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Have you ever been to the emergency room?

Yes	[ 37 ]	[97.37%]
No	[ 1 ]	[2.63%]

Have you ever had a severe allergic reaction to anything?

Yes	[ 15 ]	[39.47%]
No	[ 23 ]	[60.53%]

Total Votes: 76

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Dainty Debby	Jun 22 2007, 12:36 PM Post #1
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 74 Joined: May 20 07 Member No.: 12,437	I'd be interested to hear details and stories. Other wise, cue parody threads and smart remarks.

I Play GuitAH	Jun 22 2007, 12:37 PM Post #2
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 1,403 Joined: July 4 05 From: Right Here, USA Member No.: 5,757	QUOTE(Dainty Debby @ Jun 22 2007, 01:36 PM) Other wise, cue parody threads and smart remarks. you spelled it wrong.

Dainty Debby	Jun 22 2007, 12:37 PM Post #3
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 74 Joined: May 20 07 Member No.: 12,437	*Emergency

DJKyttyn	Jun 22 2007, 12:43 PM Post #4
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 7,182 Joined: June 8 04 From: Run's House! Member No.: 2,926	One summer, i cut my foot open white water rafting, had to go get it x-rayed. another time, i went because i slammed my finger in a car door. it wouldn't stop throbbing after 24h, so we went, and they burned a hole in my fingernail with a vasectomy cauterizing needle to relieve the pressure underneath. another time, i went thanksgiving day because i had been throwing up hourly for the past 24h. turns out the student health center was wrong - the cough they diagnosed me with 3 days earlier was actually bronchitis. worst thanksgiving ever. i couldn't eat anything but water and antibiotics.

ƒ(x)	Jun 22 2007, 12:50 PM Post #5
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 13,993 Joined: February 6 04 Member No.: 1,792	Cut my hand while washing a wine glass, got a few stiches. Went another time to get a tick removed from my ear.

Flipper	Jun 22 2007, 12:53 PM Post #6
Unregistered	Been to the ER as a result of : jumping off the top basement step and crowning myself on the staircase ceiling, then falling and rolling down to the basement floor (a little game some friends and I were playing as small boys) lots of stitches, lots of blood, big ass headache. getting hit by a car on my bike as a kid a car accident getting stabbed slicing my hand on a chop saw (didn't have a saftey on it)

James Fucking Mason	Jun 22 2007, 12:53 PM Post #7
Sage, Settler of Hash Group: Members - Basic Posts: 3,232 Joined: September 14 06 Member No.: 9,159	QUOTE(Dainty Debby @ Jun 22 2007, 01:36 PM) I'd be interested to hear details and stories. Other wise, cue parody threads and smart remarks. Otherwise is one word.

Dainty Debby	Jun 22 2007, 01:19 PM Post #8
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 74 Joined: May 20 07 Member No.: 12,437	QUOTE(DJKyttyn @ Jun 22 2007, 01:43 PM) One summer, i cut my foot open white water rafting, had to go get it x-rayed. another time, i went because i slammed my finger in a car door. it wouldn't stop throbbing after 24h, so we went, and they burned a hole in my fingernail with a vasectomy cauterizing needle to relieve the pressure underneath. another time, i went thanksgiving day because i had been throwing up hourly for the past 24h. turns out the student health center was wrong - the cough they diagnosed me with 3 days earlier was actually bronchitis. worst thanksgiving ever. i couldn't eat anything but water and antibiotics. Awe...! That must have been rough, the bronchitis especially. Health professionals can be rather hit or miss with their ability to diagnose stuff like that. I broke a bone once, and the first aid guy correctly figured out exactly what the injury was just by looking at the swelling -- he got the name of the bone and everything. Where as no-one can tell me what I am allergic to -- all they know is that it IS an allergic reaction – no clue as to the cause though. In any case, it is good to see that you are well now.

