On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 19:32:25 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/10/2016 1:10 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:45:29 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I spend 4 days in ICU and another 3 nights in the hospital. I was billed
>>>> nothing for all that.
>>>
>>> My God. If that was in the USA, you would face a bill of (just
>>> guessing) over $20K.
>>>
>>> That night 7.5 years ago that I had severe asthma and was stuck
>>> sitting on the toilet all night - very labored breathing and even a 7
>>> step walk to the phone to call for help would have killed me. After
>>> spending about 8 hours on the damn toilet with very labored breathing
>>> all night, I was finally healed enough to get up, dressed, and I drove
>>> to a "minor emergency clinic." Very labored breathing even for that.
>>>
>>> As soon as they heard that I had no insurance, they treated me quite
>>> shabbily (imo). They didn't want me there and acted like I was some
>>> bum off the street after free medical care. I was told that the doctor
>>> was running a bit late and I should go to the emergency room.
>>
>> A clinic would not have told you to drive to the ER, they would have
>> called an ambulance.
>>
>Not if he was capable of driving.
>
>My neighbor went to an urgent care clinic last year. They quickly
>diagnosed her with an embolism/blood clot in her leg which could have
>traveled to her heart/lungs. She was perfectly rational and capable of
>driving a few miles further to hospital. No ambulance required. Oh,
>and she had insurance.
>
>Jill
It is possible to walk around with a clot in the leg for weeks and
weeks and not have it move. (BTDT, I didn't know why my leg had a
sore spot) I didn't have to drive myself to the hospital after the
tentative diagnosis because the doctor's office was within the
hospital campus and I was sent for an ultrasound. They withheld
surgery until the next day because I had already eaten several meals
that day. Having a blood clot is something to be taken care of but
not a 5 alarm fire.
Did the urgent care use ultra sound to detect the blood clot or was
she sent to the hospital to have an ultra sound done?
Janet US