why are people mad at me for going to urgent care for my sore hip?

Question

long story short other day I was skating first time in long time and I fell down really hard on my left hip, and it still hurts today, it hurts pretty much all the time and more so when I go to move. so today I called my doc up because of the pain and big bruise which is like the size of 3 quarters, and the nice lady on the phone after I told her what happened she said at this point I think u need to be seen by a doctor but the doctor is busy till Monday so I really think u should come here to urgent care and get an xray just to make sure you hip is ok so I am going to go 2morrow and get it looked at. I told some people that I talk to that 2morrow I m going to urgent care to get my bruise looked at and xrayed just to be safe and they started to yell at me for it. they said why the heck are you going to urgent care? they said it is just a bruise it will heal on its own no use in going to urgent care it is not needed for a simple bruise like u have and I said well I called my doc to get some help and they told me to go to urgent care and get it xrayed I said my docs office told me to go so I am going to go, and the one person said the only told u to go to urgent care because u called them a yesterday and today to complain to them about hurting and I said no I only called today to say I fell and am still hurting and they said go to urgent care cause doc is busy till next week. I said they were concerned about it since they said go to urgent care cause doc is booked.

Answer 1

Honestly, that's just plain stupid! I bet if they were in your place, they'd do more than that! It's not wrong of you to ask for help and assistance when you need it. It's better to be safe than sorry. I think you did the right thing. And just ignore 'em haters!!

I hope you feel better, though :)

Answer 2

Most likely people are confusing urgent care with emergency room.





Yes.. It's possible to show up to an emergency room and get seen without paying. Likely though if you have insurance or not it's the most costly way to get seen as just using the emergency door will add a large amount to the bill.



Urgent care bills you like any other provider. They're a good option when your doctors office is closed or an appointment is a far ways out.



Urgent care may cost a bit more than your doctor (that's if they even have an X-ray machine though etc... Even if you see your doc they may have sent you to a specialist which can add more delay and be expensive).



You did the right thing,,,



You thought you may have broken something, you avoided showing up at an emergency room which can very expensive and wasteful and really should be for true emergencies and dealt with it like an adult.

Answer 3

i dunno cause some people possibly yourself, go there unnecessarily which wastes time and resources when they may have been needed elsewhere

nothing personal just saying, you may have needed the treatment im just saying theyre the reasons