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FALL-WINTER 2023 Shopping Fun and Frustrations!!!!
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And, for those of you that dont know, you can get 4 free tests again through the usps. Always good to have on hand.
Yes, at least CVS can test you. My vote in this situation would have been to just go to the ER. They can also test you there. Just wear a mask (if you can tolerate it...even a crappy mask is better than nothing) and tell them immediately so they can isolate/ test/ wear PPE asap.
And, for those of you that dont know, you can get 4 free tests again through the usps. Always good to have on hand.
How does the USPS thing work? I know that my insurance doesn't cover the tests.
I always wear a mask. I was getting into my car the other day and a guy with a Fire Dept t-shirt came over and said you know, you don't have to wear a mask when you're by yourself. That's actually not true. I was walking out to my car. Somebody could've coughed in the parking lot right before I got there. I could've touched something and then put my hand to my mouth. The thing about the mask is that it makes you THINK about keeping yourself safe. I worked in a hospital when I was going through college and I've been trained on sterile technique and also isolation technique. I'm aware that I do a million things wrong every day but at least I try to do them correctly. The main thing about the covid test is that I don't want to infect anybody. Most of my sale customers are nurses. Can you imagine if I gave them covid? I was around two people with covid recently and one of them has a severe case. I was having symptoms that weren't really covid but could've been. I wanted to make sure. I don't care that much about myself but I do want to keep other people safe. I wish that everybody felt that way. When I was going to see the doctor yesterday, a nurse coughed in the elevator. It's stuff like this that drives me crazy.
Here's the problem with the ER. They have to admit me because I'm complaining of chest pain, have an abnormal EKG, and have a history of multiple heart attacks. They'll do a 6 hour troponin test in the ER but it's doubtful that they'll let me go home even if I pass it. The weekend is coming up so I'll probably be in the hospital at least until Monday. They'll do a bunch of tests and run up a $200,000 bill (my tests aren't cheap) and then I'll go home. My cardiologist will yell at me for going in because he's told me multiple times what my situation is. I feel much better this morning but I have no idea why. I'll go to Wags in a couple of hours mostly to walk around the store a bunch of times to see if I get any chest pain. I live a mile away from the hospital. It's not the one that I would go to if I had a choice but it's where I would go in an emergency. I've had 4 heart attacks but I've never had one where I couldn't get myself to the hospital. A heart attack - at least the ones that I've had - isn't anything like you see on tv. They say that you've had a heart attack when your troponin level goes over 100. On my first heart attack, my troponin level was 3600 (that's really high). The last time it was around 1000. They do the 6 hour troponin test to see what the trend is. The trend is very important. Am I getting better or worse? That's usually what they base the admission on. I'm not a doctor so take what I say with a grain of salt. I've just been through it a lot.
How does the USPS thing work? I know that my insurance doesn't cover the tests.
I always wear a mask. I was getting into my car the other day and a guy with a Fire Dept t-shirt came over and said you know, you don't have to wear a mask when you're by yourself. That's actually not true. I was walking out to my car. Somebody could've coughed in the parking lot right before I got there. I could've touched something and then put my hand to my mouth. The thing about the mask is that it makes you THINK about keeping yourself safe. I worked in a hospital when I was going through college and I've been trained on sterile technique and also isolation technique. I'm aware that I do a million things wrong every day but at least I try to do them correctly. The main thing about the covid test is that I don't want to infect anybody. Most of my sale customers are nurses. Can you imagine if I gave them covid? I was around two people with covid recently and one of them has a severe case. I was having symptoms that weren't really covid but could've been. I wanted to make sure. I don't care that much about myself but I do want to keep other people safe. I wish that everybody felt that way. When I was going to see the doctor yesterday, a nurse coughed in the elevator. It's stuff like this that drives me crazy.
