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Old Mar 14, 2025, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed View Post
Jeeze. I went to immediate care because my blood pressure had been really high for a few days and 134/101 just kinda did it for me. So I went to immediate care. The tech did an ekg and the np said "I don't like how this looks. You need to go to the ER." She wanted to call an ambulance but I said I was fine for my mom to drive me.

Despite being called ahead from immediate care I was still waiting for over an hour. Some lady was watching videos in russian or something on her phone and complaning about everyone going ahead of her. No one paid any attention to her. Then some black lady said to some black dudes sitting by her "they aren't paying attention to us because who we are but we are all the same" the guys ignored her. I did get called ahead of the 2 women and all the guys.

But it turns out that the fuking tech at immediate care didn't know how to work the machine. The EKG at the ER was fine.

They still put me through all these ridicolous tests so they can get their medicare money or whatever. Some tech came in the room and said "gotta urinate buddy?" Then I walked to the bathroom with him and he said "just pull the red string if you need me" I'm guessing based on that, I was passing pretty good tonight.

After like almost another 2 hours of waiting the doctor came in and he said "you're heart is perfectly fine. Your esophagus. Isn't. He says its esophagitis . Which makes sense why 5 tums and 2 pepcids a day aren't helping. He wants me to follow up with GI and he wants me on Carafate. I was on it before. I think it worked well but caused constpation.

But what a shyt show just because a technican can't do her job. Now its normally the time I get up and I'm like "what now."
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i get gastritis and esophagitis all the time. carafate causes the worst constipation! drink lots of water! and dont strain or youll end up with hemmorhoids too!! i know the struggle as i take a daily med from my gastro and its not helping. hope the carafate helps.
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