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[saddina]

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No choice, I can't straighten my leg out to stand now.

I'm really trying to keep positive, but it's not going well.

Have you been to the doctor? Did you go to the ER?

Same old crap, the xray says no broken bones, follow up with my dr within 3 days. Nothing personal dear, but that's pretty much all we get here.I've seen a kid with a compound break sit in the waiting room for 3 hours bleeding.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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Have you been to the doctor? Did you go to the ER?

Same old crap, the xray says no broken bones, follow up with my dr within 3 days. Nothing personal dear, but that's pretty much all we get here.I've seen a kid with a compound break sit in the waiting room for 3 hours bleeding.

It's a growing problem nationwide. ER's are chronically understaffed, both with doctors and nurses. Add in the wait times for labs, x-rays, ct scans, and you've got a mounting problem. I know we run a 12 bed ER, 7 side rooms, 3 trauma rooms, a cardiac room, and a psych room. On nights we only have 1 doctor, 2 nurses, and 1 tech. Talk about stressful!

Sorry to hear it, sounds like you need a second opinion. I hope your regular doc has better answeres for you.

 

[saddina]

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Same old crap, the xray says no broken bones, follow up with my dr within 3 days. Nothing personal dear, but that's pretty much all we get here.I've seen a kid with a compound break sit in the waiting room for 3 hours bleeding.

It's a growing problem nationwide. ER's are chronically understaffed, both with doctors and nurses. Add in the wait times for labs, x-rays, ct scans, and you've got a mounting problem. I know we run a 12 bed ER, 7 side rooms, 3 trauma rooms, a cardiac room, and a psych room. On nights we only have 1 doctor, 2 nurses, and 1 tech. Talk about stressful!

Sorry to hear it, sounds like you need a second opinion. I hope your regular doc has better answeres for you.

Since I know I won't die from the bum leg, I try not to go in.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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It's a growing problem nationwide. ER's are chronically understaffed, both with doctors and nurses. Add in the wait times for labs, x-rays, ct scans, and you've got a mounting problem. I know we run a 12 bed ER, 7 side rooms, 3 trauma rooms, a cardiac room, and a psych room. On nights we only have 1 doctor, 2 nurses, and 1 tech. Talk about stressful!

Sorry to hear it, sounds like you need a second opinion. I hope your regular doc has better answeres for you.

Since I know I won't die from the bum leg, I try not to go in.

Saddi, you cannot continue to be miserable. You need answers. Pain is not normal.

 

[saddina]

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Since I know I won't die from the bum leg, I try not to go in.

Saddi, you cannot continue to be miserable. You need answers. Pain is not normal.

Oh no dear, I'm going to my doc visits, and the physical therapists, and the ortho-whatever visits. But the ER sin't going to reattach the muscels that ripped. I'm on an Nsaid drug, so I can't take much else (i've got the most annoying eyesight side effect). Since the HMO i'm on is the state's low-cost one it's being overfilled with people who suddenly lost thier work insurance, and medical patients. So the docs who do take it, are swamped.

So I try not to fall and to look at it as time off from working. Sometimes having time off to myself is ok, somedays it's just depressing.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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Saddi, you cannot continue to be miserable. You need answers. Pain is not normal.

Oh no dear, I'm going to my doc visits, and the physical therapists, and the ortho-whatever visits. But the ER sin't going to reattach the muscels that ripped. I'm on an Nsaid drug, so I can't take much else (i've got the most annoying eyesight side effect). Since the HMO i'm on is the state's low-cost one it's being overfilled with people who suddenly lost thier work insurance, and medical patients. So the docs who do take it, are swamped.

So I try not to fall and to look at it as time off from working. Sometimes having time off to myself is ok, somedays it's just depressing.

Well, hang in there, and if you ever need to talk, just call.

I better get some sleep- have to be up in a few hours. G'nite Saddi.

 

[saddina]

As shallow as it may sound, I'm quite discouraged that I seem to be putting back on every pound I lost. I know my health is more important, yada yada, but I also know carrying extra weight will make physical rehab that much longer/harder.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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this thread has been really SLOW lately.

Perhaps the nice weather? I haven't seen Miss Alaska for a while... Hope all is well.

 

[Sassymygirl]

Hey yall...Well, yesterday I was on here and the power went out at 2:00pm (a pine tree fell on a power line

) it took 2 hours for the power to come back on but not the computer.

I had to wait 23hrs for the computer to come back on...But it's fixed now!!

 

[debilorrah]

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this thread has been really SLOW lately.

Perhaps the nice weather? I haven't seen Miss Alaska for a while... Hope all is well.

She posting on FB this morning.