Thats right. So tonight I decided to gather up my 3 young kids and head off to the closest "clinic"
what changed my mind?? well, I was talking to a friend of mine, and I was telling him tonight how I seemed like I was feeling better this morning, and then later on this afternoon this sudden feeling of nausea came upon me. So I was telling him throughout the afternoon this would come and go. Which somewhat made me wonder because I woke up this morning feeling pretty good in general..other than the odd cough etc.
So he suggested..why dont you just go. OK..your right. Let me go. At least for my kids sake so I can be told what I have and that would make it easier so I am not so perinoid about giving whatever to them.
So off we went. We got there, and it was about 6:30p.m, I believe. The clinic even though it shuts around 8 p.m. were not even going to take me at first. Because they had "so many patients already". Looking around I would have guessed maybe 8 if that..but ok.
But then I guess for whatever reason decided to squeeze me in as one of their last ones. Yippee for me.
So being that I did not get seen until roughly 7:30..my kids were basically all over the place. Playing hide and go seek.banging everything in the playroom.... I had to wear a mask cause i do still have the "odd" cough which if you do you need to wear one.
Anyways, so we finally get in the room...DOC comes in. Nice guy, Older one. So he asks me whats going on? I respond by telling him that I have had this sickness going on for more than a week now...which started off which seemed to be just a bad cough but after the first few days turned into a fever which carried on for quite a few days, ...so I had a fever/coughing..been really tired, body pretty achy ..and now just recently today seem to be getting this nausiating feeling all of a sudden..not sure why. And thats basically the story.
And then i went on to tell him..I am here not because I really wanted to come, but because of my kids (who were all 3 there in the room with me)so he could see they were obviously young and that I was just a concerned mother.
SO he said to me..
well it sounds like you have the symptoms of the H1N1.
OK I said...
but what i have also sounds like a normal bug as well doesnt it??.
True he said.
So I asked...well is there anyway you can find out exactly what I have? Not really.
Not really???
So how do you know then?? He replied...well from the symptoms...
but I dont get it? So you are saying you would only know from the symptoms..but yet the symptoms are almost the same as any other flu correct? Yes he responded. Then he began to say to me that its not like we have a machine that tells us or anything..
In my mind I was thinking....this is it??? No swab?? nothing???
I mean this shit is all over the news...and its like ...no big deal?? no further tests to be done??? What about ME...the concerned MOTHER..for her kids...where its the kids that apparently can suffer the most with this so called H1N1 and he has no further comments for me?
Anyways..he did listen to my chest and asked me to breath in and out..you know the routine..which i did. There was some weezing...which keep in mind has gotten alot better now its not even half as bad as it was..I did have alot of mucous in there at one point and still have a little I am sure..so what do you expect...(sorry friends)
so he decided to tell me that he "believes" i have bronchitis.
BRONCHITIS?? I proceeded to tell him that I am actually maybe 90% better then what I was. And how i really truely think people with bronchitis would sound a hell of alot worse than me. Not necessarily he replied.
Ok ..so he gives me this perscription...here you go...thank you ..have a good night.,
That was my visit. I will not fill that perscription unless my cough gets worse because personally I dont "believe" i have bronchitis but rather just coming off of having a bad cold. If it gets worse I will fill it..but I was so damn dissappointed in how he handled my concern about this so called H1N1 flu thing that that everyone is talking about and that all most people are panicking about as well.
I mean every talk show is talking about it...the doctors are talking about it..radio is talking about..its all over the place..and yet it was like no big deal tonight. He sent me away...without any testing at all....so basically someone like me has no idea what kind of flu it is..just that I do have something...and if i were to colapse here..oh well I guess... right?
Oh,,he did say though what i knew he would..to take it easy..only do things I have to ....drink lots of hot drinks..and soups..take your tylenol for fever and whatever.
Sure
thanks.
I didnt even go to Med school and i knew that already.
So there you go. Point proven. I went cause of my kids, and really had no answer to go back home with. I waited long enough to just be given a perscription for broncitis which I dont even believe I have. And basically went home with hungry kids thinking I could have been lying on my couch all nice and comfy at this time then sitting in a room with a whole bunch of other sick people while we were all wearing these masks that were freaking out my daughter Emma. i would be really curious to what they left the clinic being told. LOL Most probably same thing as me. Get lots of rest!!! :-)
Alrighty then.
SO just thought I would blog about my visit to the clinic tonight and how what I had assumed would happen did. No real answers... a long enough wait time to be told nothing at all about the flu...just here say. And its funny how I mentioned about feeling nausiated..and he didnt even question that at all. LOL
Didnt realize that bronchitis would cause nausea as well. hm. Oh well.
Have a great night.
