Calgary needs a 24 hour clinic!

[Pan]

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

with all the crap i have been going thru in hte last monthe i from this point on will NEVER gogto another ER in calgary. i will from this point on goto drumheller and their ER. they have more staff than patients and the drive is only 90 min which is byfar shorter than the wait in calgary. my last visit to the ER in calgary i continuslly was passed over over for people with sprained ankles and such. i was only complaining about a pain where i had a tumor removed 8 years ago. and after 6 hours in the waiting room my family doctor ened an i drove to his office and lab and went for xras all in lin less than 90 minutes.

Just my rant about calgary health care or lack there of. i have a friend who is a resident surgen at the foothills and when i tole him i thought they had the worst triage nurses in the country all he could do was AGREE.

Most People who NEED the er CANT drive 90 Minutes if you go to an ER when you could wait a couple of days with no harm other than discomfort you deserve to be smacked As everyone knows complaining of pain, without if have a direct negative impact on your immediate well being is not going to persuade any doctor to get off his or her arse, they rightly tell you go to a clinic.
And no I'm not meaning you...depends on the amount of pain you are willing to live with or can for that matter. Maybe if people went to the doctor only when they needed to the doctors wouldn't be so busy.

[michika]

I finally got into see someone and got something prescribed. Over the counter products are not strong enough. I tried the "new" buckley's on Thursday at a doctor's recommendation, it burned the inside of my mouth like I'd swished boiling water around in there.

I also finally got someone to look at my ribs! Boo that I have a fracture, which is what I suspected, but finally someone took it seriously enough. I started having pain December 6th, and finally got it sorted out.

Now I'm going to take my happy drugs, and finally get more then 2 hours of continuous sleep. I think I'm more excited then I should be...

[Pan]

Originally Posted by michika

I finally got into see someone and got something prescribed. Over the counter products are not strong enough. I tried the "new" buckley's on Thursday at a doctor's recommendation, it burned the inside of my mouth like I'd swished boiling water around in there.

I also finally got someone to look at my ribs! Boo that I have a fracture, which is what I suspected, but finally someone took it seriously enough. I started having pain December 6th, and finally got it sorted out.

Now I'm going to take my happy drugs, and finally get more then 2 hours of continuous sleep. I think I'm more excited then I should be...

Ouch, fractured ribs...hope you start feeling better....you only have three days recoop time then you better be back at that tank...we want updates. !

[Lance]

Hopefully, now that you've got some good drugs you'll be on the mend. And if not, at least you'll be in a drug-enhanced happy place.

[michika]

Lol,

I'll make sure Kevin gets back to the hard labour asap. I'll be sipping my drink, and supervising for the new couple of weeks.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by michika

Lol,

I'll make sure Kevin gets back to the hard labour asap. I'll be sipping my drink, and supervising for the new couple of weeks.

But if Kevin is busy with the tank who will cater to your every whim while you recover on the couch? you need to get a little cowbell to ring so he comes running.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by michika

I finally got into see someone and got something prescribed. Over the counter products are not strong enough. I tried the "new" buckley's on Thursday at a doctor's recommendation, it burned the inside of my mouth like I'd swished boiling water around in there.

I also finally got someone to look at my ribs! Boo that I have a fracture, which is what I suspected, but finally someone took it seriously enough. I started having pain December 6th, and finally got it sorted out.

Now I'm going to take my happy drugs, and finally get more then 2 hours of continuous sleep. I think I'm more excited then I should be...

That sounds painful I'm glad you got some medicine to help you get better.