Hard to buy doctor visits used.
If you're going to wait a few days anyway, why not just set up an appointment with a doctor rather than going through the ER? Your insurance will have kicked in by then and you won't have to deal with the ER, which, let's face it, is a shitty place to get care. Not that the level of care is poor, but it takes 3 years to get seen, and you're not going to be a high priority with a 3 day old injury.
from the mouth of a pauper, that really hurts my feelings.
How do I give my self a concussion test?
Vic has a new snake.:thumbsup:Go into the kitchen and procure a frying pan. Hit yourself five times in the face with it. If you complete all five hits, you don't have a concussion. If you black out before completing the set, you have a concussion.
Hope that helps.
it's only his brain, perhaps he doesn't really need it
If I can wait 3 days..I'd rather do that.
NO health insurance yet
what would you do if you had a concussion
What's the worst that could happen?
http://abcnews.go.com/entertainment/movies/story?id=7109531&page=1
Well go get a BJ, if you have a concussion you'll pass out, if you don't, then you're OK.
If you are waiting for your pupils to change sizes, it's already too late. RIPMy health insurance doesn't kick in till the 1st...and I fell on my face skiing yesterday and I've got a headache today. What can I do to check my self out?
Pupil dilation?
did you read the thread at all? If I actually had one, I would go see a doctor regardless of price. Want to check before I go spend money...
ski patrol looked at me, said I was ok. I remembered the date, where I was, and what happened, I also drove home and felt fine all night. Woke up with a headache, been off and on today.
She fell, no helmet, felt like shit an hour later and went to the hospital. I was probably doing about 30-40mph, saw a little kid hiding beneath a jump on a black run, bailed, lost a ski, landed on my stomach and face planted into the snow and broke my goggles, had some snow in my helmet. Was able to stand up and hike back up ~30 ft with my poles to get my skis. Didn't feel like shit till this morning after I woke up and had some eggs and spam.
Did a damn good job dodging that little girl though.
I like this idea. Win-Win. If I do have a concussion, I get a BJ, if I don't, I still get a BJ.
If you are waiting for your pupils to change sizes, it's already too late. RIP
Oh, and BTW, who is to say your insurance is going to cover (nor should it) an injury you sustained before your coverage started?
Go to a clinic. Get checked out ASAP. You never want to play around with head injuries.
Go to sleep, if you never wake up, you might have a concussion
You'll likely be fine, just don't hit your head again for a while
Am assuming you're young, <40, if that's the case, your brain can take a lot more trauma than an older brain, where there isn't as much spring in the suspensory components of the brain.
You likely do have a concussion, but essentially, there's no treatment, just monitoring. If you begin to have symptoms, like numbness, dizziness, lose control of your bowel or bladder, vision gets jacked up, go to the ER and rack up a $5K bill for a CT scan that will show nothing, and the ER doc sill suggest you not bump your head for a while...