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Originally Posted by Blossom
So I was at the ER all day Friday with dehydration and high blood pressure from a mysterious illness. Once again if you don't have insurance they won't do much other meds and blood work. The doctors were okay they ran several blood panels and a EKG because it was in the chest area. All my test results were fine. I asked for a bag of fluids when I got there I know I was dehydrated. So he order it but I had the worst nurse. She only came running in hours later when the doctor came in to ask a few more questions about my symptoms when the first set of tests came back normal. She comes running in with the bag of fluids say. Oh I was just about to give her this, I can come back later.  She never did. I called hubby and told him to come sit with me.
Once he got there I told him about her, he went and tracked her down. She came in and made a joke, a joke about neglect. She then connected the bag to my IV and left. We noticed 20 minutes later the bag was still full. It would be another 15 minutes she comes in and realized it's not working. So she goes gets a pressure bag to fix it and tells hubby to pump the bag if it stops and leaves 30 minutes later it's still pretty full. She says well I guess that's all your going to get. My husband makes it clear that we have time and that I need these fluids. She pumps the bag like crazy and then instead of trying to fix the IV in my arm she grabs the tube the IV is connected to and pulls on it so tight and wraps around my fingers and leave. Fluid pours into my IV like a faucet. I got a nearly full bag of fluids in me in about ten minutes.  I started shaking and my teeth started chattering and I got very light headed. She then came in and remove the IV and we left. The ER was not overcrowded like last time but I got there at 12:30 and should been out at 4:30 but was there till 6:30 due to her negligence. When they send the survey I'm going to make sure they know this. I better not be charged for the extra time.
I'm better. Eating again and drinking. I've solved the mystery myself a day later. I can't say if it's a slipped disc for sure but it's my back. I was feeling like I was running a high fever but temp was normal. It caused me to be too sick to eat or drink. The doctor blew it off as hormones. Perimenopause was what he thought it was because I skipped December. It's not from that. It's inflammation. A simple x-ray would have solve this. How I figure it out was I was moving and felt the pain start in my upper right back. It felt like bad case of GERD When I pressed the area it felt better. So I iced that spot several times on Saturday and afterward when I layed down I felt in my mid to lower back what I can only describe as radiating pain so I got up and iced that spot and felt better so I went to sleep. I noticed my blood pressure, particularly the diastolic was normal the next day. The top number a bit lower too. I felt good. I could eat no fever feeling. So as long as I keep icing my back I'm pretty much back to normal. The pain radiating in my right arm and up my spine is probably a irritated nerve from the disc in my lower back. If I don't keep the inflammation under control it goes to the entire ribcage and my stomach, and other organs as well making me very ill. I told the doc several times it feels like I'm melting inside. My BP was skyrocketing, my heart racing all because of this and they could not figure it out.
Hospitals are not what they use to be.
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I have insurance but deductible is so high I can not afford to use it or go to the ER if I cant pay a dentist I surely cant pay a $1200 deductible