What would it take to make you accept

[myinnerslut]

Wow, that's quite a list.

I've had a few concussions myself. This seemed to pass far too quickly but otherwise be very similar.

I'm trying. As the day has worn on I've gotten more and more sore. I don't want to take anything for it because I'm not sure it would be wise given that I'm not sure what is going on with me.

My chest is also tight and sometimes I feel it's difficult to breathe. I can't figure out if it's just sore from throwing up or if I should really be concerned. I feel I can't cough as much as I need to right now.

I might actually call a doctor in the morning depending on how the night goes. I guess I should research tonight who I'm allowed to see versus who is supposed to be worth a flying crap just in case.

yeah, it is. i am a classic klutz that had a tendency to get into large multi-injury accidents (ie, bike accident when i broke my collar bones and ribs, passed out, AND got a cuncussion all at the same time).

latey its been a lot of doctor stuf for my migrains and shoulder (of which i never got the MRI results. phooey.) but not much ER stuff.

and yes. call doctor.. its the very LEAST you should do.

 

[FurryFury]

yeah, it is. i am a classic klutz that had a tendency to get into large multi-injury accidents (ie, bike accident when i broke my collar bones and ribs, passed out, AND got a cuncussion all at the same time).

latey its been a lot of doctor stuf for my migrains and shoulder (of which i never got the MRI results. phooey.) but not much ER stuff.

and yes. call doctor.. its the very LEAST you should do.

I'm working on it. Now I'm hungry so I'm going to eat, shower and get to bed y'all.

Thanks for caring and holding my hand, plus trying to put my feet to the fire.

 

[Netzach]

Thanks for posting Heather.

*HUG*



I've just gotten done checking my "heath provider's" web site for the docs I'm allowed to go to.

I've taken out the ones who are not located within 30 miles or so. Also any old frat bros of my ex. Now I'm looking for listings of "the best" docs for internal med and neurology.

Go to the internal med person and get the neurologist referral, do not leave without one of those. Meh, that's how I'd do it anyway.

IME generalists generally are useless. Definitely so in my network. Internal medicine, supposedly better than GP's but not wildly so with the ones I've seen.

Specialists are not useless, but that's where research comes in, because you have to kind of herd them if stuff is wrong.

 

[FurryFury]

Go to the internal med person and get the neurologist referral, do not leave without one of those. Meh, that's how I'd do it anyway.

IME generalists generally are useless. Definitely so in my network. Internal medicine, supposedly better than GP's but not wildly so with the ones I've seen.

Specialists are not useless, but that's where research comes in, because you have to kind of herd them if stuff is wrong.

I've been to the internal med doc in a box. Of course that lead to a nerology hand off and nothing conclusive or even interesting, despite, blood, EKG and X rays.

Now to get that neurology appointment. All these docs, and the can't see a new patient until next week, (when I'll be outta town) or April, what utter crap. Oh and right now, the office is closed for lunch. What ever happened to having someone actually cover the phones regardless.

And they are so funny with thier automated message system. "If this is an actual emergency call 911." Jerk wads.

 

[northwoods_sub]

I truly hate doctors and going to the doctor, but, I will go if illnesses continue for too long, or, longer than I feel is safe.

I have been in an ambulance twice, once after a care accident where I had a concussion and an open head wound. The other time was when I was being transfered from one hospital to another.

Trips to the ER are more common. I will bring my kids without a second thought. THey get care regardless of the situation.

I went to the ER with a 104 fever, I was admitted for a week, they pumped me full of 4 different types of antibiotics and they still have no idea what was wrong with me.
I went to the ER after 4 days of bleeding and cramping and was admitted for an ectopic pregnancy.

So I only go when I absolutely have to, generally life or death situations.

As a side note I don't normally have insurance either. If I am sick enough, after my home research, I will go to the ER. THe bill sucks, but I prefer being alive.

 

[FurryFury]

Wow, that sounded scary!

I remember this one time I had a fever of 105.1 and it kept going up each time I took it. 105.2, and so on. I didn't go in for that though. I just cried, took cooling showers and meds. I brought it down on my own. That sucked. I let everyone down that week. I had so much shit to do. I just kept crying. I'm not used to or okay with letting other people down.

 

[northwoods_sub]

Wow, that sounded scary!

I remember this one time I had a fever of 105.1 and it kept going up each time I took it. 105.2, and so on. I didn't go in for that though. I just cried, took cooling showers and meds. I brought it down on my own. That sucked. I let everyone down that week. I had so much shit to do. I just kept crying. I'm not used to or okay with letting other people down.

