# I'm old, obese, with lungs that are charted as "a mess." Now I have COVID. Why does it take an hour to page a nurse?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old-obese-with-lungs-that-are-charted-as-a-mess-now-i-have-covid-why-does-it-take-an-hour-to-page-a-nurse/958461 "2022-01-27T04:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old-obese-with-lungs-that-are-charted-as-a-mess-now-i-have-covid-why-does-it-take-an-hour-to-page-a-nurse/958461/20 "2022-01-27T18:54:12Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> I Facebooked my medical next of kin daughter

Something not clear to me from your posts is whether you’ve gotten your asthma under control [since November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-treated-for-asthma-since-1977-why-not-now/953942). You probably should have gone back on a maintenance inhaler months ago and if they took away your rescue inhaler (?!?!?!) I’m guessing it’s because you were using it too much.

Daughter with Power of Attorney and pharmtech experience should be able to look at your record and tell you if your asthma is “controlled” or “uncontrolled”, and what the doctor’s plan is for your asthma. The upside from all the stupid paperwork @Qadgop_the_Mercotan mentioned is that this stuff _has_ to be in there.

~Max, not a doctor

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