![]() Will there even be a point to setting it now? How fkn long does someone need to go with a broken bone today? And she pays $300/mo for this shi**y HMO. At this rate, she'll be lucky to be in a cast by the end of the week. So now she's going on 3+ days before even having this PCP look at it, and he's just going to say "yep, it's broken" and refer her to an orthopedic specialist. So then she calls her primary care and they can't see her before tomorrow afternoon. Despite the fact that she has x-rays with a report from the radiologist in hand, in addition to the referral given to her in the ER. This morning she calls the orthopedic specialist and they inform her that because of her HMO she needs to see her primary care physician first. Here's a referral to an orthopedic specialist." Considering this was Saturday and not life threatening, they just wrapped it in a soft cast and sent her on her way, crutches in hand. She drove herself to the emergency room where they took x-rays. ![]() My best friend tripped in a parking lot on Saturday and heard a 'snap' in her foot along with intense pain. Total time was probably less than 8 hours from the time I broke it to the time I got home with my shiny, new cast. The doctor takes x-rays, "yep, it's broken" and puts it in a cast. I went home, told my parents and by the time I convinced my dad I was genuinely hurt, he took me to the doctor. I remember when I was six, about 40 years ago, I broke my wrist.
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