childhood--minor injuries

adult--

*ruptured 10 cm endometrioma (blood filled cyst on the ovary). Acute peritonitis for 10 hours before they figured out to do a CAT scan, then into surgery for 3 hours.

*gallstones--I seriously thought I was having a heart attack. Excruciating. Passed on its own as I sat there in the ER waiting room for 4 hours, rocking and panting in pain.

I work in a hospital. I HATE being a patient, especially in the ER. Last summer when I tripped on some broken sidewalk and badly skinned both knees and palms, I considered going to the ER because cleaning my own wounds was tough. I just bit the bullet, though, and did what I knew they'd do in the ER. It was fine.