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NPembrush
Lake Forest, OC, CA
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So I had a cough and what I hope you don't go through this
Mar 25 2020 05:29PM more by NPembrush
Tags: Orange County, Random (All tags)

My normal doctor was on call at the hospital so they said go to the walk in. "Ok, but it's a sinus infection..."
Nope. Ok, Walk in it is
Go to the walk in. "What are your symptoms?" says some pre-screen lady.
Oh boy...here we go
"Sinuses. Cough, green goo in nose."
Do you have a temperature?
"Dunno"
"Ok sir, go back to your car and call this number"
So I called the number and some lady who can clearly see me in my car from the big window asks the same dumb questions. They put me on hold, asks me the same questions. Little pause, can see the front desk lady nurse get up with a mask in hand comes out to my car.
"Please put this mask on and follow me"
So after sitting around for 30 minutes, nurse comes in with face shield, mask, gloves and takes my vitals. Takes my temp.
No temp. Huzzah. I'm safe....
Nope.
A different doctor comes in goes over my symptoms, asked when it all started. "Ok, we're going to give you a test for the Corona virus but it looks like you have a sinus infection"
Thinking to myself "No shit? Really. Wow..."
So a nurse comes in and jams two long swabs in my nose. Practically driving them into my brain. God that felt unpleasant.
More sitting around. ~30 minutes.
Doctor comes back "The test results are negative" gives me a prescription for sinus stuff and off I go.
      
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Facephuckker
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Mar 25 2020 05:32PM     link to this

medicare or medical ? that would sound right
NPembrush
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Mar 25 2020 06:14PM     link to this

Actually, I saw link somewhere published by the state of California the ages of those infected.

As for the swab? It's SOP for testing, they do the same for Influenza. Still sucks.
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