A Painful Diagnosis

(I am having some pain in my lower right side so I have my brother take me to the nearest hospital as it is getting worse. We wait for quite some time in the waiting room which is unusual for this hospital. As we are finally being taken back the nurse turns to me. I haven’t even entered the room yet or given the full array of symptoms.)

Nurse: “You have a urinary tract infection.” *stares at me for a moment as she moves aside the curtain leading to the room*

Me: “Okay… I don’t think it comes with pain on the right side.”

Nurse: “You have one, but I am sure the doctor will run the test to make sure.”

(We wait for nearly five hours in which I still haven’t seen a doctor, but they run all kinds of tests. Finally, at about three in the morning, the doctor comes in.)

Doctor: “Well, we can’t find that you have a urinary tract infection but i am going to prescribe [antibiotics].”

Me: *sighs as I am extremely tired, hurting and fed up* “Does a urinary tract infection cause pain here?” *points to right side just around hip area*

Doctor: *stares then eyes widen* “You have pain there?”

(Found out I had uterine and ovarian cancer. The pain? From the ovarian cancer that had attached to my pelvic wall. I don’t trust that hospital anymore…)