I went to a doctor last summer for what I assumed was an intestinal flu. The doctor was only willing to see me for about ten minutes. He might have been willing to go longer, but he ended the conversation rather abruptly by saying "you need to go the hospital right now."
It turns out I had a ruptured appendix. I was rushed into surgery and pulled through.
One hundred years ago, the plan for patients with my condition was "you die." Believe me, I'll take the hurry-up nature of modern medicine any day.
It turns out I had a ruptured appendix. I was rushed into surgery and pulled through.
I had a similar experience. Went to my PCP for stomach pain (which I had already self diagnosed as an appendix issue....I was heavy into medmal law at that time and surrounded by nurses). My PCP told me I could either go home and wait it out or go to the ER. I chose the ER and was in the OR 1 hr later.
Of course, I developed complications and spent 1 month in the hospital...but that is another story...