Penn State Health Urgent Care and Travel Medicine - Camp Hill

Faith M. 

on Birdeye

4 days ago

Ear Catastrophe Update. An ENT worked me in at 3:00 pm today. I did not see a physician. I saw a technician, a person whose main job is cleaning ears. She looked in my ear. She said, "I do not see a significant amount of wax." She said, "I see a clump of dried blood and pus." She said, "You have a pretty bad ear infection." She said, "I do not know why anyone would have blasted water into that ear canal." She said, "Here, let me suction that debris out of your ear." As soon as she suctioned my ear the crashing noise stopped... read more

Faith M. 

on Birdeye

4 days ago

CONTINUED FROM ABOVE: I would only accept steroid treatment if it were going to mean the difference between life and death, sightedness and blindness, hearing and deafness, mobility and paralysis." The apple juice lady ducks out to speak to the nurse practitioner. When she returns, it has been agreed. My paper doesn't SAY I'm allergic to steroids, so... MY bad. Now commences, the ear cleaning. First, let me say there's something odd about my ears. They fill up with water with remarkable speed and ease. This was the bane... read more

Faith M. 

on Birdeye

4 days ago

I will write this in bullet point format to avoid verbosity and yet cover all points. I am 65, female, and in generally good health. Two weeks ago, I experienced an upper respiratory illness. The immediate illness ended, but I continued to have bouts of coughing, extreme sinus discomfort, and general malaise. Because my Penn State Health primary care physician got tired of his miserable working conditions and quit his job, I no longer have a PCP. I haven't bothered to try to find a new one because I already know that any n... read more