It wasn't the fever so much as the fading in and out of conscienceness and being swollen to about twice my size with strange hives. I wasn't given a choice about going to the hospital my fiance at the time took me to the ER. I couldn't argue, I was to weak to move or really speak. <shrug> I survived though, that happened ten years ago this week actually.

 

[Millificent]

In order for me to go somewhere in an ambulance or to the emergency room, someone else would have to make the call and/or physically put me in the car and take me. I hate hospitals, doctors, ect. I try to avoid them as much as possible. The last time I went to the Dr. I only went because I was having a hard time swallowing (as in not only did it hurt to do it, but I could hardly do it all).

I am very, very lucky that the only times I've been in the hosptial (knock on wood) were to have children and the last one I was able to leave the same day

 

[Millificent]

How are you feeling today Fury?

 

[FurryFury]

It wasn't the fever so much as the fading in and out of conscienceness and being swollen to about twice my size with strange hives. I wasn't given a choice about going to the hospital my fiance at the time took me to the ER. I couldn't argue, I was to weak to move or really speak. <shrug> I survived though, that happened ten years ago this week actually.

Man! I hate having no choice!

My husband kept threatening to make me go to the ER too. Thankfully I was able to bring the fever down and didn't have the other problems you did.

*hug*

 

[FurryFury]

In order for me to go somewhere in an ambulance or to the emergency room, someone else would have to make the call and/or physically put me in the car and take me. I hate hospitals, doctors, ect. I try to avoid them as much as possible. The last time I went to the Dr. I only went because I was having a hard time swallowing (as in not only did it hurt to do it, but I could hardly do it all).

I am very, very lucky that the only times I've been in the hosptial (knock on wood) were to have children and the last one I was able to leave the same day

Awesome!

I tend to be that way too.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

Furry, I'm going Domly on you because I haven't read the whole thread...

If you have not done so already, you need to see a doctor. NOW.

Dizzyness, vomiting, passing out - hello... you could have had a stroke or other neurological event.

You may hate going to the ER or to your doctor, you may hate the ensuing bills. Your family will hate burying your stubborn ass more, trust me.

What would it take to get me in an ambulance? The last time it was heart attack that lead to a quad bypass. Don't play it off, get checked out.

NOW Damnit.

Because I care. And your husband woulda come to get the kids from the theatre or hospital as soon as you called. *shakes head* Stubborn hussy...

 

[FurryFury]

How are you feeling today Fury?

Okay. I'm still a little shaky but after my doc appointment I'm more confident it's all going to fade away.

I have a lot of errands to run this afternoon.

OMFG! Y'all should have seen his face when I related why I was there.

LMAO! It was almost as if he couldn't conceive of anyone NOT going to ER after such an event.

 

[FurryFury]

Furry, I'm going Domly on you because I haven't read the whole thread...

If you have not done so already, you need to see a doctor. NOW.

Dizzyness, vomiting, passing out - hello... you could have had a stroke or other neurological event.

You may hate going to the ER or to your doctor, you may hate the ensuing bills. Your family will hate burying your stubborn ass more, trust me.

What would it take to get me in an ambulance? The last time it was heart attack that lead to a quad bypass. Don't play it off, get checked out.

NOW Damnit.

Because I care. And your husband woulda come to get the kids from the theatre or hospital as soon as you called. *shakes head* Stubborn hussy...

Thanks for caring.

I went to the doc today. I got a bill, time and gas used and nothing to show for it except to go to another doc.

My husband was at work. I don't call him at work if I can help it. In 18 years I've called him four times. I'm a good girl in that area. Aren't I?

 

[northwoods_sub]

So what did the doc say? Sorry if that is a bit forward, but yeah I have no shame when it comes to my health so I guess I forget that some people hold back, anyhow, I hope that the doctors will be able to help you.

 

[FurryFury]

He said, "Get thee to a neurologist. I can't find noffin wrong with you."

LOL

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

I went to the doc today.

I'm sooooooooooooo proud of you

 

[Evil_Geoff]

Thanks for caring.

I went to the doc today. I got a bill, time and gas used and nothing to show for it except to go to another doc.

My husband was at work. I don't call him at work if I can help it. In 18 years I've called him four times. I'm a good girl in that area. Aren't I?

Catching up with the thread a bit, hon. And sorry, but when it comes to health issues, I get a bit fiesty. I had someone I cared an awful lot about die because his stubborn ass wouldn't go see the docs until he had to literally be carried out on a stretcher because he was too weak to crawl from bed to bathroom. He devastated his family because he didn't want to let anyone down or spend the money to see a doc and get the meds he needed or to take the time necessary for his body to rest and heal.

