#chest pain

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Every evening for the past week, I suddenly get an almost violent migraine-like attack, that lasts from 2-5 hours, and then abates. I feel nauseous, my head feels like it’s going to burst, my chest burns and every sersory input hurts so so bad. It even gets a little hard ot breathe, and I have to put on my cpap just to feel like I’m getting enough air. It’s so new and terrifying, and I don’t know what to do :((

Healthcare in the US sucks.

It really…just…sucks.

There’s this big influenza epidemic this year. This has been the worst flu season in like 8 years I believe and the ER rooms have been flooded with patients. 

But I don’t have the flu.

I have acid reflux and if you’re not familiar, its when your belly gets bloated, you hiccup nonstop and other symptoms like chest pain and what not. How it comes about, there are a variety of reasons as to why mostly with if you eat too much greasy food, eaten something different from your normal diet, etc. Its been a week I’ve had it and the hiccups and bloating have gone down immensely but that chest pain is still there and very uncomfortable. People keep telling me to go to the hospital but I hate going for:

  1. Unhelpful
  2. Long wait
  3. Expensive

And that’s exactly what I got from it. I waited 4 hours to receive only a max of 10 minutes of actual face to face interaction with a doctor, a trash doctor, a higher dosage of the medicine I am currently taking, and a $100 copay bill.

I could’ve stayed home and suffered for all of this

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