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Coughing up blood can happen for a number of different reasons and can be a sign of serious underlying disease. It is best evaluated and treated by a primary care physician or pulmonologist (lung doctor). Coughing up blood can be caused by many different infections, including pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis. It can also be due to problems with the blood clotting in the lungs, either when the blood clots too easily or not well enough and is too thin. Sometimes heart disease causes too much fluid to accumulate in the lungs and leads to coughing up blood. However, the most concerning and serious cause of coughing up blood is lung cancer. To differentiate between the different causes, a full evaluation is warranted. Your doctor will want to know how much and how often you are coughing up blood as well as any problems with your breathing and your heart. It is not possible to come to a diagnosis without examining the patient. It is therefore recommended that you see your primary care physician or get a referral to a pulmonologist.
Was this by any chance an office off Macleod that has a pharmacy built in it? Exact same thing happened to me, office opens at 9am, appointment booked for 9:15 and we didn't get in until about 9:50. Never going there again. How is that even possible?
no - this was a place in kelowna
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Is that the first time you've been to a doctor? 40 minutes and you're complaining?
aside from that I can't wait until wait times etc get put onto smartphones.
i don't go to the doc very often (usually for me it's 'crap... i got to get to emerg... NOW!')
i get that appointment times get bumped back - hey, it happens, especially towards the end of the day - but this was at 9:20a.m., right after they opened
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The wait times are sometimes necessary. what if Bob comes in and is suicidal? His scheduled 15 minute appointment just turned into an hour and now every single patient after him is late. Should the doctor tell him "sorry, your 15 minutes are over"? while he's in the middle of "I am depressed and want to die"?
So many reason that are out of the control of the doctor for him being late. If it was up to the doctor he'd be on time and the patient would be in and out in less than 5 minutes but that's not how things go.
i think you missed that this was an allergy guy - that's all he does. it's not like he's a gp that's on call and has to head to the hospital to deliver a baby or something like that.
i would also assume that he would know (since he is a specialist in the field) how long it would take to administer an allergy test. in my biz i can tell you pretty much down to the minute how long stuff will take to do
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When I was a kid I was coughing up blood one morning, so my mom took me to the doctor, and he kept asking me if the blood was dark or light red. I still don't know WTF he was talking about.
Anyway, it was a bloody nose that backed up or clotted or whatever.
Light or dark red blood. Jesus.... IT WAS RED I DON'T KNOW!
When I was a kid I was coughing up blood one morning, so my mom took me to the doctor, and he kept asking me if the blood was dark or light red. I still don't know WTF he was talking about.
Anyway, it was a bloody nose that backed up or clotted or whatever.
Light or dark red blood. Jesus.... IT WAS RED I DON'T KNOW!
Dark means one of your internal organs is nfg, I think.
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WRGMG is the way cashiers pack groceries. When I was a kid I worked in a grocery store and we had to watch a video abour proper bagging procedures. In fact, I was a cashier at Safeway (which is where I shop now which is the cause of this gear-grinder) and had to watch the video. Is there no training on this anymore?
I could have bagged my own groceries using 1/3 of the bags she used. One pop bottle in a bag? Cans with my bread? What in the flying eff is going on here? Seriously, train these idiots.
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WRGMG is the way cashiers pack groceries. When I was a kid I worked in a grocery store and we had to watch a video abour proper bagging procedures. In fact, I was a cashier at Safeway (which is where I shop now which is the cause of this gear-grinder) and had to watch the video. Is there no training on this anymore?
Speaking of cashiers, it GMG when the cashier is handing me my change and puts all the coins on top of the bill. Definitely a first world problem, but damn it's annoying and I end up dropping coins a lot. Coins first, then bill.
Speaking of cashiers, it GMG when the cashier is handing me my change and puts all the coins on top of the bill. Definitely a first world problem, but damn it's annoying and I end up dropping coins a lot. Coins first, then bill.
Was at a park earlier with my nieces and nephews when this dude comes with his pitbull and lets him loose. Of course all the kids freak out while I try to control them and tell them it's fine. The dog starts to try and play with them while they freak out and the owner then puts the dog back on the leash and starts muttering to his dog "apparently we're not allowed in Canada, immigrant pricks". First off we never said a word to him and I can't help that the kids are scared of dogs. It's a park where there are several signs that say "no dogs". I wanted to deck him but I had 5 kids with me so not a bright idea.
Dude was mental, he must have been.
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Was at a park earlier with my nieces and nephews when this dude comes with his pitbull and lets him loose. Of course all the kids freak out while I try to control them and tell them it's fine. The dog starts to try and play with them while they freak out and the owner then puts the dog back on the leash and starts muttering to his dog "apparently we're not allowed in Canada, immigrant pricks". First off we never said a word to him and I can't help that the kids are scared of dogs. It's a park where there are several signs that say "no dogs". I wanted to deck him but I had 5 kids with me so not a bright idea.
A vicious dog-on-dog attack on a trail near École Steffie Woima Elementary School has animal control officers advising dog walkers to ensure they’re in full control of their pets before taking them out for a walk.
The incident occurred the evening of Apr. 6, when a Westie dog, at the time being walked by its owner, was attacked by two larger dogs, whose owner was unable to restrain them.
While the Westie is now on its way to a full recovery, it sustained injuries to its paw, neck and shoulder. A woman accompanying its walker also received a bite to the hand.
Animal control officer Jim DeBoon said there are certain actions dog owners can take to prevent such an attack from happening.
“In this case, the person walking the two dogs was actually physically incapable of restraining them,” he said. “The bottom line is you should walk dogs that you can walk, but you shouldn’t walk dogs that are stronger than you.”
Humans who attempt to intervene in such attacks are often injured by bites, he added.
While this case was no exception, there are things bystanders can do to release a dog’s grip on a person, another animal or an object.
“Dogs can be released not by prying the jaws open — that’s a misnomer,” said DeBoon. “With powerful dogs, there’s almost no physical way to do that.
“But you can actually restrict the airway by simply pushing up on the trachea where it’s soft at the base of the mouth. That’s how the dog gets its air, and it has to at some point release what it’s got a hold of.”
The Apr. 6 attack was still being investigated at press time, and it was unclear if any charges would be laid in relation to the incident.
