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sweetnsalty24 t1_iytnm1i wrote

I remember waiting a long time in the Elliot ER for intense stomach pain. Unfortunately, the ER was my only option because urgent care and PCP won't see you for multi-day stomach pain. Since I wasn't actively dying, I had to wait...

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comefromawayfan2022 t1_iytykx8 wrote

I have chronic pancreatitis. The ER is my ONLY option for treatment when my pancreatitis is bad enough because usually by the time I'm sick enough to need an ER for my pancreatitis I'm at the point where I need IV pain meds, IV fluids and IV nausea meds and chances are I'm probably going to need to be admitted. They can't do iv meds in my doctor's office so my PCP just sends me to the ER. And as soon as urgent care hears that I have a history of pancreatitis they send me to the ER as well when I go to urgent care with abdominal pain complaints so I feel like I can't win

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pinkpuppetfred t1_iyv5kad wrote

That's weird... I've gone to urgent care for multi-day stomach pain before. Isn't that kinda stuff what they're there for?

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