm lying in a ball in bed pretty sure I have cancer or some ****. I have no idea what to do. I called my primary doctor and some lady said she would get back to us but that was 45 minutes ago. I am getting no where.
Should I just go back to the ER and demand they do every thing possible or do I head south to the hospital I had my top surgery at and start over with them?
If it does turn out to be serious do I have the legal rights to sue my current hospital?
Just fuuuuuuck this pain right now
I emailed my therapist since she and my family are the only ones who care. Maybe she has a suggestion that will work. I just took a second Aleve although those don't do much either anymore.
Got up to get a melatonin and I could barely walk. I took my temp and it was 98.8. Which I get isnt a legit temp. Back in high school when swine flu was going around they sent us home for that. Lol.
My mom turned the air on and I closed the blinds and curtains so I'm in the dark so things are a bit manageable. I think maybe I'll just skip dinner though.
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Not sure where you're at, but ERs do a terrible job at least here of treating symptoms that are not acute, life-threatening, and easily treated. Ime they just kinda do bloodwork, a urine test, and if your symptoms say "hey, I might die in the next hour if I get sent home right now," an ECG or a CT scan. Yeah, they may do the easy stuff for ridiculous prices and send you home, like give you potassium pills if your level is at 3.1 or a hydroxyzine if you haven't slept in five days, are hallucinating, and are babbling about how the neighbor's dog is stealing your soap but do not actively say "I am going to kill someone/I am going to kill myself."
You can try though. If something IS off that they see with what they look at, they will at least be able to help out if acute treatment is imperative or tell you what kind of specialist you need to be referred to. With all the vomiting you've done I'd be surprised if you had an acceptable amount of H20 in the ole sack of cells and they'd at least be able to give you IV fluids and see if IV zofran or even a shot of phenergan for the nausea. That could be helpful at least temporarily.