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[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

8 minutes ago, Delightfully Smoak said:

Yes, and I've done that already to stock up on some medicine, which I'm out of again, but its ages wait. I was just advised to go to the actual building of the healthcare provider and demand some names of dr's I can see. So I'm going to do that once I've had some breakfast. 

**minorly panicking**

You'll find a doctor, don't worry.

[Tristan]

3 hours ago, Mestiv said:

This sounds like a strange health care system. Aren't there any hospitals where you just go, wait in a queue and get your visit?

^This sounds nice. If I go to the doctor, I have to call my insurance company, see what clinics they have on their provider list, call said clinic, wait around 6 weeks for an appointment as a new patient, and pay extra for new patient paperwork. Lol

Or go to urgent care and spend more money for one visit. Worst case scenario go to the hospital, wait several hours, and come home with a huge bill. 

Ughhhh 

[Delightful]

I found a grumpy dr who somewhat helped me enough for now. And the search continues. :/ 

[A Budgie she/her]

16 minutes ago, Delightfully Smoak said:

I found a grumpy dr who somewhat helped me enough for now. And the search continues. :/ 

Good luck.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

26 minutes ago, Delightfully Smoak said:

I found a grumpy dr who somewhat helped me enough for now. And the search continues. :/ 

Good luck as well!

and @Tristan that really sucks :/

Edited April 25, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant

[Delightful]

IM PANICKING AND I NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS OR LOSE MY JOB HELP.  

Stupid stressful medical system and and stupid unhelpful dr's and I feel sick and nauseous FAIRY GODMOTHER WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU?!

[Jondesu he/him]

My wife says that I don't act depressed and in pain enough when I go to the doctor, so this morning on the way there, she intentionally pissed me off and then walked away in front of me to the office. And I'm still pissed off, and it didn't change anything with the doctor (who, like every other doctor we've seen, said very specifically that she does believe me about what's going on, so it's only the disability insurance that claims it's a problem, and we already know they're cremholes).

Edited April 25, 2017 by Jondesu

[Silverblade5 he/him]

2 hours ago, Delightfully Smoak said:

IM PANICKING AND I NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS OR LOSE MY JOB HELP.  

Stupid stressful medical system and and stupid unhelpful dr's and I feel sick and nauseous FAIRY GODMOTHER WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU?!

Delightful, either respond to this post, or pm me. Tell me what's wrong. Tell me each individual problem, and explain why it's something worth worrying about. 

@Jondesu I'm so sorry to hear that. *Hugs* Are they generally as bad as car insurance companies?

Edited April 25, 2017 by Silverblade5

[Delightful]

1 minute ago, Silverblade5 said:

Delightful, either respond to this post, or pm me. Tell me what's wrong. Tell me each individual problem, and explain why it's something worth worrying about. 

Thank you!

im....mostly ok now. It was Dr stress just bubbling over into everything else. Once I actually got on the phone i kind of went onto autopilot and I'm much calmer now. Stupid brain chemicals. 

Its mostly that I can't find an English speaker dr who is taking new patients. I was running out of medicine which I got a grumpy dr to prescribe me more of, but I've also been feeling sick lately, and before I could ask for advice on that I got thrown out the room because other people had appointments. And the dr was grumpy and rude and no one actually listened to me for more than the three seconds it took to hear my problem and bark at me where to go.  

And I'm sick and I need a dr and no one can bloody help me! I eventually showed up to the building of my healthcare provider and all this happened there. Every other dr I've called has said "sorry we don't take new patients". So my best case scenario is brusque help, interruptions from people with appointments, and being thrown out for people with appointments.  Like hello can someone actually help me??? 

And I kind of got into trouble last week for messing up sick leave protocols, and I've had a couple people cover my shifts but if I don't work I don't get paid and I'm worried about having enough money at the end of the month and I just keep putting in effort and not getting anything and it just all became too much for the weasels today and they revolted. 

*sigh

[Silverblade5 he/him]

@Delightfully Smoak Sounds like your your main problems are fully booked doctors, cremmy walkin's who treat you as client #45 instead of as a person with a problem, and the fallout of screwing up certain protocols. On the doctors, did they ever say why they can't take new patients, or was it just "Hi, we're full, by!"? On the work stuff, what specific protocols did you brake, and in what way did you brake them?

[Delightful]

2 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

@Delightfully Smoak Sounds like your your main problems are fully booked doctors, cremmy walkin's who treat you as client #45 instead of as a person with a problem, and the fallout of screwing up certain protocols. On the doctors, did they ever say why they can't take new patients, or was it just "Hi, we're full, by!"? On the work stuff, what specific protocols did you brake, and in what way did you brake them?

It was literally "Hi sorry no we don't take new patients have a nice day."

