I went, I saw, I have no clue

Okay, I did it. I went to the ER. I brought home souveniers! I have all
these sticker things still stuck on me from where they did an EKG. That was
*hours* ago. No one told me the results. No one told me anything. The
Tech who did the EKG left and a new shift came on. I'm sitting there. So
finally I went to the desk and said, "I'm going home. Apparently I'm not
going to die tonight or at least if I do it won't be on your watch. You
have my number, someone can call me if I should come back tomorrow." And
with that, I walked out the door.

The oddest thing about this is they never once had me sign anything, never
asked me if I have insurance or how I'm going to pay. They just wrote down
my name, my symptoms, DOB. After about a hour a nurse checked my vitals and
got a brief medical history before I was ushered back to the waiting room.
Someone finally came around to do an EKG, then took me back to the waiting
room and left me sitting there. Not one question about insurance or how can
I pay for this? Or do I plan to pay for this? Oddly, they asked if I have
an email address. What, they're gonna email me a bill? What kind of a
nutty place is this, anyway? LOL

I still don't feel so great but I've prescribed myself a glass or two of
wine and a cuddle with a cat.

Jill
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.

That is an incredibly stramge story.

Pat wrote:
That is an incredibly stramge story.

Trust me, I was there. It was an incredibly odd experience. I think there
is a reason I avoid hospitals

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
Pat wrote:
That is an incredibly stramge story.

Trust me, I was there. It was an incredibly odd experience. I think
there
is a reason I avoid hospitals

I believe you. I have had equally strange experiences in hospitals and have
avoided them as best I can, too.I'll never forget the time I accidentally
consumed a poisonous plants containing digoxin, and because I was on
medicaid they would not give me the best remedy and instead wanted to shoot
me up with magnesium sulphate IV. I refused that and barely escaped with my
life, but I hate to think what would have happened with the MgSO4 treatment.

jmcquown wrote:
Okay, I did it. I went to the ER. I brought home souveniers! I have all
these sticker things still stuck on me from where they did an EKG. That was
*hours* ago. No one told me the results. No one told me anything. The
Tech who did the EKG left and a new shift came on. I'm sitting there. So
finally I went to the desk and said, "I'm going home. Apparently I'm not
going to die tonight or at least if I do it won't be on your watch. You
have my number, someone can call me if I should come back tomorrow." And
with that, I walked out the door.

The oddest thing about this is they never once had me sign anything, never
asked me if I have insurance or how I'm going to pay. They just wrote down
my name, my symptoms, DOB. After about a hour a nurse checked my vitals and
got a brief medical history before I was ushered back to the waiting room.
Someone finally came around to do an EKG, then took me back to the waiting
room and left me sitting there. Not one question about insurance or how can
I pay for this? Or do I plan to pay for this? Oddly, they asked if I have
an email address. What, they're gonna email me a bill? What kind of a
nutty place is this, anyway? LOL

I still don't feel so great but I've prescribed myself a glass or two of
wine and a cuddle with a cat.

Jill

Well, Jill. That's the weirdest ER story I've ever heard. Don't go back
there!! It sounds like they are horribly disorganized or something.
Never heard of a hosp. who didn't get your insurance card first thing.
They didn't even fuss at you for leaving? I threatened to leave one
time and they told me if I left AMA (against medical advice) my
insurance wouldn't pay.

Sherry

wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Okay, I did it. I went to the ER. I brought home souveniers! I
have all these sticker things still stuck on me from where they did
an EKG. That was *hours* ago. No one told me the results. No one
told me anything. The Tech who did the EKG left and a new shift
came on. I'm sitting there. So finally I went to the desk and
said, "I'm going home. Apparently I'm not going to die tonight or
at least if I do it won't be on your watch. You have my number,
someone can call me if I should come back tomorrow." And with that,
I walked out the door.

The oddest thing about this is they never once had me sign anything,
never asked me if I have insurance or how I'm going to pay. They
just wrote down my name, my symptoms, DOB. After about a hour a
nurse checked my vitals and got a brief medical history before I was
ushered back to the waiting room. Someone finally came around to do
an EKG, then took me back to the waiting room and left me sitting
there. Not one question about insurance or how can I pay for this?
Or do I plan to pay for this? Oddly, they asked if I have an email
address. What, they're gonna email me a bill? What kind of a nutty
place is this, anyway? LOL

I still don't feel so great but I've prescribed myself a glass or
two of wine and a cuddle with a cat.

Jill

Well, Jill. That's the weirdest ER story I've ever heard. Don't go
back there!! It sounds like they are horribly disorganized or
something.
Never heard of a hosp. who didn't get your insurance card first thing.
They didn't even fuss at you for leaving? I threatened to leave one
time and they told me if I left AMA (against medical advice) my
insurance wouldn't pay.

Sherry

They sure couldn't get upset about my insurance not paying because they
never asked if I had insurance! I was dumbfounded. I was ready to pay cash
for my deductible (thank you John!) if they needed to check me in or
something. I think I'm better off at home now and they will probably call
me if I need something else. But no wonder the healthcare system in
Tenneessee is so screwed up!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

They sure couldn't get upset about my insurance not paying because they
never asked if I had insurance! I was dumbfounded. I was ready to pay cash
for my deductible (thank you John!) if they needed to check me in or
something. I think I'm better off at home now and they will probably call
me if I need something else. But no wonder the healthcare system in
Tenneessee is so screwed up!

