Can I just ask why anyone here (at our ages) hesitates to seek medical attention when obviously sick with something? This also happens with our friends who seem to think they can self diagnose and medicate by going to CVS and Walgreens to get Over-the-counter remedies to treat symptoms? Please be smart and proactive!
I'm sure you're right but I can't tell you the number of times I went for "help" only for the melody to resolve a day or two later all on its own - and the poor doc had to more or less tell me that's what would happen.
Part of it is bad old habits and a desire to feel/seem infallible "eh, I'll shake this off, I always have!" - like we're still 28 (ps, we're not).
ER'd folks don't have the excuses of many: We have healthcare, we can afford the copays/deductible, and we have the time.
ER planners might not have the time, but chances are they have HI and some funds, and if they are still working, an environment that somewhat nowadays prefers employees to find out and fix what's wrong before spreading it around the workplace. Showing up and coughing over everyone in the spirit of "gotta work amirite?" is something I hope many of us now realize is a bad idea.
And there are a lot more bugs out there, a lot more thing that can make us sicker than in our 20's, and a lot more remedies! And urgent cares that you can walk into without waiting 2 weeks to see a PCP.
So we have no excuse. And since we're decades removed from our 28 year old versions, whatever we get is much more risky now. Sure, a cold it still a cold, but if there's any fever, or trouble breathing (!!) or if its not getting better after day 3, that's not a cold, and it's something that can be helped.