Here's the problem with the ER. They have to admit me because I'm complaining of chest pain, have an abnormal EKG, and have a history of multiple heart attacks. They'll do a 6 hour troponin test in the ER but it's doubtful that they'll let me go home even if I pass it. The weekend is coming up so I'll probably be in the hospital at least until Monday. They'll do a bunch of tests and run up a $200,000 bill (my tests aren't cheap) and then I'll go home. My cardiologist will yell at me for going in because he's told me multiple times what my situation is. I feel much better this morning but I have no idea why. I'll go to Wags in a couple of hours mostly to walk around the store a bunch of times to see if I get any chest pain. I live a mile away from the hospital. It's not the one that I would go to if I had a choice but it's where I would go in an emergency. I've had 4 heart attacks but I've never had one where I couldn't get myself to the hospital. A heart attack - at least the ones that I've had - isn't anything like you see on tv. They say that you've had a heart attack when your troponin level goes over 100. On my first heart attack, my troponin level was 3600 (that's really high). The last time it was around 1000. They do the 6 hour troponin test to see what the trend is. The trend is very important. Am I getting better or worse? That's usually what they base the admission on. I'm not a doctor so take what I say with a grain of salt. I've just been through it a lot.
How does the USPS thing work? I know that my insurance doesn't cover the tests.
*snip*he thing about the mask is that it makes you THINK about keeping yourself safe.
Here's the problem with the ER.*snip*t.
See GF's link below.
THIS is 90% why I wear a mask. I am compromised. I very much try to avoid places with more than a dozen people indoors for more than 15 minutes (my personal zone in which I feel safer). But I am big on touching my face, very hands expressive. So to keep my hands away from the "danger zone" after I have been touching stuff in public, I mask up. Serves as a constant reminder to not touch and to get those hands washed! It's a cute but crappy fabric mask but it serves *my* purpose. Still, the number if times I have been lectured in public about how it's useless...
I'd normally say avoid the ER as if it has the plague, because lord knows what you can pick up there BUT heart and brain issues are far too time sensitive and cant be solved at home (usually). With my Crohns the only way I go to the ER is if I am unconscious in public and someone calls an ambulance. Anything else I ride out until I can see my doctor. Often I'm in situations where other people would advise the ER. So I get it but it does sound really scary to the rest of us. Just dont let possible COVID keep you out of the ER if you think you need to go. They can deal with that.
See GF's link below.
THIS is 90% why I wear a mask. I am compromised. I very much try to avoid places with more than a dozen people indoors for more than 15 minutes (my personal zone in which I feel safer). But I am big on touching my face, very hands expressive. So to keep my hands away from the "danger zone" after I have been touching stuff in public, I mask up. Serves as a constant reminder to not touch and to get those hands washed! It's a cute but crappy fabric mask but it serves *my* purpose. Still, the number if times I have been lectured in public about how it's useless...
I'd normally say avoid the ER as if it has the plague, because lord knows what you can pick up there BUT heart and brain issues are far too time sensitive and cant be solved at home (usually). With my Crohns the only way I go to the ER is if I am unconscious in public and someone calls an ambulance. Anything else I ride out until I can see my doctor. Often I'm in situations where other people would advise the ER. So I get it but it does sound really scary to the rest of us. Just dont let possible COVID keep you out of the ER if you think you need to go. They can deal with that.
Thanks for the link.
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Or maybe there are things you have to buy that don't often have a 'great price' elsewhere. For example, I buy some things in the car aisle for hubby that are maybe 10 - 20% more than the auto parts store on a good day.
I know it's hard to turn off the analytical dollar value purchasing, but if you'll spend $50 at Panera without buying the gift card, you don't have the $15.
Or maybe there are things you have to buy that don't often have a 'great price' elsewhere. For example, I buy some things in the car aisle for hubby that are maybe 10 - 20% more than the auto parts store on a good day.
I know it's hard to turn off the analytical dollar value purchasing, but if you'll spend $50 at Panera without buying the gift card, you don't have the $15.
I get very stressed out about spending $15 if there's nothing that I want or I feel that I'm not getting a good deal. With my heart condition, I'd rather miss out on the $15. Speaking of which, I'm going to the ER very early on Monday morning (like 4am) and I'll probably be in for at least two days unless they tell me that I'm perfectly healthy and to go home. That would be a dream. I was actually hoping that I had covid and that's what was causing all of my chest pain but my test was negative. On the positive side, my EKG is very bad but it's not any worse than it was. My hope is that when I leave the hospital this time that I'll know what's going on rather than have 50 new drugs to take and 20 doctors that I have to see.
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