DJKyttyn	Jun 22 2007, 01:23 PM Post #9
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 7,182 Joined: June 8 04 From: Run's House! Member No.: 2,926	QUOTE(Dainty Debby @ Jun 22 2007, 02:19 PM) Awe...! That must have been rough, the bronchitis especially. Health professionals can be rather hit or miss with their ability to diagnose stuff like that. I broke a bone once, and the first aid guy correctly figured out exactly what the injury was just by looking at the swelling -- he got the name of the bone and everything. Where as no-one can tell me what I am allergic to -- all they know is that it IS an allergic reaction – no clue as to the cause though. In any case, it is good to see that you are well now. thanks - all of these were quite some time ago - the ER is never a good time. do you have contact dermatitis? you might want to see an allergist after the ER treats you (let me guess - steroids and antihistamines?) - they usually take allergies more seriously, and will run a series of tests. I had this done years ago, and they found out i was allergic to red wine, vodka, green beans, dogwood, and a bunch of other stuff to lesser degrees. they took little needles dipped in about 40 different allergens and stuck me in a grid pattern on my back - whatever sweled up was something you should stay away from. good luck!

His Daddy	Jun 22 2007, 01:24 PM Post #10
The King of Awesome Group: Members - Platinum Posts: 11,920 Joined: August 12 04 From: City of Presidents, MA Member No.: 3,475	Had to go to the emergency room as a tyke because my doctor gave me penicillin, and I'm allergic to it. Went another time because I nearly got my ear ripped off during a wrestling match with a dude who forgot he had a pen knife in his shirt pocket. Visited the third time for slicing my hand open washing a pint glass that then broke. Made another trip when I was having trouble breathing. Turns out I had pneumonia. Last trip was when I cracked a bone in my leg.

jug fucler	Jun 22 2007, 01:43 PM Post #11
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 4,668 Joined: June 18 04 Member No.: 3,024	Been to the ER many times- most recently about 8 months when I cut the shit out of my finger taking tie wraps off cables at work- noticed Newton-Wellesley segregates ER patients between the truly sick/ messed up and relatively mild stuff like mine

Dainty Debby	Jun 22 2007, 02:48 PM Post #12
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 74 Joined: May 20 07 Member No.: 12,437	QUOTE(jug fucler @ Jun 22 2007, 02:43 PM) Been to the ER many times- most recently about 8 months when I cut the shit out of my finger taking tie wraps off cables at work- noticed Newton-Wellesley segregates ER patients between the truly sick/ messed up and relatively mild stuff like mine Yeah, the health care system in this country is far from being optimal (though probably better than a lot of countries). If I can, I try to wait for a time when I can schedule an appointment. You can spend hours waiting in the emergency room if you don't have something that needs immediate attention. Having trouble breathing (or knowing there is a good chance a bone is broken) is the threshold for me.

screeg neegis	Jun 22 2007, 02:59 PM Post #13
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 2,472 Joined: February 13 04 Member No.: 1,859	QUOTE(Dainty Debby @ Jun 22 2007, 01:36 PM) I'd be interested to hear details and stories. Other wise, cue parody threads and smart remarks. I worked in an emergency room at a Boston hospital back in the early 70s...too many horrible stories to tell here (a stretcher heaped with body parts from a car crash involving a car load of teenagers, for example) but once a large gentleman from Charlestown came in thinking he had been shot twice in the chest...turned out a single bullet had entered one man-boob and exited from the other...

Dainty Debby	Jun 22 2007, 03:02 PM Post #14
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 74 Joined: May 20 07 Member No.: 12,437	QUOTE(screeg neegis @ Jun 22 2007, 03:59 PM) ...once a large gentleman from Charlestown came in thinking he had been shot twice in the chest...turned out a single bullet had entered one man-boob and exited from the other... Would it be inappropriate to laugh about this?

screeg neegis	Jun 22 2007, 03:03 PM Post #15
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 2,472 Joined: February 13 04 Member No.: 1,859	QUOTE(Dainty Debby @ Jun 22 2007, 04:02 PM) Would it be inappropriate to laugh about this? Yes, and we did, too.

jug fucler	Jun 22 2007, 03:04 PM Post #16
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 4,668 Joined: June 18 04 Member No.: 3,024	QUOTE(Dainty Debby @ Jun 22 2007, 03:48 PM) Yeah, the health care system in this country is far from being optimal (though probably better than a lot of countries). If I can, I try to wait for a time when I can schedule an appointment. You can spend hours waiting in the emergency room if you don't have something that needs immediate attention. Having trouble breathing (or knowing there is a good chance a bone is broken) is the threshold for me. I should have expounded on my above statement- I guess the seperation actually seemed to speed my visit there- was in and out of there around 90 minutes- when I thought I'd have to spend hours there- was also around 1 am on a weeknight when I went

omelette	Jun 22 2007, 03:57 PM Post #17
Defender of cheese Group: Members - Basic Posts: 3,952 Joined: April 6 06 From: somerville Member No.: 7,812	broke my elbow into pieces skateboarding when i was 17. my sole trip to the E.R.

