Are you entitled to see a doctor if you're at the ER?

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Anonymous wrote:PS: Totally agree with the travel clinic recommendation, unless you can't get in as a timely manner. That's your best bet for appropriate care in this circumstance.

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Something doesn't add up.

You called a travel clinic. They told you to go to the ER. So instead, you called an urgent care facility. They told you to go to the ER. So instead of going, you called the health department? I'm sensing a pattern that you don't take instructions well.

You've had a fever for 6 days with chills, headache and sweating and you think it's life threatening because what?

You don't think a nurse can help diagnose what you have because why?

OP, you're obviously a youngster and you have a fever. A regular ol fever. I hate to break it to you but it's not life threatening and you will live to see another day.

Go eat some ice cream, calm down and you'll be better in a few days.

What is wrong with you pp? She has been to Asia recently. A fever is considered malaria until proven otherwise.

This is the PP who questioned OP. I'll bite on your response.

So, apparently she contracted a fever in a foreign country (India) prior to arriving back home in the states. Yet when directed by 3 different medical establishments to go to the ER she still waits 6 days before she decides to go to the ER? Then she complains about not having a doctor at her beck and call because she has a life threatening disease?

She sounds like a narcissistic alarmist. Even if it is malaria, which I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it's not, it's not always fatal. According to the CDC, it is sometimes fatal.

Don't wait 6 days before going to the ER, ignoring sound health advice from 3 different medical professionals, and cry life threatening disease when you arrive at the ER. Not a good look.

Um what. Where did op say she contacted 3 medical professionals on the day she got a fever? You're making up stuff now.

Um, read OP's response:

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Op posted a few days ago for advice. Where in here do you see that she contacted 3 medical professionals 6 days ago. Why don't you find something better to do then shit on a sick person pp? You're truly sick minded seriously.

You're right, I should find something better to do but so should you and so should OP.

I disagree with your assessment but that is what these boards are here for -- but let's be civil about it.

The OP has a fever. She will live.

Are you always this nasty? I urge to explore why.

+1

No, not nasty, just older. There is no need to panic about a fever or a flu. No need to demand a doctor over a nurse either.

My best wishes to you OP. You will get better.

OP was asking a simple question about care at the ER and you got nasty pp. You sound like a nasty know it all.

[Anonymous]

Everytime I have been to the ER I do eventually see a doctor OP. Hang in there.

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Anonymous wrote:PS: Totally agree with the travel clinic recommendation, unless you can't get in as a timely manner. That's your best bet for appropriate care in this circumstance.

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Something doesn't add up.

You called a travel clinic. They told you to go to the ER. So instead, you called an urgent care facility. They told you to go to the ER. So instead of going, you called the health department? I'm sensing a pattern that you don't take instructions well.

You've had a fever for 6 days with chills, headache and sweating and you think it's life threatening because what?

You don't think a nurse can help diagnose what you have because why?

OP, you're obviously a youngster and you have a fever. A regular ol fever. I hate to break it to you but it's not life threatening and you will live to see another day.

Go eat some ice cream, calm down and you'll be better in a few days.

What is wrong with you pp? She has been to Asia recently. A fever is considered malaria until proven otherwise.

This is the PP who questioned OP. I'll bite on your response.

So, apparently she contracted a fever in a foreign country (India) prior to arriving back home in the states. Yet when directed by 3 different medical establishments to go to the ER she still waits 6 days before she decides to go to the ER? Then she complains about not having a doctor at her beck and call because she has a life threatening disease?

She sounds like a narcissistic alarmist. Even if it is malaria, which I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it's not, it's not always fatal. According to the CDC, it is sometimes fatal.

Don't wait 6 days before going to the ER, ignoring sound health advice from 3 different medical professionals, and cry life threatening disease when you arrive at the ER. Not a good look.

Um what. Where did op say she contacted 3 medical professionals on the day she got a fever? You're making up stuff now.

