seriously sick, needing medicine

soul_soother · 12-02-2008, 04:36 PM

This is my 2nd week with strep and pneumonia without any medicine.. I can't afford the doctors visit let alone a candy bar to enjoy the weekend. I'm at the stage where I can barely move right now and wondering if anyone knew of home remedy's. I have no health insurance, my parents kicked me out and dropped me off of it when I turned 18 (19 now) and the free clinics where I live are only available for Natives.... help please?

icemotoboy · 12-02-2008, 04:44 PM

Rest. Keep warm. Let fevers run their course, don't try and medicate them. If it gets to bad (pneumonia can kill you), call an ambulance and worry about paying later.

Side note: For goodness sake, what is wrong with the country you are in? Here in NZ, anyone (including tourists) could go to outpatients at any hospital... and while it might take a few hours to get seen - they will help you for free. What is this world coming too!

MD Geist · 12-02-2008, 04:44 PM

Get help no matter what! Please don't give up.

I almost died from pneumonia 6 times!. I know how bad it is.

ghost69 · 12-02-2008, 04:45 PM

if you think it's strep, go to a hospital. you will wait around as you aren't critical, but they can prescribe you penicillin which you need. strep can move into another part of your body doing some serious damage.

Ac143 · 12-02-2008, 04:46 PM

Seriously, go to the emergency room. You cannot keep sitting around, doing nothing about it. It might get worse before it betters so please go. I knew someone that waited & waited for months and ended up in the hosiptal for a week with no insurance.

Scorpion Fury · 12-02-2008, 08:11 PM

You gotta get some penicillin. Strep doesn't go away on it's own. It will turn into scarlet fever and cause serious damage. By whatever means necessary, you ned to go to the doctor. It could be life threatening soon.

Scorpion Fury · 12-02-2008, 08:12 PM

Do you have a rash?

Isha · 12-02-2008, 08:35 PM

Keep drinking fluids and get someone to take you to the hospital.

calidreamin0 · 12-03-2008, 01:59 AM

strept is very important to get treated for. it can lead to more infections and scarlet fever which can cause death.

i am curious how you know you have these? do you have patches in your throat? fever? there is not a free clinic anywhere near you?

12-02-2008, 04:36 PM	#1
soul_soother Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 270	seriously sick, needing medicine This is my 2nd week with strep and pneumonia without any medicine.. I can't afford the doctors visit let alone a candy bar to enjoy the weekend. I'm at the stage where I can barely move right now and wondering if anyone knew of home remedy's. I have no health insurance, my parents kicked me out and dropped me off of it when I turned 18 (19 now) and the free clinics where I live are only available for Natives.... help please?

12-02-2008, 04:44 PM	#2
icemotoboy Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wellington, NZ Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 1,004	Rest. Keep warm. Let fevers run their course, don't try and medicate them. If it gets to bad (pneumonia can kill you), call an ambulance and worry about paying later. Side note: For goodness sake, what is wrong with the country you are in? Here in NZ, anyone (including tourists) could go to outpatients at any hospital... and while it might take a few hours to get seen - they will help you for free. What is this world coming too! __________________ The IMB Facts of Life: 1. No contact, or punch him in the face. Anything else is more than he deserves 2. Life is not what you see, its how you see it 3. You can't swim unless you're in the water. So get in it. Then you have a choice. Swim, or drown 4. Being wrong is an opportunity to be right next time 5. Suffer, grow, overcome. The path to happiness

12-02-2008, 04:44 PM	#3
MD Geist Offline Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CO Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,203	Get help no matter what! Please don't give up. I almost died from pneumonia 6 times!. I know how bad it is. __________________ Formerly known as Madoc

12-02-2008, 04:45 PM	#4
ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,424	if you think it's strep, go to a hospital. you will wait around as you aren't critical, but they can prescribe you penicillin which you need. strep can move into another part of your body doing some serious damage. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

12-02-2008, 08:11 PM	#6
Scorpion Fury Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The states Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 4,525	You gotta get some penicillin. Strep doesn't go away on it's own. It will turn into scarlet fever and cause serious damage. By whatever means necessary, you ned to go to the doctor. It could be life threatening soon. __________________ Your attitude determines your altitude.

12-02-2008, 04:46 PM	#5
Ac143 Online Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Paradise city.... Gender: Female Age: 29 Posts: 2,260	Seriously, go to the emergency room. You cannot keep sitting around, doing nothing about it. It might get worse before it betters so please go. I knew someone that waited & waited for months and ended up in the hosiptal for a week with no insurance.

12-02-2008, 08:12 PM	#7
Scorpion Fury Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The states Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 4,525	Do you have a rash? __________________ Your attitude determines your altitude.

12-02-2008, 08:35 PM	#8
Isha Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Gender: Female Posts: 119	Keep drinking fluids and get someone to take you to the hospital. __________________ tempt my werewolf not to run.

12-03-2008, 01:59 AM	#9
calidreamin0 Offline Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northern California Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 419	strept is very important to get treated for. it can lead to more infections and scarlet fever which can cause death. i am curious how you know you have these? do you have patches in your throat? fever? there is not a free clinic anywhere near you?