My own mother did the same damned thing and wouldn't go to the doctors. Until my sister literally dragged her to the car and forced her to go after she missed changing flights in Charlotte to come home. She was so confused and befuddled that she didn't know where she was or where whe was going. And she died from cancer 4 days later. She kept telling me and my sister that she had gone to the doctor and she was taking meds for her "bronchitis".

I'm STILL pissed at her for lying to me and my sister the last year (or longer) and not doing a damned thing because she was _afraid_ she might have cancer. If she had gone so much earlier it could have been found and treated. Hell when they found it it was still like stage 2 but my mother literally just quit living. They told her she had lung cancer and the oncologist and one of my mom's best friends (who was an oncology nurse there) were telling us we had a good chance of getting it all and her having a lot of life left to live and she just gave up.

You need to put the fire to the doctor's feet. Demand answers. If the first guy can't provide them, get a second, a third, a fourth doc involved. Raise pure-tee holy hell until someone sees you. The next time you pass out you might be driving your kids to school. You might start feeling dizzy and you might not have time to pull the car over and stop.

As for specialists... If he's a bone doctor, everything will be a bone problem. If she's an endocrinologist, everything will be a hormone problem. If he's an oncologist it will be cancer, if she's a neurologist, it'll be a brain problem. Sometimes you need to start putting symptoms together and doing research because you may find something esoteric that is rare and YOUR docs have never seen in a patient before or heard of since medical school. You don't have the pre-concieved notions of what the problem has to be so you won't make the disease fit the symptoms. Work with the docs, they are YOUR employees, YOU are the boss, not the other way around.

Nuff said. And don't be scaring me like that!

{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}

 

[northwoods_sub]

Sooooo, when is the neurology appointment???

As for the not knowing what is wrong with you, yeah that is why I stopped going to Dr. except for emergencies, they NEVER know what is wrong with me.

 

[Netzach]

Catching up with the thread a bit, hon. And sorry, but when it comes to health issues, I get a bit fiesty. I had someone I cared an awful lot about die because his stubborn ass wouldn't go see the docs until he had to literally be carried out on a stretcher because he was too weak to crawl from bed to bathroom. He devastated his family because he didn't want to let anyone down or spend the money to see a doc and get the meds he needed or to take the time necessary for his body to rest and heal.

My own mother did the same damned thing and wouldn't go to the doctors. Until my sister literally dragged her to the car and forced her to go after she missed changing flights in Charlotte to come home. She was so confused and befuddled that she didn't know where she was or where whe was going. And she died from cancer 4 days later. She kept telling me and my sister that she had gone to the doctor and she was taking meds for her "bronchitis".

I'm STILL pissed at her for lying to me and my sister the last year (or longer) and not doing a damned thing because she was _afraid_ she might have cancer. If she had gone so much earlier it could have been found and treated. Hell when they found it it was still like stage 2 but my mother literally just quit living. They told her she had lung cancer and the oncologist and one of my mom's best friends (who was an oncology nurse there) were telling us we had a good chance of getting it all and her having a lot of life left to live and she just gave up.

You need to put the fire to the doctor's feet. Demand answers. If the first guy can't provide them, get a second, a third, a fourth doc involved. Raise pure-tee holy hell until someone sees you. The next time you pass out you might be driving your kids to school. You might start feeling dizzy and you might not have time to pull the car over and stop.

As for specialists... If he's a bone doctor, everything will be a bone problem. If she's an endocrinologist, everything will be a hormone problem. If he's an oncologist it will be cancer, if she's a neurologist, it'll be a brain problem. Sometimes you need to start putting symptoms together and doing research because you may find something esoteric that is rare and YOUR docs have never seen in a patient before or heard of since medical school. You don't have the pre-concieved notions of what the problem has to be so you won't make the disease fit the symptoms. Work with the docs, they are YOUR employees, YOU are the boss, not the other way around.

Nuff said. And don't be scaring me like that!

{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}

What he said.

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

an ambulance ride, ER room visit and any of that sort of nasty shit?

Not sure what it would take in my case..... erm, guess I would just have to pass out first and then actualy might someone get me into hospital, if I didnt know about it lol.

