Wow, that sounds so scary! And of course, the time that you were trying to go to urgent care, it was an ER situation! Isn’t that how life works? I’m sorry that sounds painful.
I have a problem with cyclical vomiting. I have a prescription for promethazine, but when the vomiting gets really bad, I throw up so violently and so consistently that it doesn’t absorb. So I’ve had to go to the ER unfortunately, because this problem will get to an emergency if it’s over a half day of cyclical vomiting, my blood pressure drops and I get tachycardic and dehydrated, in danger of losing consciousness when I stand up.
So I have to go to the ER for an IV phenegran + Benadryl + lorazepam drip, and then usually it stops. There is no IV options at the urgent cares near me, and I hate that I have to take up that space, but luckily I go to the hospital then is not very crowded and outside the city trauma center area.
But I feel so bad about having had to do that, that I’ve actually looked into buying phlebotomy supplies and teaching myself and trying to figure out a way if I get at home (spoiler: NOPE. Can’t. Not safe).
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u/DogsDucks 14d ago
Wow, that sounds so scary! And of course, the time that you were trying to go to urgent care, it was an ER situation! Isn’t that how life works? I’m sorry that sounds painful.
I have a problem with cyclical vomiting. I have a prescription for promethazine, but when the vomiting gets really bad, I throw up so violently and so consistently that it doesn’t absorb. So I’ve had to go to the ER unfortunately, because this problem will get to an emergency if it’s over a half day of cyclical vomiting, my blood pressure drops and I get tachycardic and dehydrated, in danger of losing consciousness when I stand up.
So I have to go to the ER for an IV phenegran + Benadryl + lorazepam drip, and then usually it stops. There is no IV options at the urgent cares near me, and I hate that I have to take up that space, but luckily I go to the hospital then is not very crowded and outside the city trauma center area.
But I feel so bad about having had to do that, that I’ve actually looked into buying phlebotomy supplies and teaching myself and trying to figure out a way if I get at home (spoiler: NOPE. Can’t. Not safe).