Fast forward about 6 months. I am having some weird symptoms, similar to what could be described as a lead up to a heart attack. We get in a cab and off to Northwestern's E.R.. As soon as I related my symptoms I was whisked to a room, not a bed in the hall, as I have heard from others. They must also have suspected heart problems. Remembering back to the brain scan bill, I started taking notes on what happened next. While in the E.R. I was attended by:- guard who greeted us
- admitting clerk
- admitting RN
- EKG tech
- 2 doctors
- 2 residents
- Chest X-ray tech
- IV tech
- 2 RNs
- A nitro patch
- nitro pills
- anti -nausea meds
- advice that I'd be expected to do a stress test
- advice that they might be "working" on my carotid artery
- A chest X-ray
- at least 2 blood draws
- I had recently successfully completed a stress test
- My carotid artery wasn't bad enough to "work on"
- My chest X-ray was clean
- My magnesium was so low that it caused heart attack-like symptoms
- My blood pressure was a bit high (wouldn't yours be?)
- I would be admitted for the night
- An IV with a bag of magnesium
- A heparin shot
- I blood pressure pill
- 2 techs who checked vitals every 4 hours
- 3 RNs to administer injections and IV bag
- The doctor on duty
- The food guy
- The housekeeper
- The pill pusher
The second to scariest part was that the blood pressure pills made me so dizzy I couldn't walk across the living room , so I disposed of them. The scariest part was the bill. Well over $15,000. I could have had a suite at the Peninsula for that.
Just wondering if I was existing only on Social Security and didn't have expensive Medicare supplements:
- Would I have been referred for a pricey brain scan?
- Would they have hopped to with all the pricey tests at the hospital?
- Would I have been relegated to a bed in the hall of the E.R.?
I'm not drawing any conclusions - I'll leave that to you.
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I wish Obama would have tackled the source of these costs as well as health care, I think it would have had a more reaching impact. Anywho...I have heard others complain of headaches and back pain from blood pressure meds. For the cost you would think the side effects would not be worse than the cure.
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