What do you do?

What do you do when you get some crazy random pain in your leg?

You think, "That was weird...and not altogether pleasant."

What do you do when these crazy random pains increase in intesity and make it so you can't walk, sit, stand or really do anything?

You freak out. Naturally.

As many of you know, I hate hospitals. I will not willingly go to a hospital. Hospitals and I do not get along.

So imagine my surprise when the words "I need to go to the hospital. Now!" issued forth from my mouth at about 10:30 a.m. when I decided that I was freaked out enough. Yeah...shocked me too. I hastily found someone to cover the rest of my shift, because, naturally, I was at work, and I headed out. After calling my dad and asking if there was any place my insurance would work better than another, I ended up at the ER just up from my house.

After being admitted and checked out by my nurse, we'll call him "Nate", mostly because that's his name, I was taken to an exam room where the doctor came and chatted with me about the pain. That was a fun experience.

Next came my very favorite part. They took my blood. Quite a lot of it actually, then sent me off to get a urine sample. My second favorite part. But being me, a trip to the hospital wouldn't be complete without me losing all the contents of my stomach, so I did that as well. (Aren't you so glad you read my blog?)

I went back to my exam room and waited....and waited....and waited some more. I waited so long, that I kept falling in and out of consciousness, always fun at the hospital, it wasn't until I left the hospital that I realized I had been there for 4 hours. Yeah...4 hours. And the best part? The doctor still doesn't know what is wrong with me!

Appendicitis? maybe.
Some funky nerve thing? maybe.

So what do you do in a situation like that? You give the patient pain pills and tell her if the symptoms increase, to come back so they can cut me open and figure out what's wrong!

Can I choose Door #2?