Morning at the ER.The start of my day

You look mighty happy for someone waiting to see the doctor glad you were able to get it looked at and some medication. Hopefully you'll be feeling better in no time

Aw poor Fredo, you look comfy despite the illness. Yes dont wait so long next time. Speedy healing to you friend.

You are right, we should never wait when we feel that something is wrong.

Yes I did same as you did and I had a very difficult time at E&T specialist.

Ouch. A friend of mine got that in his leg earlier in the year. I hope they get you fixed up again soon.

@amadeo I tend to wait too. Unfortunately the loner you wait the worse it gets. I hope it goes away soon.

I am one that ignores pain and tries to blame it on something else. Twice it came back to bite me. Five years ago I had a painful attack in my lower abdomen. I brushed it off. Two days later I was in the emergency room diagnosed with kidney stones. Two months later, I had surgery to remove the stones. The nurse said I didn't have kidney stones, I had stone kidneys. I was way too close to having my kidneys shut down and had a terrible infection. In October I was back in the emergency room with pain in my upper abdomen. They sent me home and told me I should see a cardiologist. When following up with my PCP, it was found that I may have gallstones. The ultrasound confirmed that. In November, I had my gallbladder removed. I really need to listen to what is going on with my body and get help before it is too late. You Sir, need to do the same.

Delay can worsen any situation. But when there is pain I suppose there is no other go but to rush to a doctor (lol)

Sorry about this, but at least you got it seen to in the end. I tend to leave things too long myself, hoping they will go away on their own. (They often do!)

I am bad in waiting and hoping it goes away on its own, lol. Glad you went and are now on the way to recovery.

I tend to wait and see if things go away on their own. Hope you feel better soon.

Good you got it taken care of. It probably would have kept getting worse.

Prednisone is like steroids right? Well, for me, I normally wait it out until I can't handle it anymore. Although I'm a scaredy cat, I still wait it out because I feel that being in the hospital is scarier than my current predicament.

@amadeo Glad they took care of it. If I think it is something and I cannot get in to see the doctor earlier then I wait till I have my appointment like now. I suffered with the cough but he had to prescribe something. I will get it next week and will see him earlier next month to let him know if ok or not.

At least you're smiling - a good attitude goes a long way. I have waited too long before and ended up with pneumonia. Hope you feel better soon.