The work thing, I couldn't find someone to cover my shift and didn't tell them without enough time to like, be warned. But after that my boss was more sympathetic and explained the work protocol and sick leave laws and stuff which was good.

I'm done! And feeling better! Sleepy time for meee.

[Sunbird she/her]

My cat Kozmo, who's been with my family for 14 years--basically his whole life--is dying of heart failure.

The past few years I haven't gotten to see him much since I've been in Utah for college and my parents, who are taking care of Kozmo, live in Ohio, but my mom told me via text message a few days ago that he'd been acting lethargic and not eating much. My parents took Kozmo to the vet today to find out what was wrong. Turns out he's got a pretty serious heart murmur, is dehydrated, and has a buildup of fluids around his heart and lungs that's making it hard for the poor kitty to breathe.

The vet recommended hospitalizing Kozmo for 3 days in order to put him on oxygen, drain fluids, and start him on some medications for his heart, but she also said that his future doesn't look bright and he might not come home from the hospital. And I'm just sitting here bawling my eyes out because I know that treatment would make the poor cat miserable and might not even help anyway.

I really need a hug.

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

5 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

My cat Kozmo, who's been with my family for 14 years--basically his whole life--is dying of heart failure.

The past few years I haven't gotten to see him much since I've been in Utah for college and my parents, who are taking care of Kozmo, live in Ohio, but my mom told me via text message a few days ago that he'd been acting lethargic and not eating much. My parents took Kozmo to the vet today to find out what was wrong. Turns out he's got a pretty serious heart murmur, is dehydrated, and has a buildup of fluids around his heart and lungs that's making it hard for the poor kitty to breathe.

The vet recommended hospitalizing Kozmo for 3 days in order to put him on oxygen, drain fluids, and start him on some medications for his heart, but she also said that his future doesn't look bright and he might not come home from the hospital. And I'm just sitting here bawling my eyes out because I know that treatment would make the poor cat miserable and might not even help anyway.

I really need a hug.

Here are the hugs.

Lots of them.

*hugs*

[+Slowswift]

7 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

My cat Kozmo, who's been with my family for 14 years--basically his whole life--is dying of heart failure.

The past few years I haven't gotten to see him much since I've been in Utah for college and my parents, who are taking care of Kozmo, live in Ohio, but my mom told me via text message a few days ago that he'd been acting lethargic and not eating much. My parents took Kozmo to the vet today to find out what was wrong. Turns out he's got a pretty serious heart murmur, is dehydrated, and has a buildup of fluids around his heart and lungs that's making it hard for the poor kitty to breathe.

The vet recommended hospitalizing Kozmo for 3 days in order to put him on oxygen, drain fluids, and start him on some medications for his heart, but she also said that his future doesn't look bright and he might not come home from the hospital. And I'm just sitting here bawling my eyes out because I know that treatment would make the poor cat miserable and might not even help anyway.

I really need a hug.

Oh, no.  *hugs*

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

20 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

My cat Kozmo, who's been with my family for 14 years--basically his whole life--is dying of heart failure.

The past few years I haven't gotten to see him much since I've been in Utah for college and my parents, who are taking care of Kozmo, live in Ohio, but my mom told me via text message a few days ago that he'd been acting lethargic and not eating much. My parents took Kozmo to the vet today to find out what was wrong. Turns out he's got a pretty serious heart murmur, is dehydrated, and has a buildup of fluids around his heart and lungs that's making it hard for the poor kitty to breathe.

The vet recommended hospitalizing Kozmo for 3 days in order to put him on oxygen, drain fluids, and start him on some medications for his heart, but she also said that his future doesn't look bright and he might not come home from the hospital. And I'm just sitting here bawling my eyes out because I know that treatment would make the poor cat miserable and might not even help anyway.

I really need a hug.

*so many hugs* 

I'm so sorry, Sunbird.

[Sunbird she/her]

21 minutes ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

Here are the hugs.

Lots of them.

*hugs*

 

19 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Oh, no.  *hugs*

 

7 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

*so many hugs* 

I'm so sorry, Sunbird.

