Do not go to an urgent care, go to an ED

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Dec 27, 2024
9:18:06pm

SJS Shaky place kicker

Do not go to an urgent care, go to an ED

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SJS

Previous username: San Juan Sun
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any docs here who can give me some semi urgent advice?

dryflyelk All-American

12/27/24 8:04pm

I would call your local "Ask a Nurse" hotline and ask that question

12/27/24 8:07pm

If it were me, I'd go in.

BrighamJung

12/27/24 8:10pm

I'm not a doctor. But....

Xenon

12/27/24 8:10pm

Dang it. Thanks all.

dryflyelk

12/27/24 8:15pm

Doc here,

dday84

12/27/24 8:15pm

Not a doctor, but go to the ER (or urgent care). You should never wait with severe pain.

Crazy Joe Davola

12/27/24 8:16pm

Do not go to an urgent care, go to an ED

SJS

12/27/24 9:18pm

I would go to ER, but some are against that because of the copay. But urgent cares are pretty useless for serious stuff

Crazy Joe Davola

12/27/24 9:25pm

All an urgent care will do is try to reduce the hernia and send you to the ED. You get to pay twice!

SJS

12/27/24 9:29pm

I'm at this point in my life where I'm trying to understand the value of the UC.

Uno Doctoro

12/27/24 9:51pm

We don't ever use them

Crazy Joe Davola

12/27/24 9:55pm

If you can't get relief of pain by reducing it, gotta be seen tonight

Uno Doctoro

12/27/24 8:21pm

As an orthopedic surgeon, I am more of a repairman but with that degree of pain, probably should go to the ER

Osteotome

12/27/24 8:22pm

RE: any docs here who can give me some semi urgent advice?

tolpeople

12/27/24 8:33pm

this, reminds me of my roommate’s brother at BYU, who is extremely sick so he went and signed up for the student health

Osteotome

12/27/24 8:38pm

I think you’ll be fine to wait it out through the weekend

12/27/24 8:38pm

His gut is telling him to go.

NWCoug

12/27/24 8:57pm

That’s what I would think, but I’m not him. 😄

12/27/24 9:02pm

This is 100% one of those 'better safe than sorry', go meander down to a local

12/27/24 9:06pm

You'll feel better by morning, because you'll be an angel by then.

Dark Forest Green

12/27/24 9:07pm

In surgery residency they taught us to never let the sun rise or set on an incarcerated hernia

SJS

12/27/24 9:17pm

RE: any docs here who can give me some semi urgent advice?

CougScore

12/27/24 9:20pm

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