Hopey	Jun 22 2007, 04:12 PM Post #18
Noise Board Sponsor Group: Members - Platinum Posts: 1,502 Joined: December 12 05 Member No.: 6,825	I've been four times, three of them as a kid: dog bite requiring stitches, broken finger, and glass in my foot. Then earlier this year, I splashed bleach in my eye resulting in a chemical burn to my cornea. In fact, I just got a bill today for the amount that my insurance company didn't pay.

omelette	Jun 22 2007, 04:31 PM Post #19
Defender of cheese Group: Members - Basic Posts: 3,952 Joined: April 6 06 From: somerville Member No.: 7,812	QUOTE(omelette @ Jun 22 2007, 04:57 PM) broke my elbow into pieces skateboarding when i was 17. my sole trip to the E.R. oh, i just remembered having to go when i was a wee lad after playing in my grandparent's garage. i got gasoline on my hands, my eye itched, i rubbed my eyes with said gasoline stained hands, i got gasoline in my eye, i cried, i was taken to the emergency room and held down as my eyes were flushed. i have no memory of any of this.

Thunder Horse	Jun 22 2007, 04:41 PM Post #20
Guardian of the Cheese Wedge Group: Members - Basic Posts: 5,521 Joined: February 24 06 From: Salem, MA Member No.: 7,468	QUOTE(omelette @ Jun 22 2007, 05:31 PM) i have no memory of any of this. i went to the ER twice when i was two years old once for a dislocated arm the other time i ate a huge sweet-tart that i found in the toilet it wasn't candy... it was a toilet cake, had to get my stomach pumped i don't remember either trip

DJKyttyn	Jun 22 2007, 04:43 PM Post #21
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 7,182 Joined: June 8 04 From: Run's House! Member No.: 2,926	Oh, i guess there were a few other times when i was a kid. once, i shoved a pearl up my nose, and another time, i drank a whole bottle of cough syrup. can't touch the stuff ever since.

T- RAV	Jun 22 2007, 04:51 PM Post #22
Noise Board Sponsor Group: Members - Platinum Posts: 8,722 Joined: January 28 05 From: 42°22'25" N 71°6'38" W Member No.: 4,776	dropped a full keg on my hand, crushed three fingers had bones sticking out and nails ripped off. I had another beer then went to the ER. Needed pins and shit.

Thunder Horse	Jun 22 2007, 04:55 PM Post #23
Guardian of the Cheese Wedge Group: Members - Basic Posts: 5,521 Joined: February 24 06 From: Salem, MA Member No.: 7,468	when i was a teenager, my buddy (not anymore) ran over my foot with a lawnmower there was a loud thunk, part of my shoe flew across the lawn i looked down, and all i saw was blood i was lucky, when i got to the ER we saw that it had only ripped off my big toenail

yes it's true	Jun 22 2007, 05:12 PM Post #24
Group: Members - Basic Posts: 794 Joined: May 22 04 From: dreamtime Member No.: 2,800	QUOTE(Thunder Horse @ Jun 22 2007, 05:41 PM) i went to the ER twice when i was two years old once for a dislocated arm the other time i ate a huge sweet-tart that i found in the toilet it wasn't candy... it was a toilet cake, had to get my stomach pumped i don't remember either trip OMG! Couldn't you tell from the smell of it that it wasn't candy?

Thunder Horse	Jun 22 2007, 06:01 PM Post #25
Guardian of the Cheese Wedge Group: Members - Basic Posts: 5,521 Joined: February 24 06 From: Salem, MA Member No.: 7,468	QUOTE(yes it's true @ Jun 22 2007, 06:12 PM) OMG! Couldn't you tell from the smell of it that it wasn't candy? no, but the taste gave it away

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