Vulcaneer wrote:
CavemanCharlie wrote:
Is Benedryl compatible with people that have high blood pressure I wonder?
Check with your doctor. Don't take internet advice on this type of thing.
I have high blood pressure. But not all that high. It works for me. But then I need to measure the risk/reward factor.
For a little discomfort issue from a bit of itching, I doubt I would try a risky solution. Just tough it out.
BTW...Yeah...this hospital really sucks. But convenient. Next closest is an hour away. I could try the ambulance. But here's the deal. Takes them 10 minutes to get to you. They take you to the same hospital for triage. Another 20 minutes. Then if needed, will transport to another hospital by air ambulance. Another 10 minutes to get the helicopter there and then another 20 minutes to the hospital that is just an hour away if I just get in the car and drive there.
So add it up. An hour doing it that way with all that crap. And the ambulance ride is $1000. The triage is $5,000. The ER doctor is another $2,000 for Sunday service. The helicopter ride is another 12,000 with ER assistants. Then the last hospital has additional similar costs. So easily, a total cost of $50,000 before any treatment.
Sure maybe insurance will pay for some of it. But this is robbery...regardless. And even if insurance/medicare pays...who really pays? It is you. And me. And every other taxpayer in the USA.
All for a little hornet sting. Have we lost our minds?
I hear you. Sometimes I think we may have all lost our minds.