I woke up Wednesday morning with a spider bite. I don't know for sure, but it's probably from a "non-poisonous" spider, but I'm allergic to non-poisonous spiders. It started out about 1/2" (1.27 cm)in diameter and is now about 1" (2.5 cm).
My doctor is good, so when I called Friday I was told I couldn't come in until Tuesday, and then I would see a nurse. "If it gets worse," I was told, "go to a walk-in clinic on the weekend."
This morning it is indeed worse, and my lymph glands on my neck hurt. The doctor at the clinic told me to put calamine lotion on it! Then he said it might be shingles, but then, no, it's a spider bite. He said it would take several weeks to get better! I asked if it could be a staph infection (common with spider bites) and he said he'd run a test that would take a week. If it's a staph infection, I could be in bad shape in a week's time!
Then he said see my doctor's office - the office that told me to go to him.
And the nurse I'm scheduled to see is the one who told me to "gargle" and sent me home when I was sick four years ago. I found out five days later, when I dragged myself once again to the doctor's office, that I had 95% hearing loss and pneumonia. I was very ill for six weeks. and it took over three months to get all of my hearing back. "Go gargle!!!"
What about you? Unload your bad doctor stories here!
My doctor is good, so when I called Friday I was told I couldn't come in until Tuesday, and then I would see a nurse. "If it gets worse," I was told, "go to a walk-in clinic on the weekend."
This morning it is indeed worse, and my lymph glands on my neck hurt. The doctor at the clinic told me to put calamine lotion on it! Then he said it might be shingles, but then, no, it's a spider bite. He said it would take several weeks to get better! I asked if it could be a staph infection (common with spider bites) and he said he'd run a test that would take a week. If it's a staph infection, I could be in bad shape in a week's time!
Then he said see my doctor's office - the office that told me to go to him.
And the nurse I'm scheduled to see is the one who told me to "gargle" and sent me home when I was sick four years ago. I found out five days later, when I dragged myself once again to the doctor's office, that I had 95% hearing loss and pneumonia. I was very ill for six weeks. and it took over three months to get all of my hearing back. "Go gargle!!!"
What about you? Unload your bad doctor stories here!