So unfortunately, the lesson in all of this is "just go to the doctor." Yes it's expensive and scary. Go to the ER if you think you need it. Yes you'll get a bill. Worry about it later. Stay alive right now.
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You fight a fever at home for five days because you were raised poor and taught to just sweat it out but it turns out you have an infection in your lungs and it's killing you.
You make the doctor's appointment even though you suspect they'll say "it's going around, get some rest" and it'll be a waste of time and money but what they actually say is "holy shit go to the ER immediately" and then you spend two weeks in the hospital while they save your lungs.
Just go. Go to urgent care, go to the ER. Get a PCP if you can and have been putting it off. Please just go. You can't fight the crooked system if you're dead.
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