Going to the hospital
By Sandy KS
@rusty2rusty (6751)
Defiance, Ohio
October 6, 2015 1:24pm CST
Who goes with you when you go to the hospital or doctor?
My boyfriend is at the doctors getting a EKG done right now. he left work and went straight there. I would of went with him. As I am doing nothing but just sitting here bored out of my mind at home. I will be with him while he gets gallbladder surgery Monday morning at 7:30 A.M.
I hate going to doctors visit and hospital alone. But I do. As noone will go with me. If my boyfriend takes me. He will sit outside in the vehicle waiting. I always go with anyone who asked. As I know how boring and lonely it can be going alone.
I am curious, is it normal for you or your area for people to go to the doctors and hospitals alone?
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26 responses
@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 15
As long as I can access the wi-fi I
am okay. Some places i can't.
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@jstory07 (134679)
• Roseburg, Oregon
5 Apr 16
@rusty2rusty Me to I have to be online.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
7 Oct 15
I normally go by myself and it is great alone time. I get to sit and read a book while I wait to be seen. If I have to have anything done that would leave me unable to drive hubby comes with me.
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
7 Oct 15
For simple things I go alone but there have been times for example when I had that accident I needed company.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Oct 15
Before my marriage, I always went to the hospitals alone.
However,since marriage, I have always been to the doctors with my wife. I think the wife (or hubby) should be aware of what is going on. Many a times, this helps. As in my case, the first time wife went along with me, she came to know what restrictions in my diet would be good for my health and since then, she has been keeping a better watch on my diet.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 15
It does help when you have support within your family.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Oct 15
@rusty2rusty definitely. Also, the family has a right to know what you are suffering from and to what extent
@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 15
That is why I go with my boyfriend too.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
7 Oct 15
I'm usually alone because my husband will go home and sit with the kids while I'm in the hospital. Now that the kids are a little older and the older ones can watch the younger ones he'll go with me if he can. When I hurt my ankle he was there the whole time... but when I had surgery 6 years ago he was home with the kids.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 15
That is understandable when you have young kids. Young kids seem to get antsy in hospitals. as there si nothing for them to do.
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
8 May 16
I usually go by myself if it isn't anything major like a regular physical check up, or if I am sick. But, if it's like blood work (which I sometimes go by myself) or x-rays if my boyfriend can tag along, he will. But sometimes he can't as he has to work.
@yukimori (10143)
• United States
6 Oct 15
I prefer going alone for the most part, unless I'm in the middle of a bad flare and need to have my husband drive me to my appointments. He'll usually sit in the waiting room if he goes with me. When it comes to hospital stuff, it depends on whether the kids are at school. If they aren't, one of us stays home to watch them.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 15
I am use to be alone when I go to mine. I tend to carry my notebook and grab a magazine while I wait.
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Oct 15
Much of this might depend on the circumstances.
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@cahaya1983 (11120)
• Malaysia
7 Oct 15
Very common here, although I personally don't like hospital visits alone. I usually go with my husband.
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@JamesHxstatic (29283)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 May 16
I don't need anyone to go with me to doc's office, but would like my wife along for the hospital, since I have not been in one since I was 19, and I would certainly go there with her.
@JamesHxstatic (29283)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 May 16
Interesting comments about the neccissity of being online. I take a novel along and am fine.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Apr 16
my grown kids seem to think its okay, but i also hate going alone. guess they think i am a big baby. lol
@tammys85 (29952)
• Baltimore, Maryland
8 Apr 16
I think it is a matter of personal preference rather than the area. If it's just a follow up, mainly discussion, one of my nieces will go with me and we'll stop at the store afterwards. When I had my eye appointment a few weeks ago, my best friend went with me. I don't really care to go to the doctor's alone at all though.
Now when I had my dentist appointments, I went alone, but that's because I didn't have a choice. I don't like going anywhere alone to be honest.
@Morleyhunt (21736)
• Canada
5 Apr 16
I have accompanied my parents, my husband, my children.....I generally go on my own.
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@rina110383 (24495)
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18 Mar 16
For major illness, my parents accompany me. They want to hear it straight from the doctors. For minor ones, I go to the doctor's clinic alone and just inform them of the findings.
@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
13 Apr 16
I always take hubby with me, but he tends to go alone. I think it's an individual thing.
