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No, lingering suffering is amusing.

4 (26.7%)

Yes, gory medical stuff is amusing.

6 (40%)

Asherdan's death is even more amusing.

2 (13.3%)

Why not ask the inter-webs?

1 (6.7%)

re-cock-u-lous final whacky option!

2 (13.3%)

Total Members Voted: 15

Voting closed: June 14, 2010, 04:41:05 pm

[schnitzelbank]

The chance of shenanigans driven by newly pokey bits in your insides, though it may be small, should prompt a visit to the doctor. Better safe than sorry, as others have said. 

[Doc]

I might just be keeping my future profession afloat here, but I'd say go, if only to get an x-ray but then I worry about that kind of thing. On the outside chance that you cracked a vertebrae or something, it's worth knowing about. Or as Judy says you might have something that needs a bit of physio and is better dealt with earlier rather than later.
That said, probably just broken ribs and if they were poking into anything you'd probably know about it by now. Definitely go if anything changes though, start running a fever etc.

Oh and Judy gets a can from one socialist commonwealth to another. It took me halfway down the thread to realise you guys were all saying you might not go to the doctor because it would cost money.

[Mr Trout]

As someone who doesn't have insurance due to freelancing I say what the fuck are you fencesitting about grab a book and sit in the waiting room you fuck*ng leotard.

[jay-ell]

As someone who doesn't have insurance due to freelancing I say what the fuck are you fencesitting about grab a book and sit in the waiting room you fuck*ng leotard.

Cann'd for reading Savage Love.

[lprkn]

I listen to the podcast, it has filled the Loveline-shaped hole in my heart.

[side_show]

As a Canadian, I basically do not understand why you wouldn't go to a doctor.  But then, I can go to a doctor for no reason whenever I want to for free.

[Drygioni]

Look at us free healthcare lot rubbing it in. Sorry Ash. Do not go to the doctor if you think it's not worth it.

[Doc]

Yeah you guys keep having fun titrating cost against being alive and healthy.

Does freedom smell like gangrene?

[greenkoolayd]

"Life is a bitch.  Buy bandaids." <----- that is what freedom smells like to me.

[smick]

I listen to the podcast, it has filled the Loveline-shaped hole in my heart.

My ladyfriend listens to Loveline when she works nights.   She has explained to me that every call boils down to "Who touched you?  Dad?  Uncle?  Cousin?"

Caller: Hey Striker, Hey Drew... I'm calling because I'm 16, and I love my boyfriend very much and we want to be safe, so I'm looking for some safer sex resources in my...

Drew: Who touched you, caller?

Caller: M...my dad.

Drew: Caller, you're going to need to get in touch with some groups in your area, therapy is going to be the only way to deal with this...

[Arachno-capitalist]

As someone who doesn't have insurance due to freelancing I say what the fuck are you fencesitting about grab a book and sit in the waiting room you fuck*ng leotard.

These guys were kind of a big deal when I was in NYC: http://www.freelancersunion.org/

[wombat]

Are you saying a freelancer can get HMO coverage for $90 a month? If so, things sure have changed since the last time we didn't have employer health coverage a few years ago. It was about ten times that as I recall.

[wombat]

That must just be in California. I just checked their website and the cheapest plan I could get in my state is 175 a month for an individual with an 8000 deductable.

[Mr Trout]

They don't offer insurance in my area

I'm on a waiting list for a Maryland State plan, but it takes a while to get into. I've tried to get into a traditional private plan but the costs are a bit crazy due to pre-existing conditions.

[JorgeFabregas]

Counting family plans per head is not going to stack up with individual  plans, me thinks. Especially not a family plan from 2007.