Thanks for all the hugs, guys. It means a lot to know you care. *hugs back*

[Mestiv he/him]

@Sunbird *all the hugs*

I know your pain Sunbird through the history of our temporary house for cats we had to say goodbye to some of our cats and it's always very painful. I hope Kozmo will get better after they remove the fluids. If those fluids gathered there slowly, there is a chance to counter them with medicines maybe? I hope he'll be at least better enough to go home, to the people he love's and who love him,  before he'll travel over the rainbow bridge (that's a saying we use in Polish facebook cat groups)

[Sunbird she/her]

6 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

@Sunbird *all the hugs*

I know your pain Sunbird through the history of our temporary house for cats we had to say goodbye to some of our cats and it's always very painful. I hope Kozmo will get better after they remove the fluids. If those fluids gathered there slowly, there is a chance to counter them with medicines maybe? I hope he'll be at least better enough to go home, to the people he love's and who love him,  before he'll travel over the rainbow bridge (that's a saying we use in Polish facebook cat groups)

Thanks, Mestiv. I'm not certain what my parents will decide to do about his treatment, since the hospitalization and accompanying treatment would be awfully expensive and possibly not very helpful. My mom mentioned the possibility of letting Kozmo stay in the hospital for one day of fluid removal/oxygen and then taking him home so he can be more comfortable while they give him his heart medications themselves. I will be flying out to Ohio on May 4, so at this point I'm mostly praying that he lasts long enough for me to see him in person one last time before he crosses the Rainbow Bridge. (I too am familiar with that saying, thanks to a lovely poem which I'm pretty sure I've shared here before when another Sharder lost their beloved pet.)

Here's the weird thing... My mom and I only made plans to fly me to Ohio within about the past week. I was originally going to stay in Utah to take a class during spring term, but ended up deciding against it because this semester has burnt me out and I know I couldn't handle diving right into another class. We found out about the severity of Kozmo's health problems today, after plans were already in place to get me to my parents' house less than 10 days from now--plans that I would've said were impossible if you had asked me a month ago. So maybe my difficulties with college this semester and my postponing of that spring-term class were a blessing in disguise. I know I would have been utterly devastated if Kozmo had passed away while I was stuck here in Utah for class, maybe even to the point of wrecking my ability to even do class.

[Jondesu he/him]

11 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

@Jondesu I'm so sorry to hear that. *Hugs* Are they generally as bad as car insurance companies?

Yeah, that's a decent comparison for people that aren't usually decent.  They were fine with my disability leave for the first 5 months.  Then they decided there wasn't enough "objective medical evidence" and denied it from that point on.  They've consistently failed to provide us with details when we've asked, or will send us in circles, and we filed the first appeal on our own because we figured the whole thing was so ridiculously obvious we didn't need a lawyer.  Yep, that was a bad idea.  So we have to find a lawyer stat (like this week) and get that started, in the midst of all the other crem and the process of trying to actually find a solution that I'm not sure exists for this headache.

The neurologist at Mayo confirmed it's probably what's called a "New Daily Persistent Headache", which can fall under several categories as to what causes it.  Generally, though, they either last less than two years, or never go away (exceptions are almost unheard of).  I've had it for 3 years and counting, so it's never going away.  They just might be able to minimize the pain and help me get on with my life.  We'll see.

[A Budgie she/her]

@Sunbird sorry I'm late, but *hug*

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Bleh.

Don't feel anything today.

See you all tomorrow.

Um.

Soooo last nighty...I cutty for the first timey. Glad to sayey that I didn't like it at all. It was disappointing. Didn't hurt much,  fair bit of blood (quite annoying but tasty). Was inconvenient and made me hide the aftermath

Instead of getting ready for school and sleeping after that I just spent the entire night reading to make myself feel better, which somehow didn't lead to me feeling repulsed and disgusted, and I actually enjoyed the night.

Then I got up and went to school...was talking to myself the entire day to the point where my friend told me to shut the storm up apparently, but I hadn't noticed. Um, then got home and just felt empty. Tried to work, couldn't. bleh bleh bleh bleh. Talked to a friend for a few hours and felt better. So um yeah.

Edited April 26, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant

[Delightful]

Well now I might lose my job because, after being up all night chucking my guts out and feeling like I was going to die, I told my boss at 7am that I wasn't going to make it to my 5pm shift. And saw a dr and promptly spent the rest of the day passed out. But because I didn't tell my *shift manager* as well nooooo ooonnne knew I wasn't going to be in and since I couldn't pull a replacement for me out of thin air AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS ALL DAY, it's now my fault that my shift wasn't covered. 

Bloody storming cremhole storm leavings of chull dung and Ruin and Odium and they can all go rot in Braize EXCEPT I NEED A JOB WHAT THE HELL HELP. 

In short, I am having a *rust*  week. 

Edited April 26, 2017 by Delightfully Smoak

[Mestiv he/him]

@Darkness Ascendant

@Delightfully Smoak

You both need a serious, fluffy and sweet hug:

[Delightful]

19 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

@Darkness Ascendant

@Delightfully Smoak

You both need a serious, fluffy and sweet hug:

Oooh so much fluffy  

thanks man. 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

So, I got in a collision today due to the other person unexpectedly putting on her brakes. I was a split second late in slamming. On the bright side, there was no visible damage was done to either vehicle.