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first visit to an Emergency Room in 50 years. Pleasent surprise
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:14 pm
Yesterday my 78 year old wife fainted while getting up from a dentist chair. This has happened a lot of times in the last 2 months with many trips to the mri, cardiologist, pulmonologist etc. It's a problem with the nerves controlling blood flow to the brain.
This time I had the emt's take her to the emergency room at Citizen's Hospital in Victoria. The surprise "No paper work". At checking in the only page was a release to get her records from other systems she had been to. They did not want a drivers license , did not want her insurance card, did not want a credit card, did not require filling out the typical ten page questionnaire identifying drugs, history, sex orientation, nationality, pronouns etc. On check out we asked where to settle up and they said you're free to go. it was a pure medical treatment with no , zero paper. This was a large hospital, very clean, great people. Is this a normal experience?
funny part. Prepping to leave, feminim pads were in play and the hospital pads were the size of a saltine cracker and I get into a discussion with the 23 year old female nurse about size. I pulled out the elderly wife super size and start talking capacity. All of a sudden folks burst in shouting get out, got a life/death situation wheeled in and we go to another venue for completion of pad placement.
This time I had the emt's take her to the emergency room at Citizen's Hospital in Victoria. The surprise "No paper work". At checking in the only page was a release to get her records from other systems she had been to. They did not want a drivers license , did not want her insurance card, did not want a credit card, did not require filling out the typical ten page questionnaire identifying drugs, history, sex orientation, nationality, pronouns etc. On check out we asked where to settle up and they said you're free to go. it was a pure medical treatment with no , zero paper. This was a large hospital, very clean, great people. Is this a normal experience?
funny part. Prepping to leave, feminim pads were in play and the hospital pads were the size of a saltine cracker and I get into a discussion with the 23 year old female nurse about size. I pulled out the elderly wife super size and start talking capacity. All of a sudden folks burst in shouting get out, got a life/death situation wheeled in and we go to another venue for completion of pad placement.
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Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:17 pm to Trevaylin
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The surprise "No paper work". At checking in the only page was a release to get her records from other systems she had been to. They did not want a drivers license , did not want her insurance card, did not want a credit card, did not require filling out the typical ten page questionnaire identifying drugs, history, sex orientation, nationality, pronouns etc. On check out we asked where to settle up and they said you're free to go. it was a pure medical treatment with no , zero paper. This was a large hospital, very clean, great people. Is this a normal experience?
What's the secret?
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:25 pm to Trevaylin
I thought chatgpt was your new doctor because real doctors were idiots?
Why did you go to the ER?
Why did you go to the ER?
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:25 pm to Trevaylin
quote:Yikes.
feminim pads were in play and the hospital pads were the size of a saltine cracker and I get into a discussion with the 23 year old female nurse about size. I pulled out the elderly wife super size and start talking capacity.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:26 pm to mudshuvl05
TMI
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:28 pm to Trevaylin
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Is this a normal experience?
In my experience the ER is for illegals with no insurance
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:29 pm to Trevaylin
quote:
feminim pads were in play and the hospital pads were the size of a saltine cracker and I get into a discussion with the 23 year old female nurse about size. I pulled out the elderly wife super size and start talking capacity. All of a sudden folks burst in shouting get out, got a life/death situation wheeled in and we go to another venue for completion of pad placement.
I've read this three times and have no idea what you're trying to say
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:33 pm to Trevaylin
Sounds like normal admissions, treatment and discharge for illegals. The rest of us taxpayers not so much.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:36 pm to OweO
what's the secret? I do not know, never having been to an emergency room before. I always thought that was a prime place for the hospital to run up the bill in 3-4 digits. They asked for nothing and gave great service. Is that normal? The wife, patient, is a paraplegic , polio 78 years ago when she was 3 months old. The EMT ambulance service was no charge no paper also. Could Victoria be in a time zone warp/bubble?
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:42 pm to Cosmo
fainted, unconscious for 25 minutes. I do like chatgpt because Corpus Christi cardiologists are idiots that saw her faint in front of them and saw she has no problems and just take a low dose aspirin. If you are in Corpus with a medical emergency, get a life flight to Victoria for your safety.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:42 pm to Trevaylin
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Prepping to leave, feminim pads were in play and the hospital pads were the size of a saltine cracker and I get into a discussion with the 23 year old female nurse about size. I pulled out the elderly wife super size and start talking capacity. All of a sudden folks burst in shouting get out, got a life/death situation wheeled in and we go to another venue for completion of pad placement.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:45 pm to OWLFAN86
yeah but can you imagine a 77 year guy talking pad size to an attractive 23 year old nurse in the presence of his 77 year old wife in the emergency room with three other adults present. Thats kinky
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:47 pm to Ostrich
anybody been to an emergency room with a no paper check in process. no paper going out.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:48 pm to The Pirate King
you left off "the funny part" in your quote
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:51 pm to kayjay
I am not illegal, born in Donaldsonville, graduated LSU che engr. How did I qualify for the illegals benefit? Victoria may be Utopia .
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:14 pm to Trevaylin
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The EMT ambulance service was no charge no paper also
As an adult, I have had to go to the ER once which resulted in having my gallbladder removed. I was in so much pain I ended up going in an ambulance. Two weeks later I got a bill from Acadian for $10k. I called them up and they told me that's what I owe and it wasn't covered. I called my insurance and they told me they were paying for it and I had a $50 deductible.. Well it was less than $100. I called Acadian back and after arguing with the woman for a few minutes she tells me "Okay, yes your insurance has it covered". They paid like $700 so I have no idea where they got $10k.
And I was rushed in the ER so I didn't have to wait so I never experienced the ER waiting room. There was a guy in the ER room next to me who the nurse was pissed off about. Evidently he was an addict who went in there every so often claiming he was in severe pain.. So they had the ambulance bring him to another hospital.. I assume Our lady of the lake.
My mom had Polio. She was a little girl.. 2 or 3 years old and she told me that one day she sat down and her mom asked her to get up and she couldn't. She stayed in the hospital for months, no one was able to visit, but had not effects from it.. But now she has ALS, which I don't know if that could be something triggered from Polio..
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:31 pm to OweO
the fainting technical term is Vaga ...syncopai or something like that. There are two separate species, first more common brought on by a slow reflex nerve function activated shift in blood pressure resulting in low blood flow [oxygen] to the brain . If you have seen a person faint after standing up rapidly that's it. Less common is with persons that have nerve damage and they are more susceptible to the malady. Low blood volume/dehydration becomes very sensitive to the vagus nerve and causes low o2 to the brain causing faint. Polio is nerve damage. I guess fainting is another part of post polio syndrome
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:41 pm to Trevaylin
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feminim pads were in play and the hospital pads were the size of a saltine cracker and I get into a discussion with the 23 year old female nurse about size. I pulled out the elderly wife super size and start talking capacity.
quote:
Is this a normal experience?
No.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:44 pm to Trevaylin
The last time I went to the emergency room, I turned out to be having a stroke.m I handed them my insurance card, but couldn’t talk, so my admission process was fairly straightforward! 
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:49 pm to Trevaylin
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The wife, patient, is a paraplegic
I do not ask to be disrespectful, but you married a paraplegic?
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