Quote:Wow. How long did it take to diagnose?

 

Well, I spent the next morning on WebMD and decided to go.  The emergency room people largely thought I was talking non-sense and treated me as if I was just dehydrated for several hours (I can only assume almost anyone coming in having self-diagnosed is wrong and they're used to ignoring them).  After the pain persisted for hours of them having me on an IV for fluids, they finally did a CT scan and then rushed me to surgery (I think they probably realized their liability if it burst after having ignored me for hours).

 

So self diagnosis was just a few hours.  For the hospital, they figured it out quickly once they decided to actually do the scan, but sat there for quite a few hours before that.

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