Jun 22 2009

The $112 trip.

Posted by: J. Michael in Life, Medical

Late Sunday afternoon I stumbled over a 3 gallon dog watering bowl, doing something to the 2nd toe. It smarted a bit, but didn’t seem that bad. Around lunch time today I took off my boots, because it was hurting like hell. Nice purple ring with radial “spikes” come off it, going about half way up my foot. The office manager saw it and told me to go to a doctor. Not wanting to deal with the disaster that is $WeSellUsedMacs eb*y store, I trundled off to the walk-in clinic by my mother house.

One hour and half wait later, I get let into the room. The nurse that took my vitals took one look at my foot and said “I’ll order Xrays now”. I got zapped and the doctor more or less leads me from the xray room to the exam room. Yep, it’s broke, in three pieces. Taped it to the 3rd toe, gave me some tape to redo it and sent me off to get

  1. Drugs, m’kay

    2. and

  2. “A post op shoe”.

Because there was a longer than normal wait before some one looked at me, he made the xrays no cost and discounted the visit. Still, $80 there and $32 at the drug store for the drugs and shoe.

Bleh.

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3 Responses to “The $112 trip.”
  1. joanne says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pm - Edit

    That is normal I am an x-ray tech go visit an ortho asap

  2. J. Michael says:
    July 6th, 2009 at 9:18 am - Edit

    Not much they can do about it. I’ve got an followup later this week.

  3. kathy says:
    July 9th, 2009 at 2:51 pm - Edit

    Wow u people think u have problems do you know where i am? in a room at the Ronald McDonald house waiting on news of my newborns latest surgery!!!!! oh but wait my husband is also across the street at another hospital dying, he had a stroke in one of the RM rooms last night he also has congestive heart failure and I have been told that he will undoubtedly die within the next 24 hours, I just had a c-section so I have 19 staples in my stomach that are now infected because i cant see a dr right now and i walk back and forth from one hospital to the other almost doubled over from the pain the distance is about 1/2 mile but i cant decide where i need to be more with my dying baby or my dying husband? If 1 more person says to me THE LORD NEVER PUTS ANY MORE ON US THAN WE CAN BEAR i WILL freak THE FUCK OUT,SO I SAT DOWN FOR A FEW MIN AND TYPED IN THE COMP MY LIFE SUCKS AND READ ABOUT A GOOF FUCK STUBBING HIS TOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOTTA GO my life REALLY DOES SUCK