I can’t even begin to count the number of times WebMD has recommended that I visit the emergency room. It probably numbers in the thousands.
I mean, I could count to a couple thousand, but I don’t really have the energy.
Anyhow, today’s video is for those of you who were worried about me after I posed a photo of my laminated bracelet of shame on Twitter and Facebook.
I’ll have you know that while everything turned out to be fine (according to the doctor who didn’t even test me for Bleeding Esophageal Varices), my vital signs were a bit disturbing to me.
I mean, my blood pressure was awesome. Enviable, even. But that pulse…94? Isn’t that pretty high? And that wasn’t even the highest point. I saw it reach 115.
It could have been the four shots of Starbucks espresso or the fact that they caught me taking photos of myself in the ER…but it still seems high to me.
Anyhow, I’m so glad this whole WebMD Debacle is behind me so I can finally move on with my life and my blog.
And, please, don’t treat me any differently than you normally would. I’m just an ordinary woman doing my best to survive despite the golf ball-sized pain in my throat.
(Note: If you’re new to Katy in a Corner and/or under the age where sarcasm registers, please don’t take me too seriously. However, I will reluctantly admit that I went to the ER for no good reason and that everything I said in the above video is true, albeit a TAD bit melodramatic.)
If you missed it yesterday, here is the prequel to my unnecessary trip to the emergency room.
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I’m gonna send my 11 year old to visit you this summer. You two will have loads of fun together diagnosing each other! 🙂
Katy,
I did see your armband but I thought that was just something you had created for dramatic effect!! Did not know you really went to the hospital. Sorry, I would have called but I was sick in bed dealing with my own Laryngitis issue. Your Dad had gone to get a sandwich from Publix and the lady that fixed the sandwich was sick with Laryngitis. I refused to eat the sandwich prepared by the sick lady and called the store manager to let him know what WebMD said about this illness. Your Dad would not go back to that Publix to replace my sandwich, because he figured the lady had come in contact with all the food, so he went to the other side of town to get my lunch. Of course he ate both sandwiches made by the sick lady with no ill effect. So I do understand you taking the precautions you took! Hope you get to feeling better soon!!!
Love you
Ha! The throat in the camera almost made me choke with laughter. Does WebMD cover that, you think?
katyinacorner “But we were out of tea” Holy Lord I cannot stop laughing at that!! Absolutely hilarious! 🙂
Hope you got your tea and honey, or at least slept in til 10:00. Funny again!
Katy,
Since you took pictures at the ER and did a video about your trip, I’m pretty sure you can write off any expenses as tax deductible business expenses. You can check that on the accounting version of Web MD – isittaxdeductible.com.
G-Man
Hilarious! I’m a hypochondriac too. I freak out at every new skin tag or random pain in my leg or headache. I wrote a post about my hypochondria once. I went as far as to have a colonoscopy done for plain old hemorrhoids. No money/time wasted there.
KateHall Who said I was a hypochondriac? 😉
gas
“katyinacorner: Back me up here guys…what’s the dumbest reason you’ve ever been to the ER? http://t.co/ptyzdTRJCjJCj” / cheese sticks?
reggriffin I’m going to need to hear that story. 🙂
“katyinacorner: reggriffin I’m going to need to hear that story. :)” / I was just being stupid.
reggriffin That doesn’t seem plausible. 😉
katyinacorner Cant tell that story till statute of limitations runs out…
dropping a desk on my big toe. Diagnosis: “you dropped a heavy object on your toe.”
constipation
My aunt was telling me today that she heard of someone who called the ambulance because of bad cramps. Still not sure if my reason is more pathetic. Probably.
When I was a child my Mom told me to hang up my coat. I didn’t want to so I stuck the hanger up my nose. I do remember walking in to the ER and wondering why people were starring!!
Mom, that is still the Best ER story EVER.
Hi Katy, new follower here from ‘My Life and Kids’. YOU POOR CHILD! How did you ever endure? Sent you home with NO meds?? You are a SAINT for not suing. I’m so glad I’ve signed up to follow your blog….apparently SOMEONE needs to be taking care of you and I’m just the Grani (yes, with an ‘i’) to do it. Dona
Guess lots of people are going to the emergency room without good reason: http://www.smykker.me/15-surprisingly-dangerous-consumer-products-infographic/
I mean there can’t be 100,000+ people a year that needs to go to the emergency room because they got hurt on their wheelchair…