tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post1218978931011266016..comments2024-01-18T19:54:13.876+11:00Comments on The Other Andrew: If It's Wednesday...The Other Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12492925896131382172noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-571175766386078922009-03-14T19:17:00.000+11:002009-03-14T19:17:00.000+11:00I had whooping cough about three years ago. It too...I had whooping cough about three years ago. It took my doctor weeks to correctly diagnose it and that was only following an x-ray and blood tests. Until them I had no idea that adults could get it. It took over three months to clear and there has been no reoccurence since.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-90982843810638585992009-03-13T14:19:00.000+11:002009-03-13T14:19:00.000+11:00Oh dear. I hope it isn't WC (or consumption). An...Oh dear. I hope it isn't WC (or consumption). And I hope I didn't give it to you!<BR/><BR/>The bad news about the cost - if it is WC, you have to take anti-biotics that won't make you feel better, but will stop you form being infectious will cost you about $30.<BR/><BR/>And if anyone you've been in contact with need to have a vaccination, it can cost a lot. Mark paid $75 to see a GP, and $130 for the jab. Medicare covers about half of the GP, private cover paid back about $60.<BR/><BR/>My GP said it is called the 100 day cough, so I hope you don't have it and are feeling better soon (still coughing here).Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360034185798990926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-2448644624066896532009-03-13T09:23:00.000+11:002009-03-13T09:23:00.000+11:00Oh no. I really hope for your sake that it's not ...Oh no. I really hope for your sake that it's not WC as I learnt to call it during the *eleven* weeks I had off work with it in 2000 (I was so sick I eventually went home to Mother). You'll know soon enough if it is - it's hard to diagnose because it looks like a chest infection for about 3 weeks (and there can be secondary chest infections) but then you will cough with a very distinctive sound like a seal. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-21504010059534141302009-03-12T12:55:00.000+11:002009-03-12T12:55:00.000+11:00"...it brushed my uvula on the way out."Gosh..for ..."...it brushed my uvula on the way out."<BR/><BR/>Gosh..for a minute there I read the word "vulva". <BR/><BR/>aaaanyway...I won't even bore you with the horrors of the post- hurricane "health" "care" "system" here. <BR/>ahem<BR/><BR/>I hope you're feeling better soon.<BR/><BR/>(p.s.<BR/>whooping cough sounds rather exotic, rather like a whooping crane.)jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116663308431251286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-87077698997422813122009-03-12T12:24:00.000+11:002009-03-12T12:24:00.000+11:00Hoorah for a medical system that means you don't h...Hoorah for a medical system that means you don't have to think about whether you can afford to be healthy.<BR/><BR/>Until reproduction was involved, I'd never needed a hospital but my 3 stays in there since cost me nothing and if I didn't go, I'd be dead.<BR/><BR/>I have no issue with the government spending my tax money on health care. There should be more of it!Mousicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063945349373603132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-20223594160585667262009-03-12T11:23:00.000+11:002009-03-12T11:23:00.000+11:00Oh, Mimi. It's not long now before I hold your tin...Oh, Mimi. It's not long now before I hold your tiny, frozen hand. Love Rodolfo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-52118041054465314622009-03-12T07:59:00.000+11:002009-03-12T07:59:00.000+11:00I had a recent half-day in hospital, admitted thro...I had a recent half-day in hospital, admitted through emergency services to check on some chest pains. Extensive checking, and no evidence of heart problems. It cost me nothing other than the taxes and levies I pay over time, and I left feeling extremely grateful for our medical system.LynShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724603965512647078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-14232420030777026672009-03-12T00:16:00.000+11:002009-03-12T00:16:00.000+11:00A workmate of mine visiting the US passed out in a...A workmate of mine visiting the US passed out in a bar and woke up the next morning in a hospital.<BR/><BR/>Ambulance to take him a few kms to the hospital; bunch of blood tests to check for various intoxicants; some bags of saline to up his blood pressure - and one MRI scan, because he was still unconcious and they wanted to be sure.<BR/><BR/>By the time he work up he had a $25k bill waiting for him.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately travel insurance covered it.James Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698564181296052503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-50660324575536030802009-03-11T23:30:00.000+11:002009-03-11T23:30:00.000+11:00Andrea, I can't help but compare my experiences in...Andrea, I can't help but compare my experiences in having overnight stays in a private hospital for my sleep studies. $200 excess for the first one (because I hadn't claimed on my private cover before), then nothing at all to pay for the ones since. Private room, flat screen tv, cable... so nice I almost wanted to move in. Almost. The food was still hospital food.The Other Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492925896131382172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-25313774528243087552009-03-11T22:47:00.000+11:002009-03-11T22:47:00.000+11:00Before I moved here, when I had glandular fever, m...Before I moved here, when I had glandular fever, my private health care covered most of my one night in the hospital, and I still had to pay over $2k for the remainder.<BR/><BR/>Adam didn't believe me about how bad it was until one visit when he got bit by a venomous spider (o irony!) and we had a hospital road trip through several states (all on the credit card, fortunately reimbursed by travel insurance). One doctor raided the supply cabinet and gave us a bunch of free stuff because he knew how much we were paying for a basic bandage change.Andrea Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469866936790559318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-43792045317388652142009-03-11T21:31:00.000+11:002009-03-11T21:31:00.000+11:00Well, the diagnosis is sort of up in the air still...Well, the diagnosis is sort of up in the air still... but they have put me on the treatment for whooping cough as a form of prophylaxis. Given how contagious WC is.The Other Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492925896131382172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035053.post-80386077325313124742009-03-11T20:52:00.000+11:002009-03-11T20:52:00.000+11:00The American healthcare system is shocking, isn't ...The American healthcare system is shocking, isn't it? They have the best medical care in the world, and yet it is out of reach to too many.<BR/><BR/>Hope you are feeling better! At least now that they have diagnosed you, they can give you drugs and fix you, right?Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246412838930258990noreply@blogger.com