caught the H1N1 virus, became symptomatic on Thursday, still feeling run down today. Called into my doctor's office Friday when I started feeling worse, they recommended a few things - one being not bothering to go to the ER and waiting 5-6 hours - to get me thru the night and then encouraged me to call back in the morning. After another rough night with sporadic sleep, called in again and got a Tamiflu prescription. Feeling almost human today. Best part, the local pharmacy bent over backwards to make sure I got the prescription filled, which was out of stock in one of their locations.

Not only do I have a little more appreciation for the great work health providers do (and don't be ignorant and think this includes insurance companies), but I can't help but wonder what hell people without insurance must go thru to get the same treatment. If their path starts with 5 hours in an ER waiting room, you can forget about them getting the same quality care right off the bat.

so is it or is it not the choice of going to emergency room. dont give me this shit about having medical. there is plenty of people that who have medical that dont even have a primary care giver. so they would be in the same shoe. besides,have you not heard of walk in clinics?


anyways, who do you think is at those emergency rooms?

do you think for one second that those waiting periods would end up at he doctors office if medical becomes madatory and paid by taxpayers?

last question, have you ever known someone that has needed a specialist and/or new doctor

how long was the wait or how long do you think it wil be if you and i paid for everyone that had a headache that demanded to get a mri/catscan?

so much anger over the fact that I got quality, timely treatment when I needed it. and what's worse, when told about being able to call in to get help, you go on a rant about choosing to go to the ER and WALK in clinics.

why are you so disconnected from reality?

Wow. I've never seen someone miss the point so badly.

This highlights the problem I can foresee happening with a single payer system. Everytime someone gets the sniffles they will want to go the fing doctor. you had the flu, guess what happens if you just stayed home, same thing that happens if you go to the doctor, you get over it, you body fights off the infection and you get better. The military is a mircocosm of this. We have 22 y/o's with medical records the size of a set of encyclopedias. It's ridiculous.

I would have gotten Tamiflu by staying home and not talking to anyone?

And talk about missing the point... I was able to get EASY access - literally a phone call away - to help when I needed it, while MILLIONS of Americans DON'T have that same option available to them, either because they can't afford insurance or because insurance is denied to them.

Bullshit. Take a few Tylenol, pump fluids, and stay in bed. No charge for that sensible and common health care advice.

You are a pussy who went to the doctor over a sniffle.

Sure you have...in every thread he posts in.

MILLIONS of Americans DON'T have that same option available to them, either because they can't afford insurance or because insurance is denied to them.

Sure they do, they can pay for it themselves if need be. Not the best option but if it's important enough it's amazing how you find a way.

It's the flu you asshat, millions of people get it every year and do not go see a doctor, nor do they need to. You dont need Tamiflu to get over the flu. I've had the flu this year so have both my kids. I didnt take Tamiflu and didnt miss a single day of work, and Im still here posting having not seen a doctor or called one on the phone, amazing as that may seem.

USTA: Hypochrondriac.

Naahhh, he's just "delicate".

:lol:

and people are surprised when Alan Grayson mocks the GOP healthcare "plan"?

so the ones who can't afford it can just simply find a way to pay for it... wow, that's good to know. write up a press release and I'll start working the phones to congress to let them know we solved healthcare reform.

you're like a god amongst men.

How thoughtful of you to go to work with the flu and infect your co-workers.

1. I have an office so my flu germs were contained.

2. I cant afford to miss work

3. By the time you show symtoms of the flu you've already been spreading the germs for some time. soooo....

Making excuses for your reckless behavior shows your lack of character.

Alan Grayson is a left wing extremist who moderates are running away from. I am not surprised that a pussy like you would support him. Even your hero Rep. Wiener thinks this guy is a nut case and he is no moderate at all.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/...rict_98990.html

After almost 30 years doing this, I shouldn't be surprised by anything Members of Congress do. But even I was taken aback when Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) referred to an adviser to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as a "K Street whore."

Democratic colleagues called the comment "absurd" (Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey) and "inappropriate" (Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland), and Rep. Anthony Weiner (N.Y.) even said that the freshman Congressman is "one fry short of a Happy Meal."

lol

I hadn't heard that comment yet.

One fry short of a happy meal... classic!

Give em hell!

USTA: so angry and bitter, but not with the first clue as to why.

:nope:

I have to ask....

Funniest part is that USTA never went to the doctor but said he caught H1N1.

Did they diagnose that over the phone?

A guess?

I've heard multiple reports stating that no one has yet to see actual cases of seasonal flu yet.

yep, it wasn't even a doctor but a nurse practitioner who prescribed the tamiflu.

symptoms were definitely flu and she said it was too early for regular flu so it's probably H1N1.

and they don't bother bringing you in unless you're having trouble breathing, which I wasn't.

caught the H1N1 virus


Glad a nurse can diagnose that for you. Three cheers to quality healthcare!

Moron

Actual H1N1 has to be diagnosed by the CDC...

USTA stubbed his toe last night, and now he has throat cancer.

A pharmacist said so!

:)

Luckily the nurse practioner was able to prescribe the chemo over the phone and he's all better now....

Phone chemo is the best chemo. Has been for decades.

ouch! who pissed on your corn flakes this morning, asshole?

Do we have federal dollars going to places where there are higher cases of H1N1?

USTA has a case of the sniffles today, but WebMD has assured him that it's not allergies or a head cold.

It's the Black Death.

Thanks for bringing back the Black death, USTA. Why would you ever do such a thing?

You took some tamilfu away from someone who might actually have H1N1 without knowing for sure if you had it or not.

If some uninsured illegal alien dies because you took their tamiflu will you feel remorseful?

1) I wasn't aware there was a tamiflu shortage

2) the NP said it was probably H1N1 and recommended I take it. why wouldn't I follow the advice of someone more knowledgeable on these matters?

I would feel very remorseful if my actions directly prevented someone else from getting the care they needed to live.

Shame it's not the other way around...

;)

Though not as good as organic chicken and vit C.

i thought chemo and radiation kills you and not the cancer


Kali said so

now how do you know usta doesnt have a health issue, and he needs it

i know he seems all internet tough and shit, but maybe on in inside hes all weak and shit