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4 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Everyone should have this site on their list.

https://www.drugs.com/interaction/list/

Does caffeine interact with ibuprofen? I might have mixed those two before.  Although generally, the caffeine seems to kill a headache as well as ibuprofen, so not as likely to mix the two.

 

4 minutes ago, Dottie said:

Follow up with my cardiologist. Most likely another stress test. I also see the pulmonologist in a couple weeks. More expensive troubleshooting is my guess.

Why a "couple of weeks" vs TOMORROW?  I see this foot dragging more and more these days - sometimes by folks (usually men) not wanting to get aggressive about their health and sometimes the stupid ass system where all the hoops & obstacles doctor's offices & insurance companies throw up make it a total drag unless you are prepared to be THE squeakiest wheel.

Good luck and get on top of this stuff NOW. It could be a ticking time bomb or a minor nothing burger, but don't wait a second longer than you must.

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18 hours ago, Dottie said:

Ironically, there is a Sacramento gal here from the Everett naval base that was just called in after 4+ hour wait. I thanked her for her service.

The secret to speedy service in the ER is to either arrive by ambulance or come in with a bleeding head injury with blood running down from your eyebrow down your face and dripping off your beard onto your hi-vis Jersey. I never have to wait.

my wife on the other hand comes in with a brain lesion and is having balance issues and we wait for hours while they take Medicaid patients that came in for a sniffle.

Another way to get speedy service is to go to a country hospital that isn’t known for the best care and they are bored with nothing to do. I drove myself there with nothing bleeding just broken rib and separated shoulder but they took me right in. There was nobody in the waiting room.

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2 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

Does caffeine interact with ibuprofen? I might have mixed those two before.  Although generally, the caffeine seems to kill a headache as well as ibuprofen, so not as likely to mix the two.

 

Why a "couple of weeks" vs TOMORROW?  I see this foot dragging more and more these days - sometimes by folks (usually men) not wanting to get aggressive about their health and sometimes the stupid ass system where all the hoops & obstacles doctor's offices & insurance companies throw up make it a total drag unless you are prepared to be THE squeakiest wheel.

Good luck and get on top of this stuff NOW. It could be a ticking time bomb or a minor nothing burger, but don't wait a second longer than you must.

Cardiologist first. Diagnosis is a process of elimination. I think what happened yesterday says there is nothing that is going to keel me over tomorrow. And you obviously have never attempted to schedule an appointment with a specialist. Often it's months out. Good thing mine was already scheduled. :)

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1 hour ago, Longjohn said:

The secret to speedy service in the ER is to either arrive by ambulance or come in with a bleeding head injury with blood running down from your eyebrow down your face and dripping off your beard onto your hi-vis Jersey. I never have to wait.

my wife on the other hand comes in with a brain lesion and is having balance issues and we wait for hours while they take Medicaid patients that came in for a sniffle.

Another way to get speedy service is to go to a country hospital that isn’t known for the best care and they are bored with nothing to do. I drove myself there with nothing bleeding just broken rib and separated shoulder but they took me right in. There was nobody in the waiting room.

My friends brought in their screaming child..got bumped to the top of the list.

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3 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

Does caffeine interact with ibuprofen? I might have mixed those two before.  Although generally, the caffeine seems to kill a headache as well as ibuprofen, so not as likely to mix the two.

 

Why a "couple of weeks" vs TOMORROW?  I see this foot dragging more and more these days - sometimes by folks (usually men) not wanting to get aggressive about their health and sometimes the stupid ass system where all the hoops & obstacles doctor's offices & insurance companies throw up make it a total drag unless you are prepared to be THE squeakiest wheel.

Good luck and get on top of this stuff NOW. It could be a ticking time bomb or a minor nothing burger, but don't wait a second longer than you must.

But I do thank you for your concern. Yes, I wish things moved faster.

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16 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

That sounds like an even better plan. I wonder if it has to be your own kid or any kid off the street will work? ?

Any kid off the street will get you stuck in the special 'detention' room in the ER.  The good news is you will have your own armed guard. (prior to 5 to 10 for kidnapping)

I took WoKzoo in to the ER a couple years ago when she split her chin during a trail run fall.  They were out of regular rooms so they put her in one of the 'prisoner' rooms.  Everything was bolted down.  There were no supply drawers of cabinets.  Everything needed had to be brought in to the room for the DR.

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Kzoo said:

Any kid off the street will get you stuck in the special 'detention' room in the ER.  The good news is you will have your own armed guard. (prior to 5 to 10 for kidnapping)

I took WoKzoo in to the ER a couple years ago when she split her chin during a trail run fall.  They were out of regular rooms so they put her in one of the 'prisoner' rooms.  Everything was bolted down.  There were no supply drawers of cabinets.  Everything needed had to be brought in to the room for the DR.

Is 7 minutes too long to wait????

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5 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Don't use what the hospital claims as data.  You might as well cast bones.

 

For example, when they say you will see a doctor, you will.  He's the one in the white lab coat walking across the end of the room to talk to another patient.

Yeah - I know it is BS.  I remember when my wife broke her ankle ice skating, I took her to the ER.  They actually admitted her pretty quickly. The first doctor to look her ankle over seemed to think it was just a bad twist or whatever. About an hour or two later, she got an x-ray and confirmation it was a pretty bad break (required some screws and plates).  It was pretty shitastic considering it was an easy diagnosis - ie send her to get an xray immediately.

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21 hours ago, Dottie said:

My wife. They did an EKG within 15 minutes when I got here. Then an hour and a half later they withdrew blood. Now I am awaiting those results. They said the lab would have those results in 30-60 minutes. I got here 1:30 PST.

At least you knew your EKG was normal when you had to sit unattended for a long time afterwards.

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26 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said:

At least you knew your EKG was normal when you had to sit unattended for a long time afterwards.

Yes, they have the process worked out pretty well. I was impressed. Apparently Monday's are their busiest days. And they were SLAMMED yesterday. 

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I went to the e-room with a dislocated finger, It took a 90 degree left at the middle knuckle.

They had me in a wheelchair & in front of a Dr. before they even got my name.

Even though I told them I drove myself in, and stopped for a shower on the way.    :dontknow: 

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3 minutes ago, Further said:

I went to the e-room with a dislocated finger, It took a 90 degree left at the middle knuckle.

They had me in a wheelchair & in front of a Dr. before they even got my name.

Even though I told them I drove myself in, and stopped for a shower on the way.    :dontknow: 

I know but it's disgusting to look at. They gotta keep working after you leave.

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6 minutes ago, Further said:

and stopped for a shower on the way.    :dontknow: 

That’s one reason I never wanted to get hurt at work. I never left the forge with the forge dirt still on me. Probably never get it off until I returned to work. They had industrial soap in the showers.

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