Saturday, October 24, 2009

H1N1 Ridiculousness

So on Wednesday night I came down with the chills and by Thursday morning I was/still am sick as a dog. At first I thought it was just a cold but then on came the fever. Now what does one normally do when they are sick and have a new baby, go to the clinic.
Well I walked into my regular doctors office for the walk-in clinic and found a sign that said

"STOP IF YOU HAVE A NEW COUGH OR FLU SYMPTOMS DO NOT ENTER" OUR OFFICE DOES NOT SCREEN FOR H1N1"

Well I was not impressed as I was pretty certain I didn't have H1N1 anyway, so I asked the receptionist what I was supposed to do, as I had questions about what to do about Ellyanna, should I stay away from her, is there any thing I can take....

Well she informed me I would have to wear a mask and wash my hands right in front of her. Then a few minutes before the walk-in clinic opened I was escorted directly into a room so I wouldn't be infecting any other patients. I felt like I was being treated like a BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS TERRORIST. They were very rude.

Finally when the Doctor came in he too was wearing a mask, and gloves and one of those yellow capes they wear in surgical rooms. It was all just a bit much.

So the Doctor asked me about my symptoms, looked at my throat and ears, didn't listen to my chest, asked what Nate did for a living. Then he said "Well I could swab your throat but since it's the weekend we won't have the results until Tuesday anyway and by then it will be too late to treat you if it is H1N1 or you'll be feeling better." Then he proceeded to say that he could give me the drug to treat it anyway. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, he was going to give me a drug to treat something he wasn't even sure I had... it just seemed a bit odd to me. So anyway after double checking if it was alright for breastfeeding mothers to take he realized that I couldn't have it any and basically sent me on my way after a few more comments about the fact that I was passing whatever I have on to Ellyanna, but that she was also getting the anitbodies too.

I was incredibly disappointed, seemed to completely focused on the fact that it could be Swine Flu that he didn't seem to even consider anything else. Is this what our medical system has come to with all the Swine flu hype?

1 comment:

  1. Hey J-lady.

    I am right there with you.

    Uuuuugggggghhhhh.

    SUCKS.

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