Um, read OP's response:

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Op posted a few days ago for advice. Where in here do you see that she contacted 3 medical professionals 6 days ago. Why don't you find something better to do then shit on a sick person pp? You're truly sick minded seriously.

You're right, I should find something better to do but so should you and so should OP.

I disagree with your assessment but that is what these boards are here for -- but let's be civil about it.

The OP has a fever. She will live.

Are you always this nasty? I urge to explore why.

+1

No, not nasty, just older. There is no need to panic about a fever or a flu. No need to demand a doctor over a nurse either.

My best wishes to you OP. You will get better.

OP was asking a simple question about care at the ER and you got nasty pp. You sound like a nasty know it all.

Well, if you consider my best wishes to the OP that she will get better, and make no mistake, she will get better, then I accept.

Here's something that comes to mind when I hear the word Nasty.

I'm not a prude (No)
I just want some respect (That's right)
So close the door if you want me to respond (Oh oh yeah)
'Cause privacy is my middle name
My last name is Control
No my first name ain't baby
It's Janet
Miss Jackson if you're nasty

[Anonymous]

You can insist on seeing one by go to the ER not post on here. There are lots of colds/flu's going around.

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Anonymous wrote:PS: Totally agree with the travel clinic recommendation, unless you can't get in as a timely manner. That's your best bet for appropriate care in this circumstance.

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Something doesn't add up.

You called a travel clinic. They told you to go to the ER. So instead, you called an urgent care facility. They told you to go to the ER. So instead of going, you called the health department? I'm sensing a pattern that you don't take instructions well.

You've had a fever for 6 days with chills, headache and sweating and you think it's life threatening because what?

You don't think a nurse can help diagnose what you have because why?

OP, you're obviously a youngster and you have a fever. A regular ol fever. I hate to break it to you but it's not life threatening and you will live to see another day.

Go eat some ice cream, calm down and you'll be better in a few days.

What is wrong with you pp? She has been to Asia recently. A fever is considered malaria until proven otherwise.

This is the PP who questioned OP. I'll bite on your response.

So, apparently she contracted a fever in a foreign country (India) prior to arriving back home in the states. Yet when directed by 3 different medical establishments to go to the ER she still waits 6 days before she decides to go to the ER? Then she complains about not having a doctor at her beck and call because she has a life threatening disease?

She sounds like a narcissistic alarmist. Even if it is malaria, which I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it's not, it's not always fatal. According to the CDC, it is sometimes fatal.

Don't wait 6 days before going to the ER, ignoring sound health advice from 3 different medical professionals, and cry life threatening disease when you arrive at the ER. Not a good look.

And OP, be sure to grab some ice cream while you're there. You can remember that sweet treat fondly when you come back to the DCUM money and finance board complaining about having to pay for an expensive ER visit and not being able to afford your avocado toast.

Some employee insurance does start on the first day pp. Mine does and I also don't have a monthly premium.

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Geez, people, on page 2, OP said

"Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight."

She's been admitted so they took her illness seriously and she's getting treated.

Hope you're feeling better soon, OP. Let us know how you're doing when you can.

[Anonymous]

Who is going to watch your child tomorrow OP? Surely your dh can't take off on his second week?

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Anonymous wrote:Who is going to watch your child tomorrow OP? Surely your dh can't take off on his second week?

How do you know OP even has any children?

And why wouldn't OP's DH take time off for his DW? She's in the ER!

[Anonymous]

Op here. It's not the flu. The nurse said they're waiting on the infectious disease test results. My fever is also coming back.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. It's not the flu. The nurse said they're waiting on the infectious disease test results. My fever is also coming back.

Thanks for update OP. How high is the fever?

I hope you have managed to ignore the really nasty poster on this thread. The rest of us are pulling for you.

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Good luck, OP! Please keep us updated if you can -- I would love to hear your eventual diagnosis and am wishing you the best.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. It's not the flu. The nurse said they're waiting on the infectious disease test results. My fever is also coming back.

