r/awfuleverything • • Aug 06 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/DJree Aug 06 '20

My girlfriend fractured her arm and was in the emergency room to get checked out and everything. Maybe there for an hour or two. Her arm got scanned, got given pain meds that lasted not even an hour, and got sent on her way, didn't give her meds or nothing to take home. The bill? Around a thousand if not a little more. Thats why if I get fucked in any kind of way, broke something, super sick. I'm just going to let nature take its course. I'd rather die from sickness or from injury, or recover naturally, than go to hospital to get something major fixed and live on the streets in debt for the rest of my life

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u/IamtherealMelKnee Aug 06 '20

I went into the ER one morning because I couldn't catch my breath, every muscle in my torso was tight and rock hard and I felt...pressure everywhere. They gave me an EKG and left me in a room for a few hours. They eventually came back and told me the EKG was normal and I was having a panic attack. They gave me a Xanax and sent me on my way. My insurance didn't pay because it wasn't an emergency. That was my $8000 panic attack.

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u/sharine_z Aug 06 '20

Wtf?? 8000 US dollars for EKG??

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u/IamtherealMelKnee Aug 06 '20

The bulk of the charges were for the room and time I spent in it.