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Cake day: August 9th, 2024

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  • I had an explosive migraine a couple years ago and went to the emergency room because I thought I was dying. I had to wait for about 3 hours before being seen. Once I was seen they did a brain x ray and gave me an IV migraine medication. I had a bad sinus infection and inflammation that was pressing on facial nerves and triggering the migraine. They told me to take Claritin and sent me home.

    After about a month I got the bill, over $8000. I forgot what my “good” insurance paid to the hospital but my part of it was $8k. For an x ray and IV. They also charged $200 for IV hydration which I didn’t ask for or consent to, and didn’t need because I keep myself well hydrated always.

    Also it turned out that this infection was bacterial because about a week after I went to the hospital I started getting 103-105°F fevers. I then went to an urgent care and had to pay $180 to get told that I need to wait at least 3 weeks with the infection before they will treat it with antibiotics. So I suffered like that for another 2 weeks and finally got antibiotics from a different place. The nerve pain I got from that infection was unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. I was literally screaming and thrashing around, completely delirious with fever and pain and my wife trying to keep me alive. I fucking hate this country.

    Oh I just remembered, I also got sent an additional $300 bill for the specific doctor I saw at the hospital. Yeah that’s a thing in a America too. You sometimes have to pay both the hospital you went to and the individual doctor who saw you, separately.