I kind of want to cry you guys. My toe still hurts after ten days, it's still swollen, it's crooked and I have no idea what to do. I don't have a GP because I changed insurance earlier this year. I kind of just want to go to the hospital but this is obviously not urgent care. I feel stupid for not knowing how medical care works.

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I would never use a hotel room in town. I don't see the point, unless you're escaping your children.

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I kind of just want to go to the hospital but this is obviously not urgent care.

Go to urgent care! Which is not the ER! I know there's one in Rockville, and one in Crystal City. Not sure where others are. They're like less than the emergency room, but great if you don't have a doc (or yours is hard to make an appointment with).

I would never use a hotel room in town. I don't see the point, unless you're escaping your children.

Maybe a hotel gift cert for a chain? And tell him the idea is for him to use it in town, but then he has the option to use it out of town as well?

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bon, you need to see a doctor. No matter how you accomplish that, you shouldn't feel stupid.

If it were me, I'd pick a GP off the insurance list by location, call and tell the office I was in pain so they would see me quickly. See doctor, get whatever referral or treatment. If I didn't like the doctor, I'd worry about that later.

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I love it when corporate sends out an e-mail communication which makes everyone in the company start thinking that they need to go home and update their resumes.

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I kind of want to cry you guys. My toe still hurts after ten days, it's still swollen, it's crooked and I have no idea what to do. I don't have a GP because I changed insurance earlier this year. I kind of just want to go to the hospital but this is obviously not urgent care. I feel stupid for not knowing how medical care works.

Well, my ER doc friend would say that people come in all the time on much less urgent matters. Actually, I can ask her if she's got med advice for you.

Which toe is it? Did you stub it? Is the skin broken at all or was it just bruised?

I know when I busted one of my baby toes it hurt for a good while (probably at least 10 days) and it's still kind of crooked. I never did anything for it except put ice on it for the first few days after I hit it.

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bon, go to urgent care. They'll take good care of you.

I'd dig a night in a fancy local hotel with fancy dinner.

Me too! I'd never spend the money on it myself, and I'd really love a getaway that doesn't require the logistics of an out-of-town trip.

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Didn't need to be said twice.

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I would never use a hotel room in town.

Kinda depends on the town. I actually have a longish list of SF hotels that look utterly gorgeous and quirky and fun that I'd love to steal off to with Hec for a seekrit weekend.

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I would never use a hotel room in town. I don't see the point, unless you're escaping your children.

I think that we have a different perspective as single people. If I had a honey, I would be far more inclined to enjoy that kind of present, I think.

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