Thanks for update OP. How high is the fever?

I hope you have managed to ignore the really nasty poster on this thread. The rest of us are pulling for you.

It's at 102 now. Right now they say my liver is concerning ( shows high levels) and I have a UTI. Tomorrow morning an infectious disease doctor will be seeing me. They hope to have the malaria and other infectious disease results by tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:PS: Totally agree with the travel clinic recommendation, unless you can't get in as a timely manner. That's your best bet for appropriate care in this circumstance.

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Something doesn't add up.

You called a travel clinic. They told you to go to the ER. So instead, you called an urgent care facility. They told you to go to the ER. So instead of going, you called the health department? I'm sensing a pattern that you don't take instructions well.

You've had a fever for 6 days with chills, headache and sweating and you think it's life threatening because what?

You don't think a nurse can help diagnose what you have because why?

OP, you're obviously a youngster and you have a fever. A regular ol fever. I hate to break it to you but it's not life threatening and you will live to see another day.

Go eat some ice cream, calm down and you'll be better in a few days.

What is wrong with you pp? She has been to Asia recently. A fever is considered malaria until proven otherwise.

This is the PP who questioned OP. I'll bite on your response.

So, apparently she contracted a fever in a foreign country (India) prior to arriving back home in the states. Yet when directed by 3 different medical establishments to go to the ER she still waits 6 days before she decides to go to the ER? Then she complains about not having a doctor at her beck and call because she has a life threatening disease?

She sounds like a narcissistic alarmist. Even if it is malaria, which I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it's not, it's not always fatal. According to the CDC, it is sometimes fatal.

Don't wait 6 days before going to the ER, ignoring sound health advice from 3 different medical professionals, and cry life threatening disease when you arrive at the ER. Not a good look.

Um what. Where did op say she contacted 3 medical professionals on the day she got a fever? You're making up stuff now.

Um, read OP's response:

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Op posted a few days ago for advice. Where in here do you see that she contacted 3 medical professionals 6 days ago. Why don't you find something better to do then shit on a sick person pp? You're truly sick minded seriously.

You're right, I should find something better to do but so should you and so should OP.

I disagree with your assessment but that is what these boards are here for -- but let's be civil about it.

The OP has a fever. She will live.

Are you always this nasty? I urge to explore why.

+1

No, not nasty, just older. There is no need to panic about a fever or a flu. No need to demand a doctor over a nurse either.

My best wishes to you OP. You will get better.

OP was asking a simple question about care at the ER and you got nasty pp. You sound like a nasty know it all.

NP. I think the nasty PP is a nurse who was offended by OP saying that she wanted to be seen by a real doctor. Some nurses think they're doctors who just get paid less.

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Anonymous wrote:PS: Totally agree with the travel clinic recommendation, unless you can't get in as a timely manner. That's your best bet for appropriate care in this circumstance.

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Something doesn't add up.

You called a travel clinic. They told you to go to the ER. So instead, you called an urgent care facility. They told you to go to the ER. So instead of going, you called the health department? I'm sensing a pattern that you don't take instructions well.

You've had a fever for 6 days with chills, headache and sweating and you think it's life threatening because what?

You don't think a nurse can help diagnose what you have because why?

OP, you're obviously a youngster and you have a fever. A regular ol fever. I hate to break it to you but it's not life threatening and you will live to see another day.

Go eat some ice cream, calm down and you'll be better in a few days.

What is wrong with you pp? She has been to Asia recently. A fever is considered malaria until proven otherwise.

This is the PP who questioned OP. I'll bite on your response.

So, apparently she contracted a fever in a foreign country (India) prior to arriving back home in the states. Yet when directed by 3 different medical establishments to go to the ER she still waits 6 days before she decides to go to the ER? Then she complains about not having a doctor at her beck and call because she has a life threatening disease?

She sounds like a narcissistic alarmist. Even if it is malaria, which I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it's not, it's not always fatal. According to the CDC, it is sometimes fatal.