Last time I was in hospital when I was pregnant with my first kid. Well I was there 2 or 3 days and then I run away.... well not run away I am jokin, but I told the doc I am going back home, NOW. And I did, evetho the doc told me I could die and the unborn as well, I left anyways.... hard to explain why, I just couldnt stand it there. The doc scared me to death when he told me my child could have die, I dont give a damn about myself, but I felt proper shit something could have happen to the unborn. I just hate hospitals and doc's, cannot help it.

Now I am pregnant again and I must say I was scared the whole pregnancy I might have to go to hospital again. Still scared. Just 4 weeks left tho, so I will hopefuly make it without spending any time in hospital, cuz I am just not going there sooner than for the labor LOL. :/

ETA:
Not excited about going there even for the labor really.... If I could just wake up with my child in my arms one day I would be the most happiest person on the whole world. ~sigh~

I hate when someone sees me in pain or when I feel shit or when I cry etc. I feel really bad when someone sees me like that and if I can I do not allow anyone see me like that. I prefer being all alone when I am dealing with pain, wheter its physical pain or emotional pain, I like to be all by myself then. I can pretend I am okay whole day and then cry like a lil child in the night when I am alone and sure no one can see me like that. When I suffer I suffer alone or I am all quiet and hiding. I dont want anyone around when I dont feel well, the more doc's who I dont know at all LOL.

 

[Netzach]

For people saying "they never know what's wrong" it's totally true. Western medicine is really good at saving your life, but it sucks at making it more painless to live. That's where I went alternative - not insanely so, but some. You pay out of your pocket, sure, but it's the best expenditure I ever made on myself. You go in and your actual *symptoms* and how you *feel* are the issue for a change. People pay more for haircuts than I've paid for needles and an adjustment.

 

[northwoods_sub]

For people saying "they never know what's wrong" it's totally true. Western medicine is really good at saving your life, but it sucks at making it more painless to live. That's where I went alternative - not insanely so, but some. You pay out of your pocket, sure, but it's the best expenditure I ever made on myself. You go in and your actual *symptoms* and how you *feel* are the issue for a change. People pay more for haircuts than I've paid for needles and an adjustment.

Couldn't agree more. I have started seeing a naturopathic doctor for some of my issues and I finally feel like someone is listening to me and wants to help.

 

[Homburg]

Never ridden in an ambulance as a patient. Don't plan to. About the only thing that could cause me to ride in one would be some situation where I was not capable of saying no.

I dislike fussing about with doctors and such, and thus rarely go. It stems from my mother realising when I was little that the Army paid the bills regardless, and she could take me in for any reason. Add that to chronic ear infections as a child, and I've spent a lot of time in ER's. ("Mom, it's an ear infection. We know it. Let's come back tomorrow.)

Been to the ER twice in the past probably 15 years, and both were because of my kids. Before that, the last time I was in an ER was after a motorcycle accident. I spilled my scoot, ate some gravel and got up cussing. I was told that I was bleeding, and found blood running down my throat and chest from a huge rip in my face. Whee. More cursing ensued while I found a cloth to apply compression with. I then let my dad ride my scoot back to my house, while I borrowed his car.

Even better? I drove myself home before I went to the hopsital, bleeding all the way. My dad wanted to come along, so I followed him home. The fun part was that he got into the passenger seat without thinking, and I kept right on driving

Lotsa stitches, LOADS of gravel scrubbed out of my face and neck, one broken chair, and a coupla damaged interns later, I was no longer bleeding.

Last year, I fractured a bone in my arm, and ripped about a 14" swath of skin off the forearm while biking. Picked myself up, cussed, kept riding. Got told by a PT months later that I'd broken the arm

Yes, I'm stupid. I will take other people to the ER when needed, and will chase after folks about going to the doc. I will also go the doc when an ear infection isn't going away, bronchitis seems inevitable, or my BP gets way out of control.

 

[myinnerslut]

Never ridden in an ambulance as a patient. Don't plan to. About the only thing that could cause me to ride in one would be some situation where I was not capable of saying no.

i dont understand it. ambulences are not there to publicly humiliate you. they are there to HELP you. driving yourself i see as a problem but lots of people do it, but you broke your arm got up and didnt realize it! you stubborn stubborn man! you are going to seriously hurt yourself! i would be so angry with any of my friends if they were walking around with a broken arm. in some cases its not about acting tough, its about getting better.

my father drove an abulance when i was younger, so i guess i never associated them with anything bad. i have a huge negatave association with hospitals ad wont go there unless i have to, but at the end of the day, if i needed it, i would have went.

and furry, is there any update on how youve been since you last posted? no more passing out, right? i am so glad you went to see a doctor.