Well, this is not good.
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nwhikerBlah. Had great plans for today: a walk, getting tennis shoes, deadheading roses.
What I will be doing? In not too long, hauling my sorry ass down to Urgent Care for what I suspect is cellulitis following a freaking mosquito bite I got hiking last weekend.
My friend Bambi would use this as more proof that exercise will get you ever time.
We went to Vancouver yesterday and while waiting at the border, I noticed that one of my numerous mosquito bites had swollen and was "weeping" a bit. Not much to do. We had a good visit with my aunt (she was more with it than when my sister visited, I think) and headed down to B'ham to pick up Linnea and her stuff. Linnea tripped while carrying a box and fell and we thought we'd need to head to the ER with her, but her pain got better.
The swelling on my arm, OTOH, did not, but as of last night it was not emergent enough to justify the ER and of course Urgent Care isn't open past 5 on the weekend. And then they wonder why people end up in the ER. Anyhow. This morning, it's at least Urgent Care emergent. I'm going to the UC that is attached to an ER, though not the one that is attached to an ER and the hospital where the wait times are typically longer, in case they decide it's more urgent than I think it.
So I'll head there as soon as they open, or right before. Grrr. So many plans.
ETA. Oh great. This does not bode well, if the Universe is trying to tell me something: my Icelandic app, where I'm currently working on the beginner level "At the doctor's" unit gave me as my first new phrase today: Ég bíð which means "I wait". 🤣
OTOH, if it isn't serious, I'll be in Redmond near the River Trail so I can head straight for a walk. I suspect I'll be on antibiotics. Feh.
ETA. It didn't take long to get a diagnosis (duh, cellulitis) but it took forever to get the Rx filled. Two heavy duty abx, ugh. Took the first of one of them, my stomach already hurts.
What I will be doing? In not too long, hauling my sorry ass down to Urgent Care for what I suspect is cellulitis following a freaking mosquito bite I got hiking last weekend.
My friend Bambi would use this as more proof that exercise will get you ever time.
We went to Vancouver yesterday and while waiting at the border, I noticed that one of my numerous mosquito bites had swollen and was "weeping" a bit. Not much to do. We had a good visit with my aunt (she was more with it than when my sister visited, I think) and headed down to B'ham to pick up Linnea and her stuff. Linnea tripped while carrying a box and fell and we thought we'd need to head to the ER with her, but her pain got better.
The swelling on my arm, OTOH, did not, but as of last night it was not emergent enough to justify the ER and of course Urgent Care isn't open past 5 on the weekend. And then they wonder why people end up in the ER. Anyhow. This morning, it's at least Urgent Care emergent. I'm going to the UC that is attached to an ER, though not the one that is attached to an ER and the hospital where the wait times are typically longer, in case they decide it's more urgent than I think it.
So I'll head there as soon as they open, or right before. Grrr. So many plans.
ETA. Oh great. This does not bode well, if the Universe is trying to tell me something: my Icelandic app, where I'm currently working on the beginner level "At the doctor's" unit gave me as my first new phrase today: Ég bíð which means "I wait". 🤣
OTOH, if it isn't serious, I'll be in Redmond near the River Trail so I can head straight for a walk. I suspect I'll be on antibiotics. Feh.
ETA. It didn't take long to get a diagnosis (duh, cellulitis) but it took forever to get the Rx filled. Two heavy duty abx, ugh. Took the first of one of them, my stomach already hurts.
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Date: 6 Aug 2024 03:49 (UTC)(For reasons I cannot understand, the UM health system doesn't have any urgent care facilities. The other hospital system in the area used to have an urgent care site not far from our house but moved to a bigger building farther away. (It used to be kitty-corner from the skate park, which I always thought would be good for business! :^) And now all sorts of 'independent' (for profit?) UC places have popped up, but I'm wary of those. And none of them would have automatic access to our electronic records, which is why i wish UM had some.)