Now I am making a damn cup of cocoa! screw the tea!! CAnnot wait till all this passes so I can go back to my gym again! Got alot of fraustrations that I need to let out...no better way then that
lol
Talk soon
Rosy
what changed my mind?? well, I was talking to a friend of mine, and I was telling him tonight how I seemed like I was feeling better this morning, and then later on this afternoon this sudden feeling of nausea came upon me. So I was telling him throughout the afternoon this would come and go. Which somewhat made me wonder because I woke up this morning feeling pretty good in general..other than the odd cough etc.
So he suggested..why dont you just go. OK..your right. Let me go. At least for my kids sake so I can be told what I have and that would make it easier so I am not so perinoid about giving whatever to them.
So off we went. We got there, and it was about 6:30p.m, I believe. The clinic even though it shuts around 8 p.m. were not even going to take me at first. Because they had "so many patients already". Looking around I would have guessed maybe 8 if that..but ok.
But then I guess for whatever reason decided to squeeze me in as one of their last ones. Yippee for me.
So being that I did not get seen until roughly 7:30..my kids were basically all over the place. Playing hide and go seek.banging everything in the playroom.... I had to wear a mask cause i do still have the "odd" cough which if you do you need to wear one.
Anyways, so we finally get in the room...DOC comes in. Nice guy, Older one. So he asks me whats going on? I respond by telling him that I have had this sickness going on for more than a week now...which started off which seemed to be just a bad cough but after the first few days turned into a fever which carried on for quite a few days, ...so I had a fever/coughing..been really tired, body pretty achy ..and now just recently today seem to be getting this nausiating feeling all of a sudden..not sure why. And thats basically the story.
And then i went on to tell him..I am here not because I really wanted to come, but because of my kids (who were all 3 there in the room with me)so he could see they were obviously young and that I was just a concerned mother.
SO he said to me..
well it sounds like you have the symptoms of the H1N1.
OK I said...
but what i have also sounds like a normal bug as well doesnt it??.
True he said.
So I asked...well is there anyway you can find out exactly what I have? Not really.
Not really???
So how do you know then?? He replied...well from the symptoms...
but I dont get it? So you are saying you would only know from the symptoms..but yet the symptoms are almost the same as any other flu correct? Yes he responded. Then he began to say to me that its not like we have a machine that tells us or anything..
In my mind I was thinking....this is it??? No swab?? nothing???
I mean this shit is all over the news...and its like ...no big deal?? no further tests to be done??? What about ME...the concerned MOTHER..for her kids...where its the kids that apparently can suffer the most with this so called H1N1 and he has no further comments for me?
Anyways..he did listen to my chest and asked me to breath in and out..you know the routine..which i did. There was some weezing...which keep in mind has gotten alot better now its not even half as bad as it was..I did have alot of mucous in there at one point and still have a little I am sure..so what do you expect...(sorry friends)
so he decided to tell me that he "believes" i have bronchitis.
BRONCHITIS?? I proceeded to tell him that I am actually maybe 90% better then what I was. And how i really truely think people with bronchitis would sound a hell of alot worse than me. Not necessarily he replied.
Ok ..so he gives me this perscription...here you go...thank you ..have a good night.,
That was my visit. I will not fill that perscription unless my cough gets worse because personally I dont "believe" i have bronchitis but rather just coming off of having a bad cold. If it gets worse I will fill it..but I was so damn dissappointed in how he handled my concern about this so called H1N1 flu thing that that everyone is talking about and that all most people are panicking about as well.
I mean every talk show is talking about it...the doctors are talking about it..radio is talking about..its all over the place..and yet it was like no big deal tonight. He sent me away...without any testing at all....so basically someone like me has no idea what kind of flu it is..just that I do have something...and if i were to colapse here..oh well I guess... right?
Oh,,he did say though what i knew he would..to take it easy..only do things I have to ....drink lots of hot drinks..and soups..take your tylenol for fever and whatever.
Sure
thanks.
I didnt even go to Med school and i knew that already.
So there you go. Point proven. I went cause of my kids, and really had no answer to go back home with. I waited long enough to just be given a perscription for broncitis which I dont even believe I have. And basically went home with hungry kids thinking I could have been lying on my couch all nice and comfy at this time then sitting in a room with a whole bunch of other sick people while we were all wearing these masks that were freaking out my daughter Emma. i would be really curious to what they left the clinic being told. LOL Most probably same thing as me. Get lots of rest!!! :-)
Alrighty then.
SO just thought I would blog about my visit to the clinic tonight and how what I had assumed would happen did. No real answers... a long enough wait time to be told nothing at all about the flu...just here say. And its funny how I mentioned about feeling nausiated..and he didnt even question that at all. LOL
Didnt realize that bronchitis would cause nausea as well. hm. Oh well.
Have a great night.
Now I am making a damn cup of cocoa! screw the tea!! CAnnot wait till all this passes so I can go back to my gym again! Got alot of fraustrations that I need to let out...no better way then that
lol
Talk soon
Rosy