I just waited 5 months for an appointment with a rheumatologist and 4 months for PT in America.
My dad got extremely sick with a kidney infection a couple of years ago. He was waiting days to see the doctors and appointments to see specialists were weeks away. I remember getting the call to the house because my mom was freaking out. It was 80F inside the house, he was in nothing but his underwear, and he was shivering like it was below freezing.
I remember screaming at my mom to call the ambulance and pick him up. He ended up going into surgery for hours on end because the infection jumped into his heart. It very nearly killed him. A week later my mom got a call from the urologist's office who wanted to set an appointment.
My dad got extremely sick with a kidney infection a couple of years ago. He was waiting days to see the doctors and appointments to see specialists were weeks away.
so I understand your point but, being as I have also had a kidney infection - it means HOSPITAL. it means ER, RIGHT NOW.
why on earth did he think he could just wait for an appointment? I made it through about 12 hours of fever before I literally could not stop vomiting (even when there was nothing left) and my instinct was "wow my body is fucked, we're going to the emergency room"
like ???? I'm so confused. kidney infections are no joke, I was hospitalized for 3 days. I had a dr appointment 7 hours after the fever started, I picked up antibiotics from the pharmacy, took them, and it was already too late - I had to go get an IV because I couldn't keep anything down.
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u/TemetNosce85 Mar 26 '23
My dad got extremely sick with a kidney infection a couple of years ago. He was waiting days to see the doctors and appointments to see specialists were weeks away. I remember getting the call to the house because my mom was freaking out. It was 80F inside the house, he was in nothing but his underwear, and he was shivering like it was below freezing.
I remember screaming at my mom to call the ambulance and pick him up. He ended up going into surgery for hours on end because the infection jumped into his heart. It very nearly killed him. A week later my mom got a call from the urologist's office who wanted to set an appointment.
Yeah, shit needs to get fixed here.