Emergency Room Visits | Something is Wrong 11/14/19

saralovesjuicyfruit said:
Why does a grown woman need to go to the ER for a high fever? I'm just getting over a seasonal cold myself. My temp spiked to 102 and my throat has been killing me. I took DayQuil and slept. It was handled the same way when I was a child, too. The only reason to go to the doctor was to get a note for school.
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if you have a fever + other related symptoms you can guess what it is and it generally isn't worrisome. if you have a fever and no other symptoms, it can be a cause for concern (FUO = fever of unknown origin, it means you run a fuckload of tests to hopefully rule out something serious). This is especially true if you have poor health to begin with, or are elderly or a kid.

AL has wasted ER resources before, but I do not think it was the case this time. Discharge instructions are almost always "return if symptoms worsen". Symptoms worsened, she returned, they gave her IV antibiotics because they were warranted.

My personal guess is that she has cellulitis again, but in a fold that embarrasses her to mention. The only real clue at the early stages of cellulitis are redness and (comparative) warmth, then comes swelling, after that things get really disgusting and pain comes in to play, you can get a fever well before that point though. In someone as large as AL, and who cannot physically reach most of her body to notice lumps and heat, it is very easy to overlook those kinds of infections.
 
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Nevermind what the doctor said, i wanna know what the ER scale said!!

I am sure they told her that her weight is the biggest concern. Even if she has just a run of the mill gall bladder attack, her weight would complicate both diagnosis and surgery, not to mention recovery.

There is a real good fuken reason they call it MORBID obesity!
 
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Not from the states, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming a lot of time in the waiting room during an ER visit is a universal experience? I'm surprised she goes willingly over every little thing. (I don't buy her recent statements about how she can sit on kitchen chairs for hooours being totally fine). I guess the need for attention outweighs the pain of shitty waiting room chairs.
 
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Turd Blossom said:
but "bittersweet" is an odd way to describe an illness.
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She always uses that the wrong way. I think she thinks it means something good and bad happening at the same time.

Definition of bittersweet
(Entry 1 of 2)
1: something that is bittersweet especially : pleasure accompanied by suffering or regret… the bittersweet of their long separation …— Christopher Morley
 
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Do Dana and Facebook hayduhrs look at this and take it as a wake-up call to be less fat or do they smugly think they won't reach this level?

This is great though, finally some action. I hope she gains lbs from being sick and less active. She overworked herself trying to be desirable for Dusty. If she loves her Ambabies she'll do a 600lb reveal/admission for Christmas.
 
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sperginity said:
if you have a fever + other related symptoms you can guess what it is and it generally isn't worrisome. if you have a fever and no other symptoms, it can be a cause for concern (FUO = fever of unknown origin, it means you run a fuckload of tests to hopefully rule out something serious). This is especially true if you have poor health to begin with, or are elderly or a kid.

AL has wasted ER resources before, but I do not think it was the case this time. Discharge instructions are almost always "return if symptoms worsen". Symptoms worsened, she returned, they gave her IV antibiotics because they were warranted.

My personal guess is that she has cellulitis again, but in a fold that embarrasses her to mention. The only real clue at the early stages of cellulitis are redness and (comparative) warmth, then comes swelling, after that things get really disgusting and pain comes in to play, you can get a fever well before that point though. In someone as large as AL, and who cannot physically reach most of her body to notice lumps and heat, it is very easy to overlook those kinds of infections.
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Combine rampant morbid obesity, untreated diabetes, with poor hygiene and you have a winner!
 
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I always get so excited when I see a title like this but then my poor optimistic heart gets crushed again. (:_(


I just want a little medical diagnosis she can't hide. Some sort of horrifying face rash that she will have to acknowledge or maybe another infection in a place no normal person ever has or has even heard of. Infected belly button is pretty hard to top, maybe infected tongue? Nose? Eyeball falls out? Massive hair loss?

Just do something! Please!
 
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Ceaseless Discharge said:
I'm no expert, but I know a lot of urgent care facilities don't accept uninsured patients.
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Most, you just have to pay in full before you go in, but you can use a credit card. It's usually about 100 dollars for the visit plus whatever medicine they give you.
 
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I love how our selfless gorl, in the middle of this very dramatic health crisis, not only helpfully "reviewed" the latest makeup she'll never use, but found the time to share some dieting tips with her viewers.
After assuring us that her pizza was VERY small (proving that by comparing it to her dainty mitt), asserting that she was probably going to eat only half of it (even though she's "really hongry"), and not-at-all passive-aggressively pointing out that Becky GOT ONE TOO (with PEPPERONI, unlike Amber's tiny cheese-only pizza!), our giveen gorl graciously shared how her viewers can drop elbees like her by the revolutionary method of daintily dipping your salad into the dressing. She demonstrates this by pointedly dipping a crouton into the dressing. Which to be fair, that hulthy salad looks to be about 75% croutons.

This video truly was classic Amber: a clickbaity vague cry for attention using her health to drum up views, our gorl inhaling several tragic looking meals with a stubborn insistence that she's still on a weightloss journey (and totally not 600 elbees, haydurs!) despite all evidence to the contrary, a haul showing off unnecessary shit she'll never use, a shoutout to all the water she's been drinkeen, and the always comical explanations for why she's still wearing the same clothes she was in the night before.
 
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Peetz's Bank Account said:
Probably cellulitis due to the deep folds that her lymphedema ballsack has created. Beggy had better get back to cleaning Albert properly because evidently she is not doing a good job.
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I don't think big gorl counted on Becky getting ill. What's she gonna do when/if Becky is unable to apply lotion and powder her flaps?
 
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