Jill

That really makes me angry. Any time anyone exhibits symptoms that even
*might* be cardiac-related, they are supposed to usher them in FIRST,
get a bp reading, start an IV right away, give you an aspirin to chew
up, oxygen and do an ekg and chest xray. With chest pain they give you
nitro and morphine also. Then they draw blood for that enzyme test,
Howard knows what I'm talking about, I don't know the right name for
it. Don't go back there Jill. Please.

Sherry

wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

They sure couldn't get upset about my insurance not paying because they
never asked if I had insurance! I was dumbfounded. I was ready to pay cash
for my deductible (thank you John!) if they needed to check me in or
something. I think I'm better off at home now and they will probably call
me if I need something else. But no wonder the healthcare system in
Tenneessee is so screwed up!

Jill

That really makes me angry. Any time anyone exhibits symptoms that even
*might* be cardiac-related, they are supposed to usher them in FIRST,
get a bp reading, start an IV right away, give you an aspirin to chew
up, oxygen and do an ekg and chest xray. With chest pain they give you
nitro and morphine also. Then they draw blood for that enzyme test,
Howard knows what I'm talking about, I don't know the right name for
it. Don't go back there Jill. Please.

Sherry

I completely agree with Sherry.

I was taken into the ER here, knowing I was only having a panic attack
(I've had them since I was 16), but my employer at the time called the
ambulance (I was presenting with heavy chest pain, radiating down the
left side and arm). I was put on an IV of something or other, told
them the medications I was on (one being motrin, so the aspirin was
out), had blood draws, got hooked up to an EKG machine (blehhh). And
the whole time I'm sitting there saying, guys, guys, guys, I know
what's going on (hello, I've been dealing with this forever).

I didn't mind all the tests, but the point to this lengthy ramble was
that even a patient knowing what is going on had all that done. What
is wrong with your ER?

As to the non-insurance stuff. They'll just send you a bill. Did they
get your mailing address, or just your email?

Smokie Darling (Annie)

In article , "jmcquown"
wrote:

Okay, I did it. I went to the ER. I brought home souveniers! I have
all
these sticker things still stuck on me from where they did an EKG. That
was
*hours* ago. No one told me the results. No one told me anything. The
Tech who did the EKG left and a new shift came on. I'm sitting there.
So
finally I went to the desk and said, "I'm going home. Apparently I'm not
going to die tonight or at least if I do it won't be on your watch. You
have my number, someone can call me if I should come back tomorrow." And
with that, I walked out the door.

The oddest thing about this is they never once had me sign anything,
never
asked me if I have insurance or how I'm going to pay. They just wrote
down
my name, my symptoms, DOB. After about a hour a nurse checked my vitals
and
got a brief medical history before I was ushered back to the waiting
room.
Someone finally came around to do an EKG, then took me back to the
waiting
room and left me sitting there. Not one question about insurance or how
can
I pay for this? Or do I plan to pay for this? Oddly, they asked if I
have
an email address. What, they're gonna email me a bill? What kind of a
nutty place is this, anyway? LOL

I still don't feel so great but I've prescribed myself a glass or two of
wine and a cuddle with a cat.

Jill


This is utterly bizarre. Nobody can positively rule out major heart
conditions just with an ECG. A physical exam with careful listening to
the heart,several blood tests, and possibly a chest X-ray and/or
ultrasound.

Happy cat and wine!

"jmcquown" wrote in message
news
Okay, I did it. I went to the ER. I brought home souveniers! I have
all
these sticker things still stuck on me from where they did an EKG. That
was
*hours* ago. No one told me the results. No one told me anything. The
Tech who did the EKG left and a new shift came on. I'm sitting there. So
finally I went to the desk and said, "I'm going home. Apparently I'm not
going to die tonight or at least if I do it won't be on your watch. You
have my number, someone can call me if I should come back tomorrow." And
with that, I walked out the door.

The oddest thing about this is they never once had me sign anything, never
asked me if I have insurance or how I'm going to pay. They just wrote
down
my name, my symptoms, DOB. After about a hour a nurse checked my vitals
and
got a brief medical history before I was ushered back to the waiting room.
Someone finally came around to do an EKG, then took me back to the waiting
room and left me sitting there. Not one question about insurance or how
can
I pay for this? Or do I plan to pay for this? Oddly, they asked if I
have
an email address. What, they're gonna email me a bill? What kind of a
nutty place is this, anyway? LOL

I still don't feel so great but I've prescribed myself a glass or two of
wine and a cuddle with a cat.

Jill
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.


God, I hate ERs. Hopitus may be able to answer this, but I think your DOB
and name will produce the hospital w/insurance info., or have you been to
this ER before?

As far as waiting for hours and shift changes. BTDT. When they realized I
wasn't having a heart attack a few years back, I suddenly became less of a
worthy patient. In fact, when I went back to the same ER the nurse who was
weighing me had quite the attitude, so I gave her some of it right back.
She told me to "sit down and shut up" and "I remember you from last time"!!
Well, "last time" I was there I was in massive pain and was so out of it.
But Joe was with me and told me that all I did was cry and ask for my
Gastroenterologist. (I knew I wasn't having a heart attack to begin with).

Anyway, this last time I went, I did what you did... I walked. See you.
Bye bye for you. Ta-ta for now. I didn't have a glass of wine, but I did
crawl into bed which is instant kitty magnet to 3 or 4 furbabies.

I hope you're feelin' better, Jill. Just be careful, 'kay?

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