Anxiety is about to soar!!!!

I know exactly how you feel right now girl! I had a horrible (I would call it evil! lol) cold and I couldn't stop coughing I started to have breathing difficulties I ended up in ER three days in a row! It scared the hell out of me because everything related to breathing automatically makes me think of my panic attacks (hyperventilation). If you can go to ER, that is best because they'll know exactly what to do to make you feel better! Keep yourself warm, drink lots of water. Let us know how you are doing when you get back!

Love Melodee

Hello to all,

I am sorry to hear you have a sore throat Mizzbeeutiful.

I hope you get relief quickly. I was prone to sore throats when I was a smoker many years ago. Not fun at all.

I do have a question and please all of you do not take this as being judgemental.  I would like to think it is more like helping educate members.

We have urgent care hours in our clinic, it is like a walk in clinic. Anyone can walk in from 8:00 am - 8:00 PM to be seen for any complaint. No appointment necessary. There is a dedicated physician that sees the urgent care patients.  A sore throat can be seen, throat cultures done the whole routine and your out of there much faster then going to the ER.

If you are at urgent care and they decided you are an emergency patient, they will send you to the ER.

These services are available all over the USA as I have used them in Florida and Wisconsin.  Some are stand alone walk in clinics and others are just a part of a clinic.

Urgent Care offers convenient walk-in medical clinics with providers who are available during specific hours to treat any non-life-threatening illness or injury that needs immediate attention. Urgent care is a timely health care solution for families and individuals of all ages, including those who can't get in immediately to see their primary care doctor, are visiting from out of town or are new to the area and currently don't have a doctor. Patients who do not have a life-threatening condition can save time and money by using Urgent Care as an alternative to the emergency room, where waiting times are on the rise

I hope this helps others that are not aware of Urgent Care options.

Thank you

Kitt

Hello all,

I understand completely if you do not have access to urgent care.  Our ER offers "Fast Track" on Weekends which sounds similar to what your ER is doing in triage.  We only have the 2 choices and we are small town...............You are triaged to ER or Fast Track on week-ends.

I am fortunate to have the urgent care available as it is great for URI, UTI, Headaches, Fever...........etc.

I think the longest I ever had to wait was 10 minutes before I was right into an exam room.

You can all move to MN.............  

Hugs

Kitt 

Mizzbeeutiful said...
Wow 10 mins sounds nice, I've been here 5 hours, but I just found out my tonsils are infected, no strep throat though, at least I know im not contagious....at least I don't think I am, lol.

Mizzbeeutiful said...
Yeah it is a relief to know what i have, and i'm glad its not strep because that would have meant that i'm contagious and would have had to miss class tomorrow (which i cant, unless i want to be dropped from my lab and lecture class and loose my financial aid). Ice cream and pudding sounds soooooo good right now, but it feels like i'm swallowing rocks whenever i attempt to swallow i'm so thirsty right now, not hungry at all i'm just thirsty but its so painful to drink. Anyone have any suggestions on how i can keep some moisture in my mouth without having to drink constantly, cuz its really dry right now .

Great minds think alike........I was going to say popsicles

Once the antibiotic kicks in I know you will start to feel better quickly.

Hugs

Kitt

Hurrah, you did go to class, that had to be hard but you got there.

Please do make an appointment with your physician to see him re your anxiety.

Know we are here and we are sending your ((((((HUGS)))))))

Kitt