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Sick on train, Urgent care video disaster

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So I felt like I was burning up, 102 temperature, losing my voice, coughing. my nose is stuff, my ear hurts., my neck hurts from coughing. Based on previous illnesses believe my viral went bacterial. So I figured try the Urgent care video, so I can get my z pack at a 24 hour pharmacy on the way home. I took Tylenol and the fever didn’t go down a little until I iced my body.

So I get a PA and for this luxury had a co payment of $49 and she is giving me nothing. Says by law I am not sick enough. No antibiotic I can understand but nothing for the congestion, nothing for the cough, nothing. I know my body and I know I am bacterial So after I get off the train at 2:20 am I put myself on line for 3:08 at the 24 urgent care.
 

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So sorry you are sick! At least you were headed home and not sick on your trip.
 

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I got tested, influenza A. Have to wait a few days to see how sinuses are affected and if it will turn bacterial. Doctor told me cancel next weeks vacation, boo hoo, was meeting a tugger friend, both of us were staying at Eagles nest and had multiple show tickets. I will let her know when I get up or if you see this prior you will know.
 

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Oh no, that sounds terrible. When I am up north with symptoms you described, the protocol of the medical group is to treat everything as something time will heal. They missed pneumonia.
The day after Christmas I went in to my doctor in Florida with similar symptoms. The steroid they gave me knocked it right out. I would have had to be sick for a month before I would get it up north. To make it worse, I have asthma with bronchial spasms, once that takes hold I can’t get over it, and have non stop heavy coughing for hours. I went though this ridiculous scenario with pneumonia where they gave me plain cough medicine, I coughed all night to the point of gasping for breath, and they told me I was probably depressed.

I hope you don’t have to miss your trip.
 

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By contrast, my doc is pill-happy. Have a hang-nail? Here's a scrip.

DW and I use just about any sniffle as an excuse to sleep in a recliner in the den.
That way one of us gets to stay up and watch the big-screen TV.

This reminds me... should prolly get a flu shot.


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By contrast, my doc is pill-happy. Have a hang-nail? Here's a scrip.

DW and I use just about any sniffle as an excuse to sleep in a recliner in the den.
That way one of us gets to stay up and watch the big-screen TV.

This reminds me... should prolly get a flu shot.


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Yes, please follow through on the Flu Shot.

Richard
 

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I took the flu shot, this strain wasn’t in it.
 

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I got tested, influenza A. Have to wait a few days to see how sinuses are affected and if it will turn bacterial. Doctor told me cancel next weeks vacation, boo hoo, was meeting a tugger friend, both of us were staying at Eagles nest and had multiple show tickets. I will let her know when I get up or if you see this prior you will know.
Sorry to read that you are sick and feeling poorly. Did you get a flu shot this season? If you had, I am wondering if this is one of those that the flu vaccine missed. We get our flu shot in October every year. We no longer get the miserable symptoms that come with flu but sometimes we still get the "common" cold during the year.

Ah... I see that you just posted that you got the flu shot at the same time which I posted.
 

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Did they give you Tamiflu?
 

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I took the flu shot, this strain wasn’t in it.
I saw in the news recently that this year's vaccine gave more protection for 'B' strain, but there is more 'A' strain flu circulating. That said, I was led to believe that even if you got the 'wrong' vaccine, you should get some protection or a less virulent case than if you'd not gotten the vaccine at all.

Get well soon! Being sick is no fun. Hope you have travel insurance in case you have to skip a vacation.

Jim
 

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I saw in the news recently that this year's vaccine gave more protection for 'B' strain, but there is more 'A' strain flu circulating. That said, I was led to believe that even if you got the 'wrong' vaccine, you should get some protection or a less virulent case than if you'd not gotten the vaccine at all.

Get well soon! Being sick is no fun. Hope you have travel insurance in case you have to skip a vacation.

Jim
Thank you. I caught this in NY where B is the type most are getting. A is in the Carolinas. Right now the worst thing about it is the dry cough.

Got my points back for next weeks vacation. Hoping in two weeks I can travel to Key West.
 

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This is the nightmare of the US health care system! I am so sorry, Panina. Hope you get well soon. This is such BS! And in my opinion the flu shot is crap. I do not get it, but hubby does.
 

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This is the nightmare of the US health care system! I am so sorry, Panina. Hope you get well soon. This is such BS! And in my opinion the flu shot is crap. I do not get it, but hubby does.
I called my doctors office this morning as urgent care said to. Nurse said my doctor not back until Wednesday but another doctor would look at it and tell me what I can take. 4:30 hear nothing, so I call, a different nurse calls back. Seems this mornings call is not on system.

I actually think it is sinus turning into bronchitis. Have a 10 am appointment tomorrow. Told if breathing gets worse go back tonight to 24 hr urgent care. Hopefully they will test for flu again.

Round and round, Frustrating as I know my body, nobody is listening.
 

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I called my doctors office this morning as urgent care said to. Nurse said my doctor not back until Wednesday but another doctor would look at it and tell me what I can take. 4:30 hear nothing, so I call, a different nurse calls back. Seems this mornings call is not on system.

I actually think it is sinus turning into bronchitis. Have a 10 am appointment tomorrow. Told if breathing gets worse go back tonight to 24 hr urgent care. Hopefully they will test for flu again.

Round and round, Frustrating as I know my body, nobody is listening.


This is just horrible. You have had a lot of stress lately also which deflates your immune system. Yet- in our
health care system you cannot get treated properly. Makes me insane!

I just had a whole thing today trying to get a primary doctor for my husband and me in NH! What a fiasco! I could not believe it! Who doesn't accept Medicare, who is out of network for my health insurance with high premiums and high deductibles! Who is not accepting new patients! Trying to get our records sent directly to the only MD we found locally! Sign this and that! Who will shove us off to the NP's! OMG! Totally insane! What do the stupid people do?!

Really- we should have moved to Canada!
 

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I began my transit to the land of Medicare today...
I confirmed that my PCP office takes Medicare and has no issues w-United HC.

So I signed up for Plan G from United Health Care, a drug plan from WellCare,
and cancelled my state retiree plan (reducing costs from $700 to $345/month).

I will sweat the next two months, waiting to see if I made the correct choices.
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Wow. Not much to add but feel better soon and be a loud strong advocate for what you think is best for you.
 
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