BBW4Chattery
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Hi all. I got a kidney infection before Thanksgiving. It took nearly 2 months to pass with several rounds of antibiotics before we found one that worked.
I was couch-bound, asleep most hours of the day, for several weeks. I started to get aches in my right leg. At first, just like a muscle pull and sporadic.
Now, to the point where I scream out in pain rolling over and the dull ache never stops. Ibuprofen doesn't kill it and neither does elevation, compression wraps, or heat ... ice helps sometimes but sometimes it feels horribly painful.
Two urgent cares -- one doctor said it was b/c of my kidney infection and blood pressure being up that was causing this pain and another unusual symptom of shortness of breath. The next doctor said it was because I was overweight.
I don't have insurance and am out of money. I went to the internet for answers and of course, now, I'm scared to death it's a blood clot. I was on birth control, I'm obese, and I was pretty much bedridden for a few months. The pain doesn't get any better regardless of how I treat it...
What would you do next? I know emergency rooms are supposed to take people regardless of ability to pay but as a social worker, I also know how many people they treat like crud and barely service when they know they can't pay their bill.
I don't have any warmness or discoloration and swelling is hard to measure because on me ... something is always swelling. I just don't want to die because I was too ashamed to go beg for medical care I can't afford... I know it sounds stupid... but I'm worried.
If any of you can ease my mind, it's appreciated. Thanks.
I was couch-bound, asleep most hours of the day, for several weeks. I started to get aches in my right leg. At first, just like a muscle pull and sporadic.
Now, to the point where I scream out in pain rolling over and the dull ache never stops. Ibuprofen doesn't kill it and neither does elevation, compression wraps, or heat ... ice helps sometimes but sometimes it feels horribly painful.
Two urgent cares -- one doctor said it was b/c of my kidney infection and blood pressure being up that was causing this pain and another unusual symptom of shortness of breath. The next doctor said it was because I was overweight.
I don't have insurance and am out of money. I went to the internet for answers and of course, now, I'm scared to death it's a blood clot. I was on birth control, I'm obese, and I was pretty much bedridden for a few months. The pain doesn't get any better regardless of how I treat it...
What would you do next? I know emergency rooms are supposed to take people regardless of ability to pay but as a social worker, I also know how many people they treat like crud and barely service when they know they can't pay their bill.
I don't have any warmness or discoloration and swelling is hard to measure because on me ... something is always swelling. I just don't want to die because I was too ashamed to go beg for medical care I can't afford... I know it sounds stupid... but I'm worried.
If any of you can ease my mind, it's appreciated. Thanks.
