Hi girl, if it’s money issues that’s the reason you can’t go anywhere else, I’ll happily pay for u to go and get help elsewhere if theyre not helping? So sorry this is happening to you x
@Samantha So I moved here at the end of June and I don't have an actual PCP. I only have my OBGYN and haven't found a PCP yet. But it takes about 2 months to get seen by a specialist out here to get referred and that would be so much closer to delivery by the time they do it. :( I have wondered a lot these past few days if I need one because something just isn't right!
Ah That’s hard. It took me a longgg time to get into a pcp too. Like movement I called for an appointment and got it for April and got my answers in May when I was in my second trimester. Mine impacted my birth plan so I would try to see if you can see what’s going on sooner than later.
@Samantha moving definitely made things pretty difficult in this situation. That's for sure. I'm trying so hard to get them to listen but I don't know what else to do to get them to listen because I have called the nurse hotline like five times in the last week and they just keep telling me to drink water. They tell me I can't take anything else and they won't do anything else. They essentially said I have to suffer through it. I'm sobbing right now because I have never been in this much pain in my life from a headache and I'm so worried they're going to put me in the psych ward because it's affecting me that bad. I just don't know what else to do :(
I would definitely get another opinion. As someone else has mentioned the fact nothing is working you need some scans to check it’s nothing like a blood clot
If you have ANY family history or bad heart or blood clots definitely mention it… maybe mention it even if you don’t… Even if it was a cousin or great grand parent.
@Susannah I know that my dad has heart disease and my grandfather passed away from a pulmonary embolism. I do have full family history in my chart so they are aware but I do always go over it just in case!
@Ceri-Ann It's definitely difficult because I've been to the ER three times for separate issues and all they want to do is push fluids each time because I'm pregnant. But I can't get a single person to listen to me and the next emergency room is over an hour away and I can't drive myself that far. The one close to me is 10 minutes but I haven't been during the day so maybe the daytime staff will be better than the night time staff. 🙏🏼 I definitely agree that I need some type of scan because I worry about clots!
Have you contacted your primary care about possibly getting an MRI? I had a brain mri without contrast while pregnant and got answers on some headaches I was having.