thats crazy lady! i had a flu like that, last year just before xmas...woek up at 4am SHIVERING, and then couldnt sleep. was like the worst hangover in the world times infinity. not much u can do except take panadol or whatever, drink water/cordial and just lie on the couch. u should feel better tomorrow!
yep was sick yesterday went to the docs and she recommended i go straight to the emergency as they thought it was my appendix and i was really badly dehydrated and needed to be put on a drip straight away.
So i get to flinders and i go to emergency and there are fucking people everywhere and its all fucked up. Really busy and alot of emergencies. Its like chaos in there. Really hot in there too, Im in pain, im sweating and getting all faint.
So, I get in a queue to be served and the nurse says you have to wait 2 hours before anyone can see you at all. And thats if no ambulances arrive. I say to the nurse, "look, I really dont want to waste your time, i see your busy....ive got private health insurance... i pay $170 a month cant you just direct me to somewhere else where i can get help but not waste emergencies time... but i think i might need attention" She says "no you have to come through here first to gain access to private"
So then i think, by the time i will get a drip i will be more out of it, so i might as well go home.
Anyways the nurse says "heres ashfords emergency number, ring them" (ashford is private).
So i step outside in the heat and ring them and they tell me its $200 fee to access their emergency- a fucking fee even though ive got private health insurance! and the top cover too! what a fucking rip! Might as well cancel it i never get to use it anyway when i need it!
Anyways, I look around the emergency ward and see how busy they are and i think to myself "man im not well, but im not a fucking heart attack victim or a gun shot victim and i dont want to waste a precious bed/resources when there are people here who really need it"
So, I take my sorry ass home and take the risk that if it is my appendix then i will have to just deal with that later, all i knew was that i needed water right then and there so home was the best place to be. Not a queue.
Is that what Australia's Health system is? If you have private you cant access a doctor immediately? You still have to go through the public system? Also, if you are moderately unwell i think it is fucking bullshit to throw you into the same area as people who are dying or at the extreme end of being unwell.
Anyways i went home straight to bed, in my nice cool house with nice cool walter and hydralyte stuff and feeling better today. Still have a sore tummy but its not as bad as yest.
That my rant for the day. Obviously i feel a little better as I have enough energy to complain again
