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Been in the ER for 4 hours now. Was taken to a room after only a few minutes waiting. Passed out in the shower earlier today. Passing out being the main concern. My swollen ass not so much. 😂 Hope they release me soon. I'm starving.

Fucking hospitals. Taking forever, no food, no drink. I yelled at the nurses to get this IV out my arm now or I was taking it out myself. Took it out and I left. I'll get the final results of the CT scan tomorrow. 7 1/2 hours was plenty long for me to stay. Getting something to eat and going to bed.

FvckY0u 8 Aug 6
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Ok .
Well .
Nobody came to pick u up and take u to ER against your will . I always say , u come to me , I did not come to u . If u don’t like it , leave . No problem , bye .
Swollen anus or abdominal pain will always be miles behind chest pain , double vision / neuro symptoms . Somebody else was there b4 u having a STEMI . Or a stroke . Or a bone sticking out . Abdominal pain / GI symptoms / are not a priority except if u are bleeding by mouth or butt .
Your symptoms involved GI part . U ain’t gonna ear or drink . Period . If CT shows something serious , your ass will be taken to GI lab for an EGD ( scope ). Anesthesia is involved . Nobody is going to prison bcz u want food .
Taking your IV out . Really ? I bet nurses loved to see u go . Absolutely nobody has x to start a new one just bcz u decided u want it out . We can’t treat u with magic . We need access . Especially if we don’t know wtf is wrong w u , and what’s next for u .
The people at the hospital are not your enemies bro . They have no desire to see u at anytime . But here u are . They don’t get extra pay if u stay there longer . They are not purposely have u wait . It’s called triage . The sickest will get treatment first . Also , we do not own the CT scans . And every hospital has that many . Is not like the CT folks sit on their ass and refuse to scan people . It’s a f mad house every f night . People get sick . We try to help u .

@FvckY0u taking your iv out is not about the 30 seconds . It’s about , especially if u fainted at home , I will need access if your ass has a cardiac emergency right there again . Everyone in emergency room gets two iv sites . In case I need them for life saving drugs .
Your ekg which I am sure they did , it only shows that much . U adding hematuria to the picture , yeah , I sure shit I need your iv to stay where it is , and u are not having food or water until I know y u bleeding . It’s important . U might say , small chance of something wrong . Well . If we let u go and not check all the “ small chance “, u ll be back suing a week later that we did not check everything . Do u know how “ fat chance “ I send to morgue in 23 yrs ? Quite few .
On the other hand, u are right . If u feel great enough to leave bcz the results are good enough for u and no fears about possible other conditions , and the need to eat or drink it’s more important , then I couldn’t agree more w u . Pls sign the AMA paper , take your iv off by your self if u want , we don’t care . I am sure someone cares , I just know it’s not me 🦇
I couldn’t give u the paper to sign fast enough if I was there , pls leave, I ll take care of the next guy who is also starving but he / she doesn’t feel well and is scared too. U are “ ok “, u are right , leave 🙌

@FvckY0u did they released u and the nurse just took her time to remove IV ? If u got discharge order and h were still waiting forever just for an iv , then they are wrong . A tech could had come and remove iv and let u go for sure

@FvckY0u that’s true

@FvckY0u ER s suck . We suck . And if u go to trauma level 1 ER , it sucks even more . Not enough nurses . Not real emergencies . A lot of drug seeking cases . A lot of sick folks and it got worse w covid the last 2 yrs .
Doctors and nurses are exhausted. Definitely not your fault . Ok too if all rest of shit , u all lost masks in every day life . We didn’t . We still wear ours for 16 hrs straight every day / night .
Mean x , people come in w knifes and guns . Yes we have metal detectors and security . My friend / coworker Paul , 64 yr old., got stabbed 17 x by psycho patient at waiting room . 4 abdominal surgeries later , Paul retired . People screaming to us the moment we walk in . And if u are the unlucky motherfucker in charge , better as well as be prepared for a shitstorm every f night . That will be me . Gun shots are the norm . At least one every week . Aggressive drunk / withdrawal patients are no joke either . Worse , their relatives . People collapse on the exam room or on the way to scans / echos / pre op , and some other ones just yell bcz they want a Pepsi and a snack .
20 yrs ago , we were like , fuck off , nobody cares to give u a snack , not a restaurant . However . “ patient satisfaction surveys “, pays the bills now . Reimbursement happens when the scores are high .
So now , trust me , besides jumping on your chest or giving u life saving drugs to reverse a stroke , or stop a bleed or set a bone , now we have to me mindful to get u a drink and a snack 🙄. If we don’t , we get an earful if u complain . I will like to know , if in another 20 yrs will expect us to give blowjobs too , bcz sure shit , we do everything else .
4 yrs ago , a drunk one broke 2 of my ribs while we were trying to restrain him . B4 they helped me , the nurse got his screaming ass girlfriend a soda . For real 😂🙄 . It is what it is . My nurses are thoughtful of everyone and tired of all , but they still work like horses every night . I am sure your ER did their best , and yes , no reason to stay there if no active symptoms and u can see results from home at “ mychart “.

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I feel ya. I was at the ER last week. I had covid and was coughing up blood. I went to the urgent care because I knew the hospital would be an ordeal, but urgent care told me to go to the ER. I was there for over 9 hours, most of it just sitting and waiting for something. No food, no water, it was cold and awful. They finally told me that I had pneumonia but all of my other results were good. The blood stopped on the next day. They did nothing. Our medical system is the best in the world? I think not.

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Hope you feel better soon.

@FvckY0u Been there. Thank goodness ass cheeks are prone to quick healing!

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Check your BP, my dad would pass out because his suddenly dropped. Best of luck, the hospitals around here drive me bonkers.

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