My experience with EC

[poser1111.livejournal.com]

Last night my SO and I had a bit of an issue with a broken condom.
Because I am no where near my GP and don't own a car I called the emergency room to see if I could obtain EC from them.
They said yes and my SO and I went to the Hospital.
They gave me a bracelet and took my bloodpressure.
After that when a nurse was free she asked me a bunch of questions about my periods and alcohol and drug use.
Then she gave me the pills (plan B) and I was free to go.
The reason I didn't just go to the pharmacy is because my health insurance covered the emergency room visit and I would have had to pay around 45 dollars to get it from the pharmacy.
My only issue is that I am on my parents health insurance and I feel they will find out about my little SNAFU.
Ugh.
Well other than that the experience was perfectly pleasant.
I just wanted to post this so other people in need of EC might read this and feel a little comfort.

Comments

[heysmilepretty.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had a good experience with it. :) Because you are on your parents' insurance, they will definitely get the bill from the hospital, even if your insurance does cover it - if there's no sort of co-pay involved, they'll just get it as a notification. I'm not sure what exactly will be noted on that bill, though, or how specific it gets.

[goddessdeath.livejournal.com]

It is good that you had a good experience, however, maybe you might consider an urgent care, Planned Parenthood or something next time? I dunno, just suggesting. My ex is in med school and going into emergency medicine and they sometimes have an overwhelming amount of people in the ER for non-emergencies which takes up time/resources/etc. Just a suggestion! :)

[not-a-hipster.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. I have some major medical issues and waits in emergency rooms are already really bad. =\ Echoing the "glad you got this taken care of" as well, though.

[poser1111.livejournal.com]

I live in a small town the emergency room was deserted and they were able to see me right away. That is why I called first.

[eeveelyn.livejournal.com]

I'm also on my parents insurance. And even when we don't play anything they still get a copy of the bill. Based on how my bills look it won't be so detailed to say EC, but it will say that they gave you medication.

[aggiebell.livejournal.com]

It seems so strange that insurance would pay for the entirety of an emergency room visit, including the medication, but not the medication over the counter at a pharmacy! Oh, insurance companies...