Alien world of healthcare system

When I went to the doctor with stomach pains at Bella's insistence I didn't expect to get sucked into the healthcare system vortex. It's a bit like being kidnapped by aliens and probed on an outerspace ship. I went in with a stomach ache and left without an appendix a day later. Along the way it was a comedy of errors. After the emergency room doc poked and prodded me he pronounced that he said "I'm sorry, I think you have appendicitis. Do you want pain medication?" "For what?," I asked, since I only had a tummy ache. Knowing from experience that it's better to say yes now than suffer later, I got a shot of morphine at the same time a nurse stabbed my butt with antibiotics. Thank heavens I said yes to the meds, the next exam they did was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. The nurse instructed me to lay down sideways on an MRI machine while they put a balloon in my butt that would expand. She told me it would hurt and said "Didn't they warn you about this? I told the doctors I would never have this unless I was put to sleep" Thanks lady! I have had bunion operations, shingles, herniated discs but never have I had this kind of pain. I warned the nurse it hurt so badly I was afraid I was going to pass out and her advice? "You can scream if you want to!" After ten minutes of this agony it was over but seared into my brain. It didn't help that when I talked to my sister later, an R.N., she asked why they didn't just do a laproscopy on me. How do I know?? They wanted to torture me? While I sat in the waiting room my husband Rich finally showed up and asked-so helpfully, "When was the last time you pooped?" I was going to feel so stupid if they did all these tests and I was only constipated. It may have been the only time someone was happy to hear they needed to have their appendix removed.  Part II next