Don't wait 6 days before going to the ER, ignoring sound health advice from 3 different medical professionals, and cry life threatening disease when you arrive at the ER. Not a good look.

Um what. Where did op say she contacted 3 medical professionals on the day she got a fever? You're making up stuff now.

Um, read OP's response:

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Op posted a few days ago for advice. Where in here do you see that she contacted 3 medical professionals 6 days ago. Why don't you find something better to do then shit on a sick person pp? You're truly sick minded seriously.

You're right, I should find something better to do but so should you and so should OP.

I disagree with your assessment but that is what these boards are here for -- but let's be civil about it.

The OP has a fever. She will live.

Are you always this nasty? I urge to explore why.

+1

No, not nasty, just older. There is no need to panic about a fever or a flu. No need to demand a doctor over a nurse either.

My best wishes to you OP. You will get better.

OP was asking a simple question about care at the ER and you got nasty pp. You sound like a nasty know it all.

NP. I think the nasty PP is a nurse who was offended by OP saying that she wanted to be seen by a real doctor. Some nurses think they're doctors who just get paid less.

NP- I'm a nurse and nothing about what has been said offended me until your post. Of course I don't think I'm a "doctor who just gets paid less", don't be ridiculous. We have very different skill sets and educational backgrounds, and very different strengths/weaknesses/ tasks to do in a clinical setting. That being said- OP, the fact that they admitted you overnight means they are being cautious and going to make sure you're all right. Don't listen to the nasty poster who continues to say you're wasting the hospital's time even after reading that they admitted you (a sure sign that your trip to the ER wasn't frivolous). I hope everything works out well for you in the next day or two.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PS: Totally agree with the travel clinic recommendation, unless you can't get in as a timely manner. That's your best bet for appropriate care in this circumstance.

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Something doesn't add up.

You called a travel clinic. They told you to go to the ER. So instead, you called an urgent care facility. They told you to go to the ER. So instead of going, you called the health department? I'm sensing a pattern that you don't take instructions well.

You've had a fever for 6 days with chills, headache and sweating and you think it's life threatening because what?

You don't think a nurse can help diagnose what you have because why?

OP, you're obviously a youngster and you have a fever. A regular ol fever. I hate to break it to you but it's not life threatening and you will live to see another day.

Go eat some ice cream, calm down and you'll be better in a few days.

What is wrong with you pp? She has been to Asia recently. A fever is considered malaria until proven otherwise.

This is the PP who questioned OP. I'll bite on your response.

So, apparently she contracted a fever in a foreign country (India) prior to arriving back home in the states. Yet when directed by 3 different medical establishments to go to the ER she still waits 6 days before she decides to go to the ER? Then she complains about not having a doctor at her beck and call because she has a life threatening disease?

She sounds like a narcissistic alarmist. Even if it is malaria, which I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that it's not, it's not always fatal. According to the CDC, it is sometimes fatal.

Don't wait 6 days before going to the ER, ignoring sound health advice from 3 different medical professionals, and cry life threatening disease when you arrive at the ER. Not a good look.

Um what. Where did op say she contacted 3 medical professionals on the day she got a fever? You're making up stuff now.

Um, read OP's response:

Op here. I called travel clinic's, urgent care and the health department. Everyone said to go to the ER. A doctor did show up a few minutes after I posted this. The doctor said they're admitting me to stay tonight. I hope I don't have anything serious. I have had a fever, chills, sweating and headaches for 6 days now. I hope it's only the flu but it's better to be safe. I am in a new city without a regular doctor. It hasn't been easy to figure care out.

Op posted a few days ago for advice. Where in here do you see that she contacted 3 medical professionals 6 days ago. Why don't you find something better to do then shit on a sick person pp? You're truly sick minded seriously.

You're right, I should find something better to do but so should you and so should OP.

I disagree with your assessment but that is what these boards are here for -- but let's be civil about it.

The OP has a fever. She will live.

Why so nasty? Is something lacking in your life?