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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
February 21 2013 17:37 GMT
#1
Ok, first things first. Yes, I am an American. No, I do not have any medical insurance of any kind.

Here is the situation, I've been lying in my room for four days now, and I don't seem to be improving. My main symptom is that it causes me extreme pain to move my eyes out of the center of my visual field, looking up or down or to the side hurts like hell. Also once or twice a day I will get really bad colds sweats and shaking, even with multiple layers on in a hot room. Basically I've just been lying here with my eyes closed trying not to move my eyes and sleeping. Also if I run my hand through my hair this causes pain on my scalp.

Obviously going into a doctor would be like the monetary equivalent of stomping on my balls.

This is clearly a gaming forum and all of this isn't actually happening, I'm just playing Trauma Team for the Wii and I like to roleplay as realistically as possible.

Please refrain from just posting about how shitty the US healthcare system is, this is unhelpful.

***
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
TheKefka
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Croatia11752 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 17:53:12
February 21 2013 17:50 GMT
#2
derp im dumb,didn't read through
Cackle™
Rimstalker
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany734 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 18:05:46
February 21 2013 18:01 GMT
#3
my crystal ball says

Sinusitis

and edit asks: reddening - swelling - anything else?
Here be Dragons
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
February 21 2013 18:19 GMT
#4
On February 22 2013 03:01 Rimstalker wrote:
my crystal ball says

Sinusitis

and edit asks: reddening - swelling - anything else?


No reddening,nose is totally clear. Actually my eyes are pretty swollen now that I look at it

This came on really fast, I was fine, then got tired really early and the next day basically fucked.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
alwinuz
Profile Joined September 2011
Netherlands77 Posts
February 21 2013 18:28 GMT
#5
First of all, isn't there some place you can go to for help?
I know it's the US but there has to be some non-profit organisation you can turn to, right?

Some questions:
When did the symptoms start?
Did the pain suddenly appear at its worst or did it gradually become worse?
What is your temperature (do you have a fever)?
How is the inside of your mouth/throat (color, swelling, rash, pain)?
Does the back of your neck hurt?
Can you put your chin on your chest?
Do you have a recent rash (if yes, please describe how it looks)?
Did something happen before the symtoms start?
Anyone you know or live with that has the same symptoms?
What do you think it might be?

If you're really worried, stomping on your monetary balls might be worth it.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 18:42:26
February 21 2013 18:41 GMT
#6
On February 22 2013 03:28 alwinuz wrote:
Some questions:
When did the symptoms start?
got tired very early, went to sleep and woke up full blown symptoms, same for 4 days now
Did the pain suddenly appear at its worst or did it gradually become worse?
suddenly appeared
What is your temperature (do you have a fever)?
No fever but currently covered in cold sweat
How is the inside of your mouth/throat (color, swelling, rash, pain)?
Normal
Does the back of your neck hurt?
No
Can you put your chin on your chest?
Yes
Do you have a recent rash (if yes, please describe how it looks)?
No
Did something happen before the symtoms start?
Not that I know
Anyone you know or live with that has the same symptoms?
No
What do you think it might be?
no idea

In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
why
Profile Joined May 2009
United States215 Posts
February 21 2013 18:43 GMT
#7
Look up temporal arteritis (aka giant cell arteritis) and see if that fits. Does it hurt when you chew? Note: I'm not a doctor so don't take what I say too seriously.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
February 21 2013 18:57 GMT
#8
On February 22 2013 03:43 why wrote:
Look up temporal arteritis (aka giant cell arteritis) and see if that fits. Does it hurt when you chew? Note: I'm not a doctor so don't take what I say too seriously.


My jaw is fine and i'm 22, it says the average age for that is 70 and rarely before 50.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
TheKefka
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Croatia11752 Posts
February 21 2013 19:26 GMT
#9
Maybe it's + Show Spoiler +
lupus
Cackle™
randommuch
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States370 Posts
February 21 2013 19:45 GMT
#10
On February 22 2013 04:26 TheKefka wrote:
Maybe it's + Show Spoiler +
lupus


My madre has lupus. The symptoms don't match up.
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food." Genesis 1:29
alQahira
Profile Joined June 2011
United States511 Posts
February 21 2013 19:56 GMT
#11
Did you have chicken pox as a child? Could be shingles. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001861/
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
February 21 2013 20:07 GMT
#12
alright, it is time you called the ER. The money is worth it to get yourself cured ok. I know you might not have insurance and doctors bills are enormous, but you can't go on like this if it gets serious, that just won't work dude.
User was warned for too many mimes.
GMarshal
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States22154 Posts
February 21 2013 20:16 GMT
#13
Go see a doctor. Seriously. Yes, its going to cost you a small fortune, but suffering in agonizing pain isn't worth it.
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 20:24:32
February 21 2013 20:24 GMT
#14
it's aids and you can't prove me wrong til you go to a doctor

i also have the most posts in the thread. i'd listen to me
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Smancer
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States379 Posts
February 21 2013 20:45 GMT
#15
Based on the symptoms and the answer to those questions. It could be a torn retina. My brother had it happen to him. You might need to have surgery. You need to see a doctor.
A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby."
isleyofthenorth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Austria894 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 21:03:15
February 21 2013 21:02 GMT
#16
just out of curiosity how much being examined by a doctor approximately cost, i have no clue since even most homeless people have health insurance here
Rimstalker
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany734 Posts
February 21 2013 21:52 GMT
#17
slightly off-topic and hopefully not derailing: My GF moved to Germany, but did not have health insurance, so any doctors' visit had to be paid by us.

Just seeing a doctor, with a 10 minute examination and pulling out stitches was 12 Euro.

Going to the hospital after a bike accident with
- stitches
- painkillers for a week
- x-ray
- pregnancy test (before the xrays)

was 138 Euro.

How much would you expect to pay in the US? Aren't there also walk-in ambulances in poorer neighbourhoods?
Here be Dragons
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
February 21 2013 21:54 GMT
#18
On February 22 2013 06:52 Rimstalker wrote:
slightly off-topic and hopefully not derailing: My GF moved to Germany, but did not have health insurance, so any doctors' visit had to be paid by us.

Just seeing a doctor, with a 10 minute examination and pulling out stitches was 12 Euro.

Going to the hospital after a bike accident with
- stitches
- painkillers for a week
- x-ray
- pregnancy test (before the xrays)

was 138 Euro.

How much would you expect to pay in the US? Aren't there also walk-in ambulances in poorer neighbourhoods?

The initial visit to a family doctor would cost $100. Then if the problem is serious you would get referred to a specialist and that depends.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
February 21 2013 22:05 GMT
#19
it varies a ton, but id wager to say that a visit to a dr without insurance and without any kind of govt aid would easily run 100-150. no idea bout any kind of prescription costs but im sure it is high

for those with insurance, you're paying anywhere from $10-50, depending on plan (this is called a co-pay). there's a seperate co pay for medicine as well.

my insurance is something like $30 for dr visits and $20 for prescriptions. Used to be lower but one of the effects of obama's bill was boning people who have good insurance with low copays. my rates on my old compny went up like 30% and had to switch meh.
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alQahira
Profile Joined June 2011
United States511 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 22:14:48
February 21 2013 22:13 GMT
#20
As long as you don't need surgery or to stay in a hospital nothing should get SUPER expensive. Hopefully it will just be a doctor's visit $100-$200, and then some form of prescription, which will probably cost you at the most $50-$100, unless it is one of those rare exotic drugs, in which case you could be boned.

Edit: You should call ahead to different hospitals to get comparisons on how much it costs for a regular doctor's visit.
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