So let's me start from the COMPLETE begining. On saturday, I played rugby as usual. We won (yayy) and I felt fine for the rest of that day. The next day, I woke up with a sore bal, but nothing major enough to worry about. I went to work that night, but soon after I started I could notice my back getting noticably spree and spree by the minute. A few hours into the night and I couldn't even sit, I was in way too much pain. So I went home and went to clinic. After being in the office for a quick 20 second checkup the doctor said it was, well a sore back, and gave me anti-inflammitory medicine to help me.
This is my first issue. Why do doctors at clinics refuse to give their patients the full help and attention they deserve. I've had a sore back, and I know this is something different. Well fuck him, Its now thursday night and my back is still in same state.
But thats beside my main point for this medical system bashing post.
So I decided to pit myself on bedrest, mainly due to thee fact that there's not much else I can stand to do without the body-paralyzing pains. And too make matters worse, my throat started swelling up, which you can see would make it hard to breathe. So there's the image, me laying at home, coughing constantly but with no choice.
So my throat got so sore I had to go to emergency because of the fear that my throat might close completely. After 2 hours waiting in the flu-infested waiting room I was called in.
Now here's the MAIN reason for this blog. I know I don't have swine flu, so I go into a hospital, and without even cheking me out they diagnos me with the dreaded h1n1. I find this retarded. Anyone who goes into a hospital with any flu like symptoms will be diagnosed with the swine. Of course that's why is an epidemic. I will stick by the fact that I do not have the flu. The h1n1 is NOT a national emergency. Last year in America 36000 people died from the average flu, and so far only 1000 have died from h1n1. It's no bigger than the normal flu. And with doctors misdiagnosing people, it's hard to tell if the flu is really even worthy of ANY of the attention it's getting
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Just goes to show people will freak about anything that gets media coverage.
Yeah. However more people are concerned with H1N1 because if it was to infect the numbers of people that the flu does, many more than 36k would die. It sucks that your medical professionals aren't doing the best they can to care for you. Last year when I was mis-diagnosed with cellulitis, I went back in the next day and they found a blood clot in my arm. Just have to keep on them if they make a mistake. It happens, but it shouldn't happen twice in a row.
Yeah that's why you should ALWAYS try to get a second opinion.
congrats on the rugby win
good point. Sometimes a change of perspective helps lol
whoa, i would have been pretty scared...
The only epidemic about H1N1 is the mass hysteria that comes from people who only watch the news. Kinda sad.
nice post you got there.
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