Had to go to the ER yesterday (long)
For anyone keeping tabs, here's the latest chapter in the nausea chronicles. Ugh. So on friday night, I started feeling really sick...a bit worse than usual. I took a phenergan and laid down. After about an hour, it wasn't helping the nausea, but it was making me sleepy, so I decided to just go to bed. I woke up saturday morning around 8 sick as all hell, and had to run to the bathroom. That was vomiting episode #1. After throwing up, I felt a little relief, but not as much as I would have expected (hard to explain). Anyway, I went and laid down again. About an hour later, vomiting episode #2. An hour after that, episode #3. That's when I called my sister and said I needed to go to urgent care, and I wanted someone with me. I headed out the door and took off. I didn't even make it to her place (about 10 min away) yet when I had to pull over and throw up again. After I got to her place, I asked her to take over driving. (side note: she couldn't pick me up--no car) We went to urgent care, and the short version is that the guy had no clue what was wrong and told me to see a GI person...which I already knew, and have been trying to schedule...grrr. He said that my BP was a little off, and he thought I was dehydrated, so they tried to start an IV. After 3 tries, they gave up. They gave me another shot of phenergan (higher dose), but a few minutes later I threw up in the office (I think I was at #6 or 7 by that point). They told me that the phenergan would eventually work, and that I needed to try and sip fluids to get rehydrated. So, we went back to my sister's apartment, and I tried for an hour to drink some gatorade. Then I threw up again, and this time it was much worse--even after everything was out of me, I just kept heaving. I couldn't believe how painful it was. We called the doc, and I was told to go to the ER.
At the ER, they did the standard tests: chest x-ray, CBC, chem panel, metabolic panel, UA. You know what they found? NOT A DAMN THING! I can't tell you how unbelievably frustrating that was. They gave me some zofran, and that worked better. I told them how I'd been avoiding zofran because of the cost, but I wanted some for the weekend, cause I'd rather pay hundreds of dollars than feel like this! So I was discharged, and was told to ingest nothing but liquids until monday afternoon, and then I can try something really soft like mashed potatoes.
So now I hurt from head to toe (even my lungs are sore!), and I'm doing my best to choke down some gatorade. On a lighter note, the girl at walgreens opted to sign me up for some program, and the zofran only cost me $25!!! I couldn't believe it. At least there was the one good thing yesterday.
At the ER, they did the standard tests: chest x-ray, CBC, chem panel, metabolic panel, UA. You know what they found? NOT A DAMN THING! I can't tell you how unbelievably frustrating that was. They gave me some zofran, and that worked better. I told them how I'd been avoiding zofran because of the cost, but I wanted some for the weekend, cause I'd rather pay hundreds of dollars than feel like this! So I was discharged, and was told to ingest nothing but liquids until monday afternoon, and then I can try something really soft like mashed potatoes.
So now I hurt from head to toe (even my lungs are sore!), and I'm doing my best to choke down some gatorade. On a lighter note, the girl at walgreens opted to sign me up for some program, and the zofran only cost me $25!!! I couldn't believe it. At least there was the one good thing yesterday.
Oh my! Having no insurance.......uggghhh!! Here in Hawaii, it's a state law that if you work more than 20 hrs per week, your employer HAS to offer you medical coverage. Depending on the employer, you may or may not have a monthly amount coming out of your paycheck. If you work for any of the hotels here, they usually have the best coverage. At my last job, i had 90 bucks per paycheck coming out to pay for Family Coverage. A family of 5. Not bad, eh? With the job I have now(small company with about 20 employees), my boss picks up the tab. All I have to pay for is co-pays. I love her for that.
Wanna move here??? LOL
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