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Shared on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 11:46

Oh how I hate them.

So, yesterday, we made my wife's annual trip to the ER.  Seems we make this trip 1-2 times a year.  So yesterday's visit occured from 4pm until midnight.  Now, granted, chest pains are nothing to laugh at, but in my experience with my wife, nothing is ever as bad as it seems to be.  It just feels like it.

Sure enough.  No blood clots, nothing wrong with her heart or arteries.  "Bronchial Spasms" was the diagnosis.

They ran every test in the book on her.  Can't wait to see the bill.  Oh wait, United Healthcare IS good for something.  $100 co-pay.  Stick that in  your craw UHC.

The pain was real enough...  Tramadol...  no effect.  Morphine...  no effect.  Dilaudid...  finally.  Holy shit...  Dilaudid?  That's some heavy duty shit.  And it still only took the edge off.

*sigh*

I hate the ER.  Not because I have to visit it there occasionaly, but because it takes so damn long to get the fuck out once you are in.  8 hours.  WTF?

Comments

Lbsutke's picture
Submitted by Lbsutke on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 11:50
sorry Soup...Hope the Mrs. feels better.
ken71's picture
Submitted by ken71 on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 11:57
Damn that sucks. Hope she feels better. On the bright side, this morning on the radio I heard about some lady who had a broken leg that went to the hospital. She ended staying for like 18 hours and never saw a doctor. She left and they ended up billing her because a nurse came out to check her vitals once in a while.
nomodifier's picture
Submitted by nomodifier on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 11:57
Have her checked for stomach problems, my uncle used to get chest pains and numbness in his left arm (which sounds like a heart attack). LSS, $29,000.00 later he is on Nexium.
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Submitted by th3midnighter on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 12:06
damn dude. It sounds like shes ok which is great news. If it makes you feel any better, the wait times for ER are just as long up here in Igloo land.
Deathmark's picture
Submitted by Deathmark on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 12:07
Hope she is alright. While my wife was staying over night after our second child, I wandered around the hospital and what struck me most about the ER waiting area (it was a Friday night) was that it seemed that most of the people waiting for care were there for self inflicted injury. Hurt from being drunk and stoned seem to be what they deal with on a given weekend more than any other cause. what a waste
BalekFekete's picture
Submitted by BalekFekete on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 12:14
I :heart: Dilaudid. It's the only thing that works for me when the kidney stones come a'callin'. Hope everything stays OK, and the trips become a little less frequent...
TANK's picture
Submitted by TANK on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 12:49
I assume you get to just go right in then due to the severity of the problem? Around here if you walked into the ER yourself, you're good for a minimum 4 hour wait before you even get in to a bed to wait another 30-60 minutes to see a doctor. I HATE the ER.
ATC_1982's picture
Submitted by ATC_1982 on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 12:54
Hope the Mrs feels better
SoupNazzi's picture
Submitted by SoupNazzi on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 14:13
My wife went at almost a perfect time... 4pm. Very little was going on at that time. No one in the waiting room. She also was taken to a hospital at a "nicer" part of town, so that helped as well. Combine the fact that she was complaining of chest pains, and it was a perfect situation for getting in in a timely matter. Getting out was something else entirely.
Em's picture
Submitted by Em on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 23:00
Believe me I DO sympathize. HOWEVER, 8 hours for a complete cardiac workup, PE workup, CT scans, lab work.....do you know how long it would take you to actually SCHEDULE that stuff on an outpatient basis, then wait WEEKS for any results? think about it. Now after 8 hours you KNOW her heart and lungs are fine....no more worries about THAT beleaguered ER nurse
ekattan's picture
Submitted by ekattan on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 15:22
Hope your wife is feeling better. Sometimes is better to be safe specially in those type of situations. Last time I was in an ER was three years ago for a busted ear drum while wakeboarding.
Tristan's picture
Submitted by Tristan on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 17:00
I know what you mean about the ER. I have a gastro-intestinal disease that lands me in the ER every once in a while with crazy pain. It takes forever for them to get to you once you're there, and then you wait for-freaking-ever for the test results and the Dr. to come by and talk to you. I was there for like 7+ hours last time, and when it came time for the bill (no insurance FTL), I found out they charge by the hour. So I was paying by the hour while they took their sweet time, when I could have easily gone home in 3-4 hours max.

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