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[Señior's Covenant]

Tell me, when you had it, did you go into the medical office, tell the doctor on duty your entire office had it last week (that or strep, which I've had like six times in my life) and that your chest is starting to hurt off and on, but then have them play it off and tell you your lung (singular) is inflamed so they give you a decongestant/cough medicine and tell you "just take three Ibuprofen three times a day" and send you off with a $140 bill? Only to have you come back four days later because the medicine they gave you is gone, the chest pains are unbearable at times (couldn't even sleep last night)? Did they sit you down, ask you the same questions as before, insist on x-rays of your lungs, then an ekg to check your heart, walk in after you've been sitting off & on for over two hours (meanwhile you're missing work) and tell you that you have bronchitis like you tried to tell them days and $140 dollars ago? Did they then give you the antibiotic and anti-inflammatory they should have given you days ago to avoid the pain, then NOT give you a pain medication prescription for the chest pains you're having to fight through but only tell you, "just take five Ibuprofen three times a day" and charge you $340?

I HATE doctors. This is the main reason I don't go in unless I'm, say, dying.

[jboyler]

I had strep throat a few weeks ago and I suffered for about a week before it became intolerable. It felt like I had a bullet go in my ear and out below my jaw. I went to the hospital and they culture to see whether I had strep throat or mono, but I never actually got the result. I figger since I got better, I must have had strep. Anyway, I ended up taking gigantic Motrin pills and wondered why I had to get a bottle of big ones from the hospital when I could have bought a bottle of little ones over the counter.

Our hospitals might suck, but at least we aren't in Sudan.