*****BrianNole's Emergency Room Hospital Visit thread*****
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Thanks for the healing prayers. I feel strong!
I probably had a lingering effect from a migraine...I'm going to start eating sardines each week which helps.
I give the emergency room and hospital a 9/10 overall.
Now, I wait for the medical bills.
Thanks for the healing prayers. I feel strong!
I probably had a lingering effect from a migraine...I'm going to start eating sardines each week which helps.
I give the emergency room and hospital a 9/10 overall.
Now, I wait for the medical bills.
He's trying to compete with joel.
So, basically went to ER because hypochondriac. Took away resources from patients who might actually need them.
very selfish, OP
very selfish, OP
Luckily, the emergency room was mostly empty.
The hospital will enjoy giving me a massive bill soon with my $9,500 deductible.
BrIan, I mean this to be helpful and not snarky - have you ever considered you might be a hypochondriac?*****Hospital Update*****
Thanks for the healing prayers. I feel strong!
I probably had a lingering effect from a migraine...I'm going to start eating sardines each week which helps.
I give the emergency room and hospital a 9/10 overall.
Now, I wait for the medical bills.
You are costing yourself a substantial amount of money over something that turned out to be a nothing-burger. I sometimes get migraines and they can fell like I am dying. But I guess I never would think to go to the ER.
Anyway, not sure if you ever talk to a therapist, but in all seriousness you should consider it. Otherwise you are going to cost yourself a lot of money as you age and your body gets the normal aches and pains of middle age.
Man, you aint lying. Getting old aint for sissies as my mom would say. I removed the alternator on my POS Jeep Memorial Day to take it in to have it rebuilt. The tensioner was so dadgum difficult I actually pulled/tore a muscle on the right side of my rib cage. Doubt I'd injured myself back in my 30s.
...no, didn't go to the ER. Just dealing with it.
Yeah three weeks ago I f*cked up my wrist trying to change out the propane regulator hose on my Weber grill. The nut was on there so tight I torqued my wrist too much at a weird angle and think I sprained it. I’m not in bad shape, but I am 53 and these things happen.
52 here. Makes me think 62 may not be as fun as I think. LOL
I don't think I'm a hypochondriac.
I went to the emergency room based on recommendation from a doctor and a nurse who said I needed to go there ASAP.
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Wait till you get to 77
I blew up my ankle this week coaching my son's baseball team.
I lent a kid my glove for him to try because he has everything bouncing out of his glove at first.
He turns around on the next play and forgets I don't have a glove and just fires one at me. It is low so I jump to get out of the way, end up knocking the ball straight down the landing off center full weight on the ball. My ankle just crumpled and I heard/felt two solid pops.
X-rays came back negative yesterday, but I am going to see if I can avoid being in a full boot.
Retirement should be for the young.
Hot damn! I was about to call an exorcist for you.*****Hospital Update*****
Thanks for the healing prayers. I feel strong!
I probably had a lingering effect from a migraine...I'm going to start eating sardines each week which helps.
I give the emergency room and hospital a 9/10 overall.
Now, I wait for the medical bills.
Maybe I missed in the streaming consciousness thread where the Dr and Nurse recommended you go to the ER....this seems like a giant waste of your resources and the hospitals
A doctor and nurse told me to go to the ER...that's why I went.
I have to do about 20 minutes of various stretches for my back every morning now just to get normal functionality for walking - and this is AFTER losing 45 pounds and working out 5/6 days a week religiously since February. Kinda frustrating, but part of being in your 50s I guess.
though of course, we all know that the massive bill will based on 'charges' rather than the substantially lower 'allowable,' and that your cost sharing associated with that much lower allowable will not approach $9500.
Separately, given your hypochodria, why in god's name would you select a plan with a 9500 deductible?
I know, I know, you think you're a Ferrari, and just need a lot of adjustments from a team of very fine mechanics.
It is posts like this that make me want to drink at 9:30 in the morning.
But then I remember I am getting older and my good friend Gester's Liver ain't what he used to be and being hungover sounds horrible.
Alcohol worsens inflammation, so I've had to cut down on it as well (also helps with the weigh loss regimen).
I'm 56 and walking from gate to gate at airports has strengthened me. I also lost 30 pounds and being light helps a lot. Good luck to you.
Now to kick this @HoggI74 guy's *** in pickleball. Just joking jv.
It had the best value.
I pay $133 a month...it used to be $89 a month until the Trump regime raised premiums.
I'm glad you got checked out @BrianNole777 and I'm elated it was benign.
22 year old Gester would drink until his ankle no longer hurt to walk on just so he could go to the bar without a limp.
22 year old Gester was a lot of fun but also a lot of dumb.
Yeah, I have a really crummy sciatic nerve issue on my right side exacerbated by my pronated gait - and I exacerbate it every night because I tend to bring my knees up toward my chest while I sleep.
Basically, while sleeping, I shorten the muscle and it goes into mild spasm EVERY MORNING - which means I have to baby it and get it all stretched out and loose before I can walk "normal." This is ironically also why I started doing "shower squats" like Brian - helps to loosen that tight muscle chain.
The crazy thing is I can be practically paralyzed from pain and unable to even stand straight, and then a half hour later, it's like I've never had back pain in my life and I can go golfing.
Listening to that doctor and nurse sounds like it might have cost you 10k with no benefit. Laying in bed with a wet towel on your forehead is a lot cheaper.
And, aren't you religious? Are you scared of dying? If you passed it would mean eternal bliss, right?
As George Michael said, " You gotta have faith".
Of course, he's dead now from myocarditis.
Is that a good or a bad thing if you have the faith?
Can you help a towel understand?
And, aren't you religious? Are you scared of dying? If you passed it would mean eternal bliss, right?
As George Michael said, " You gotta have faith".
Of course, he's dead now from myocarditis.
Is that a good or a bad thing if you have the faith?
Can you help a towel understand?