I took a non-life threatening trip to the ER today. Cliff notes at the bottom.
I woke up and had a little bit of a stomach ache, but I thought nothing of it and went to work. As I sat there, I kept feeling crappier and crappier. I started to get a sharp stabbing pain in my upper left abdomen, and just general pain all over my body. I felt like I was going to puke and got really shakey and weak.
I told my boss, and told me to finish off the work day from home on my laptop. By the time I got home, I was just about doubled over in pain. It was incredibly painful. Mind you - I'm the type of person that never complains about a headache, backache, or whatever. If my back hurts, and you ask me to lift 50lbs bags of whatever, I'll do it without complaining. I actually had to call my Mom to drive me to the E.R. cause I couldn't sit up straight.
I get to the E.R. and they check me in. Sat around the waiting room for about half an hour. Once they called me, they took me into the room and started to give me an IV for fluids (just in case I was dehydrated - fairly normal I guess for GI problems).
The doctor came in, checked me out, and asked me a bunch of questions. His diagnosis while I was there was to give me some medication for the pain - small amount of morphine. That was pretty fun for about 10 minutes, loopy and watching Olympic women's water polo. He also gave me this horrid, chalky liquid to drink. It smelled like a dog food factory's chemical bath's sulfur-enriched fart. But I downed it.
I started to feel a little better after all that. I was in the E.R. for about 3 and a half hours to find out that I most likely have an ulcer. Too much work (3 jobs), too much stress... it all added up. They don't know for sure because they didn't do all the tests. They gave me a prescription and want me to see how I'm doing in a few days.
For the next 22 hours, I'm on a strict clear liquid diet and on medication. Sprite and water... ugh. I still feel really shitty right now.
Cliff notes: Went to the E.R., found out I have an ulcer, and didn't even see one hot nurse at the hospital.
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