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If you were confident that's what it was and were willing to take the risk, you should have refused the additional test. Doctor's advice is just that - advice.
by LyndsySimon 9y ago
If you were confident that's what it was and were willing to take the risk, you should have refused the additional test.
Doctor's advice is just that - advice.
- maxerickson 9y agoMy ramble above isn't all that clear, but I wasn't confident at all, I didn't understand why I had the amount of pain I did (hence going to the ER in the middle of the night). The point is the doctor wanted to check for an abscess.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoOf course he wanted to check for an abscess - an abscess into the sinus cavity can be a very big deal. Whether or not to perform that diagnostic is not his decision, it's yours. I think we're speaking to different things, though. I'm simply saying that there are ways for people without health insurance to obtain a prescription for an antibiotic without going to an emergency room and incurring a large debt.
- maxerickson 9y agoI'm not sure we are speaking to different things. I'm skeptical that a pharmacist would want to accept any liability to sell the $4 of antibiotics. The not simple part (my relating my experience is to argue that it isn't always simple). I wonder what the doctor you saw would do with someone less sure of their issue.