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yonder

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9. Good advice from your dad - sometimes just getting there is the biggest battle.

Reply to TeamProg (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 03:20 PM

Jan 2023

So how did the bee sting turn out? In this instance, did you actually go to the ER and get seen or went but waited it out?

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Cheap medical advice re: potential hospital ER visits. [View all] TeamProg Jan 2023 OP

Good advice n/t Doc Sportello Jan 2023 #1

That is brilliant! Walleye Jan 2023 #2

'fart caught sideways' Effete Snob Jan 2023 #3

When you've got simple gas but it's a stabbing pain, like a kidney stone or something more TeamProg Jan 2023 #6

Some of us get intense and almost paralyzing gas pains occasionally wishstar Jan 2023 #37

The last time I went to an ER waiting was the key word. Chainfire Jan 2023 #4

Actually, if they don't take you in immediately in the ER, Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #29

They never triaged me....They didn't know if I was dying or not. Chainfire Jan 2023 #30

I generally go to urgent care Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #5

My younger brother had a nagging pain around his shoulder blade & couldn't keep unloading his truck Hekate Jan 2023 #14

Great idea! claudette Jan 2023 #7

Great advice! Stinky The Clown Jan 2023 #8

Good advice from your dad - sometimes just getting there is the biggest battle. yonder Jan 2023 #9

Yep, the lobby was a good place to hang out until I felt better. No one bothered me. n/t TeamProg Jan 2023 #10

Never went to ER, just the hosp. lobby. n/t TeamProg Jan 2023 #11

Gotcha, hope all is better. yonder Jan 2023 #12

That was in the late '80's.. decades ago, but the advice is still valid. TeamProg Jan 2023 #13

Glad I'm in Germany Old Crank Jan 2023 #15

"No direct charges to me" markodochartaigh Jan 2023 #19

when I read that I was thinking Skittles Jan 2023 #36

When our second child was born in 1979, we had no medical coverage and were prepared to..... MMBeilis Jan 2023 #16

Back in the '90s, I remember that moms in labor would hang out in the parking lot of the hospital Otto_Harper Jan 2023 #21

I always have liquid Benadryl and Zyrtec on hand for allergic reactions. japple Jan 2023 #17

I have to get some (more) Benadryl always kept it as a just in case... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #33

Damn. Now the hospitals will start charging by the minute for sitting in their lobby! erronis Jan 2023 #18

Well, so far, they can't pick your pocket for just waiting in the parking lot. calimary Jan 2023 #22

I did that when i had an attack of ventricular tach while i was cross-examining a witness. ER down Pepsidog Jan 2023 #20

omg! 275? nt ecstatic Jan 2023 #23

Yes. ER doc at level one trauma center was impressed. Was cardio-verted Pepsidog Jan 2023 #28

my issue would be getting there in the first place ecstatic Jan 2023 #24

i have afib. when heart goes off to 150 or so , i dont mess with it. AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 #25

Not sure you can actually get into the ER but you could get into the hospital lobby that's close. Peregrine Took Jan 2023 #26

Right, but that's not what I said.. Park just outside the ER, or go sit in the main hospital TeamProg Jan 2023 #27

Yes. I've done that. I have seizures, normally controlled on medication. Hortensis Jan 2023 #34

Life is fragile. Be well. nt TeamProg Jan 2023 #35

I worked as avolunteer at a hospital for six years, Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #31

If only we could convert to universal healthcare & area51 Jan 2023 #32

I did that once, many years ago. MineralMan Jan 2023 #38