I am in the US, so financial calculations need to be factored in.
For a moment, I couldn’t breathe, felt like I was going to die, then vomitted.
Now heart beating slightly off, not feeling great but not terrible, had mild chest pain earlier in evening…
Kinda feel off. Have medical insurance with large deductible.
Ignore it? Taxi to ER? Call 911? Genuinely don’t know and don’t like 911 since police are involved.
Also I feel hot, feel burning around my neck.
I am in the US, so financial calculations need to be factored in.
God I fucking hate what capitalism has done to what should be basic human rights.
Really sorry you don’t have healthcare! Have you tried the NHS symptoms checker?. You don’t need to be eligible for NHS treatment to use it, you don’t even register. IME they are a bit trigger happy with saying you need to get checked out but it will hopefully give you a steer. Good luck
This sounds like GERD/acid reflux, which I am unfortunately far too familiar with. Go see a doctor.
If it takes too long to see a GI specialist, there are OTC acid reducers like omeprazole you can start in the interim. They take a while to see results, especially if the reflux has injured your esophagus.
Sounds almost identical to my panic attacks. But im no dr, go see one if you don’t feel better
I always ask myself, “is this worth driving across town and waiting in a gross lobby for 4 hours?”
You okay?
I’ve had something similar other than the heart rate stuff, and like top comment says it was acid reflux. But if an irregular heart rhythm persists more than you have felt before, then absolutely go!
> Makes thread asking if you should go to the ER
> Literally everyone says to go to the ER
> Doesn’t go to the ER
ok
'Murica
The only valid reason. lol
Lemmy has made it. It’s Reddit from 10 years ago
secretlyaddictedtolinux
Probably just Linux withdrawl.
Typical
he did say hes from the us.
Frame 1: “Hey USA, how’s it going?”
Frame 3: this post
Frame 4: “Jesus Christ…”
“i hope i don’t have to sell my gun collection to survive”
No, just frame 2.
I couldn’t be arsed to do it in a higher quality
Alright. Way too many socialists in this post who don’t know how 'Murica works, god dammit. Here’s real advice:
You woke up, so you aren’t dead yet. In most cases, that’s a good sign. Give it 30 minutes. If you feel better, great! This is where I preposterously tell you to follow up with your family doctor and we both have a good chuckle.
(Edit to explain: we have no idea who our family doctor is and we haven’t been there in so long we would be considered a new patient.)
If you don’t feel better, might well give it another hour. Most of the damage from a heart attack or stroke is done in the first 30 minutes, so you’re probably not going to get any worse.
If you’re still not dead after that, you’re probably clear to make it through the weekend.
Next question is do you have sick leave? If not, congratulations, you’re fine! If you do have sick leave, go ahead and make an appointment first thing Monday. They won’t do anything, just send you for labs, maybe or just leave that part to the specialist they will refer you to.
So now it’s 6 weeks later and the specialist is calling to confirm the appointment you’re forgotten about. Do you feel better or are you out of sick leave? Congratulations, you’re fine.
Next, is your deductible over 10% of your annual income? (5% if it’s after Nov.15. You’re gonna wind up paying that whole thing for diagnostic tests this year and the actual treatment will hit you after Jan 1 and you’re double fucked.) If it is, congratulations, you’re fine!
If you reach this point, you probably are in need of medical attention and can afford it. Congratulations on getting the help you need.
Bask in the superiority of the best healthcare in the world, you European nancies!
Obviously the tone is meant to be humorous, but this is basically the reality. The only thing I’ve omitted is that you can just go to the hospital and get the treatment you need and then avoid answering unknown numbers for 7 years. I have yet to see anyone sued over medical debt.
Its actually funny (in a fucked up way, that is), because for appointments, you have to pre-pay, so if you are already bankrupt, you might as well just go to the ER where you do not have to pre-pay.
Pre-pay for PCP and Specialist visits? What is this plan you are on?!
Poor people insurance like the majority of the US.
I have yet to see anyone sued over medical debt.
If you’re in my area they sue you without telling you and it goes straight to garnish out of your paycheck. I had to spend a better part of a decade committing fraud just to keep enough money to pay for rent and food.
Yeah this is hospital visit worthy. Please seek medical attention
Are you sure? It could just be food poisoning. I ate a lot of candy earlier before sleep.
I want real world answer, not “always seek medical care answer.”
I can risk a 20 percent chance of death to avoid medical bills.
It sounds like heart attack symptoms. It is worth seeing atleast a clinic
I’m in the US. It’s late at night.
Its been a day , this was their last comment…
Whoa 😶
The United States should be dismantled entirely and its leaders should be shot for making people think like you are right now
Or just don’t pay the bills and debt is gone in 7 years 🤷♂️
What do you even got to lose?
I think medical debt is exempt from declaring bankruptcy, no?
No, you’re thinking of student loan debt; but even for student loan debt, that are some special circumstances where you can get rid of those debt.
Yeah, you’re right. I probably mixed them up.
A twenty percent chance of death is 1 in 5. That’s insanely high. That’s like if you chose to walk through 5 doors in your house and one of them kills you. You should always go to the emergency room if you have symptoms like this.
I suppose this person needs some advice from someone who actually lives in that hellhole and can judge if its not better to just die instead of fucking up the inheritance by going to the ER.
This is the best anticapitalist propaganda I have ever seen and its not even intentional.
To everyone who thinks this is a worthy system: i wont piss on you if you’re on fire.
What the heck, how is this a question at all? Dude you need to get help asap!
I live in the US
We have to weigh the cost of a medical visit versus the likelihood it’s nothing
If it’s food poisoning and I overreact, that’s a 20K overreaction in the US
Everyone who downvoted this can get fucked with a cheese grater and no reach around. This is how America works. Do some research.
If you don’t have insurance, you would get hit with this.
However, in most states I’ve lived in, if you don’t have insurance, you get off with less than I’d end up paying in copay after subsidies/negotiations.
You can negotiate down any medical bill. Do some research.
As someone who lives in the US, you literally didnt need anything but the first sentance.
Welcome to America. Where medical advice is asked to a bunch of weebs on the internet over going to the fucking hospital when you feel ill because of money concerns… I hate it here.
Welcome to like more than 50% of the world.
This entire fucking planet is a dystopia.
America is probably the reason those other places don’t have health care as well.
Welcome to like more than 50% of the world
But it’s the bottom 50%. And, in 100 years, it has fallen to 50%.
Trending is good.
USA, USA, USA!
