A rant about my ER visit tonight.

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Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~

Starting around last night I began having some slight abdominal pain. Nothing too bad, I could handle it. So I went to bed at 11:30pm. However, I woke up at about 4:30am (I live in Eastern time, by the way) feeling very sick and... Well, lets just say I did a very good job re-creating the sence from The Exorcist. Anyway, this evening I went to the ER, mostly because my husband was concerned. When we get there I explained everything that has been affecting me since last might to the nurse and then to the ER on-call physician. Then, after my vital were taken, they drew some blood (only 3 little vials) and a short while later they have me Toradol (for the pain) and Zofran (to control the nausea) both which I revived I got in my hip. After all of this done, the nurse said: "Well, I will be back in about 30 minutes to see you're responding to the medicines." That half hour turned into 2 hours. And, when she finally came back, it was only to discharge me. Plus, they didn't tell me the results of my bloodwork or even tell me was causing my still on-going illness. They just simply told me: "Follow up with your primary care DR"
I'm still angry and sick.

Hope you're feeling better! I'm curious though if you said anything while you were there? I know I wouldn't have just left without being given more information. Complaining is much more effective if you do it to the people you are complaining about, and that's especially true and important when dealing with health care providers. Don't be shy to speak up in those instances!